geminate
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geminate
- /ˈd͡ʒɛmɪnət/ UK, US
- /ˈd͡ʒɛmɪneɪt/ UK, US
Where it comes from
First attested in 1589; borrowed from Latin geminātus, perfect passive participle of geminō (“to double”), see -ate (etymology 1,2 and 3).
adjective
- Forming a pair. Near-synonyms: paired, doubled, twinned
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Pronounced longer and considered as being doubled.
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).
Similar: geminated
verb geminates · geminating · geminated
- To arrange in pairs.
- To occur in pairs.
noun geminates
- A doubled or repeated letter or speech sound. The attested forms show variation in the unstressed vowels (Srd. lèppere, lèpporo, lèppore, léppuri etc.) but agree on the labial geminate. We can thus reconstruct *leppVr-.
Translations
Every language
adj forming a pair
| Français | gémine |
|---|---|
| Русский | удво́енный udvójennyj |
adj phonology
| Español | geminado |
|---|---|
| Français | géminée |
| Ελληνικά | όμοιος ómoios |
| Русский | гемини́рованный geminírovannyj |
| العربية | مُشَدَّد mušaddad, مُضَعَّف muḍaʕʕaf |
verb to arrange in pairs
| Русский | удва́ивать udváivatʹ, удво́ить udvóitʹ |
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title = {geminate},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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