Meaning of GERMANIC
| Pronunciation: | | jur'manik
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- [n] a branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanic
- [adj] of a more or less German nature; somewhat German; "Germanic peoples"; "his Germanic nature"; "formidable volumes Teutonic in their thoroughness"
- [adj] of or pertaining to the ancient Teutons or their languages; "Teutonic peoples such as Germans and Scandinavians and British"; "Germanic mythology"
- [adj] of or relating to the language of Germans; "the Germanic sound shifts"
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| | Synonyms: | | German, Germanic language, Teutonic |
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| | See Also: | | East Germanic, East Germanic language, Indo-European, Indo-European language, Indo-Hittite, Nordic, Norse, North Germanic, North Germanic language, Old Norse, Proto-Norse, Scandinavian, Scandinavian language, West Germanic, West Germanic language | |
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\Ger*man"ic\, a. (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or containing, germanium.
\Ger*man"ic\, a. [L. Germanicus: cf. F. germanique. See
{German}, n.]
1. Of or pertaining to Germany; as, the Germanic confederacy.
2. Teutonic. [A loose sense]
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