geminate

gem·i·nate

 (jĕm′ə-nāt′)

v. gem·i·nat·ed, gem·i·nat·ing, gem·i·nates

v.tr.

1. To double.

2. To arrange in pairs.

3. Linguistics To make into a geminate.

v.intr.

1. To occur in pairs.

2. Linguistics To become a geminate.

adj. (-nĭt, -nāt′)

Forming a pair; doubled.

n. (-nĭt, -nāt′) Linguistics

A long or doubled consonant sound, such as the tt in the Italian word sotto or the nn in the English word thinness.

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[Latin gemināre, gemināt-, from geminus, twin.]

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gem′i·na′tion n.

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geminate

adj

(Botany) combined in pairs; doubled: a geminate leaf; a geminate consonant.

vb

to arrange or be arranged in pairs: the 't's in 'fitted' are geminated.

[C17: from Latin gemināre to double, from geminus born at the same time, twin]

ˈgeminately adv

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gem•i•nate

(v. ˈdʒɛm əˌneɪt; adj., n. -nɪt, -ˌneɪt)

v. -nat•ed, -nat•ing,
adj., n. v.t., v.i.

1. to make or become doubled or paired.

adj.

2. combined or arranged in pairs; coupled.

n.

3. a doubled consonant sound.

[1590–1600; < Latin geminātus, past participle of gemināre to double, derivative of geminus twin]

gem′i•nate•ly, adv.

gem`i•na′tion, n.

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geminate

Past participle: geminated
Gerund: geminating

Imperative

geminate

geminate

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	geminate - a doubled or long consonant; "the `n' in `thinness' is a geminate" consonant - a speech sound that is not a vowel
Verb	1.	geminate - form by reduplication; "The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel"; "The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word" reduplicate linguistics - the scientific study of language duplicate, reduplicate, repeat, replicate, double - make or do or perform again; "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick"
	2.	geminate - occur in pairs pair geminate, pair - arrange in pairs; "Pair these numbers" occur - to be found to exist; "sexism occurs in many workplaces"; "precious stones occur in a large area in Brazil"
	3.	geminate - arrange in pairs; "Pair these numbers" pair arrange, set up - put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order" geminate, pair - occur in pairs
	4.	geminate - arrange or combine in pairs; "The consonants are geminated in these words" double, duplicate - increase twofold; "The population doubled within 50 years"

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geminate

verb

To make or become twice as great:

double, duplicate, redouble, twin.

adjective

Composed of two parts or things:

biform, binary, double, dual, duple, duplex, duplicate, twofold.

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Translations

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