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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanic;
[syn: Germanic, Germanic language]


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. of or relating to the language of Germans;
- Example: "the Germanic sound shifts"

2. of or pertaining to the ancient Teutons or their languages;
- Example: "Teutonic peoples such as Germans and Scandinavians and British"
- Example: "Germanic mythology"
[syn: Teutonic, Germanic]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Germanic \Ger*man"ic\, a. (Chem.)
   Pertaining to, or containing, germanium.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Germanic \Ger*man"ic\, a. [L. Germanicus: cf. F. germanique. See
   German, n.]
   1. Of or pertaining to Germany; as, the Germanic confederacy.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Teutonic. [A loose sense]
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Germanic
    adj 1: of or relating to the language of Germans; "the Germanic
           sound shifts"
    2: of or pertaining to the ancient Teutons or their languages;
       "Teutonic peoples such as Germans and Scandinavians and
       British"; "Germanic mythology" [syn: Teutonic, Germanic]
    n 1: a branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members
         that are spoken currently fall into two major groups:
         Scandinavian and West Germanic [syn: Germanic, Germanic
         language]