# germano
## Esperanto
### Etymology

From Latin Germānus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɡerˈmano]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ano
* Hyphenation: ger‧ma‧no

### Noun

germano (accusative singular germanon, plural germanoj, accusative plural germanojn)
* a German (person from Germany)
    Hypernym: eŭropano

#### Related terms

* germana (“German”)
* germane (“in German”)
* Germanio (“Germany”)

## Interlingua
### Proper noun

germano
* German (language)

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡ʒerˈma.no/
* Rhymes: -ano
* Hyphenation: ger‧mà‧no

### Etymology 1

From Latin Germānus (“Germanic”).

#### Adjective

germano (feminine germana, masculine plural germani, feminine plural germane)
* (historical) Germanic; related to the Germanic peoples
    Synonym: germanico
* (literary) German
    Synonym: tedesco

#### Noun

germano m (plural germani)
* (zoology) mallard

### Etymology 2

From Latin germānus (“brotherly”).

#### Adjective

germano (feminine germana, masculine plural germani, feminine plural germane)
* born from the same parents
    fratello germano ― sibling

#### Noun

germano m (plural germani)
* (poetic) brother
    Synonym: fratello

### Anagrams

* magnerò, magrone, mangerò, marengo, margone, megaron, mergano

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ɡerˈmaː.noː/, [ɡɛrˈmäːnoː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /d͡ʒerˈma.no/, [d͡ʒerˈmäːno]

### Adjective

germānō
* masculine/neuter dative/ablative singular of germānus

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʒeʁˈmɐ̃.nu/ [ʒeɦˈmɐ̃.nu]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ʒeʁˈmɐ̃.nu/ [ʒeɦˈmɐ̃.nu]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ʒeɾˈmɐ̃.nu/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ʒeʁˈmɐ̃.nu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ʒeɻˈmɐ.no/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʒɨɾˈmɐ.nu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʒɨɾˈmɐ.nu/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ʒɨɾˈma.nu/
* Homophone: Germano

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin Germānus (“German”).

#### Noun

germano m (plural germanos, feminine germana, feminine plural germanas)
* German (member of a Germanic tribe)
    Synonym: alemão

##### Hyponyms

* See Thesaurus:germano

##### Coordinate terms

* See Thesaurus:germano

##### Related terms

* Alemanha
* alemão
* germânico
* germanismo
* germanista
* germanização
* germanizar
* germanófilo
* germanófobo

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin germānus (“of siblings”), from germen (“sprout, bud”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to bear”) + *-mn̥. Compare the inherited irmão; also a doublet of hermano.

#### Noun

germano m (plural germanos)
* a brother or sister with the same mother and father (as opposed to a stepbrother or sister)

#### Adjective

germano (feminine germana, masculine plural germanos, feminine plural germanas)
* legitimate; genuine
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:autêntico
    Antonyms: apócrifo, falso, inverídico

##### Related terms

* germe
* irmão

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Germānus (“German, Germanic”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xeɾˈmano/ [xeɾˈma.no]
* Rhymes: -ano
* Syllabification: ger‧ma‧no

### Adjective

germano (feminine germana, masculine plural germanos, feminine plural germanas)
* Germanic, German

### Noun

germano m (plural germanos, feminine germana, feminine plural germanas)
* German

### Further reading

* “germano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10