germain

germain (comparative more germain, superlative most germain)

1. Obsolete form of germane.

• “germain”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• germina, mangier, mearing, reaming

Inherited from Old French, borrowed from Latin germānus.

• IPA^(key): /ʒɛʁ.mɛ̃/

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germain (feminine germaine, masculine plural germains, feminine plural germaines)

1. german (having the same mother and father)

• cousin germain, cousine germaine

• “germain”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Inherited from Old French, borrowed from Latin Germānus.

germain (feminine germaine, masculine plural germains, feminine plural germaines)

1. Germanic, German