geminate

Borrowed from Latin geminātus, perfect passive participle of geminō (“to double”).

Adjective

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Verb

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geminate (not comparable)

1. Forming a pair.
2. (phonology) Of a consonant, pronounced longer and considered as being doubled
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     For example, Martin (2007) notes that compounds in several languages (including English and Turkish) violate the general phonological principles in the language (e.g., English only allows geminate consonants in compounds).

• geminated

geminate (third-person singular simple present geminates, present participle geminating, simple past and past participle geminated)

1. To arrange in pairs.
2. To occur in pairs.

• Gemini

geminate (plural geminates)

1. (phonology) A doubled or repeated letter or speech sound.

geminate

1. second-person plural present indicative of geminare
2. second-person plural imperative of geminare
3. feminine plural of geminato

(deprecated template usage) gemināte

1. vocative masculine singular of geminātus