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geminate

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective
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Verb
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Adjective

geminate (not comparable)

  1. Forming a pair.
  2. (phonology) Of a consonant, pronounced longer and considered as being doubled
    Synonym: geminated
    • 2008, Sara Finley, Review of “The Representation and Processing of Compound Words”[1]:
      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).

Translations

Verb

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.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

geminate (plural geminates)

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

Translations

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

geminate

  1. inflection of geminare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

geminate f pl

  1. feminine plural of geminato

Latin

Participle

gemināte

  1. vocative masculine singular of geminātus

Spanish

Verb

geminate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of geminar combined with te