English Explanatory Dictionary

Germain

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname transferred from the given name.
  2. A male given name from French.
adj
  1. Obsolete form of germane.

Word forms

Germain more germain most germain

Etymology

A patronymic from a medieval given name, identical with the French one; or from an ethnic term for a German.

Related words

Sophie Germain prime Germaine

Derived words

Saint-Germain
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