geminate

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛmɪnət/

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Verb

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛmɪneɪt/

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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”‎:

     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

forming a pair

Bulgarian: двоен (bg) (dvoen) Dutch: paarwijze, gepaard (nl) Finnish: pareittain esiintyvä French: gémine (fr) Georgian: გაორებული (gaorebuli), გაორმაგებული (gaormagebuli), გაორკეცებული (gaorḳecebuli), გაორწვერებული (gaorc̣verebuli) Russian: удво́енный (ru) (udvójennyj)

phonology

Arabic: مُشَدَّد (mušaddad), مُضَعَّف (muḍaʕʕaf) Catalan: geminat (ca) Finnish: kahdentunut, geminoitunut French: géminée (fr) Greek: όμοιος (el) (ómoios) Russian: гемини́рованный (geminírovannyj) Spanish: geminado (es) Swedish: geminerad (sv), fördubblad (sv)

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

• bigeminate
• geminable
• geminatable
• gemination
• quadrigeminate
• trigeminate

 

Related terms

• Gemini

Translations

to arrange in pairs

Bulgarian: удвоявам (bg) (udvojavam) Dutch: paren (nl), in (nl) paren (nl) ordenen (nl) Finnish: parittaa (fi), yhdistää (fi), järjestää pareiksi Georgian: გაორმაგება (gaormageba), გაორკეცება (gaorḳeceba) Russian: удва́ивать (ru) impf (udváivatʹ), удво́ить (ru) pf (udvóitʹ)

to occur in pairs

Dutch: paarwijze voorkomen (nl) Finnish: esiintyä pareittain Georgian: წყვილებად მოხდენა (c̣q̇vilebad moxdena)

Noun

geminate (plural geminates)

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

Translations

doubled sound

Dutch: geminaat n Finnish: geminaatta (fi), kaksoiskonsonantti (fi) (consonant) French: géminée (fr) f Japanese: 促音 (ja) (sokuon) Polish: geminata (pl) f Russian: гемина́та (ru) f (gemináta)

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