geminate
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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.
[Latin gemināre, gemināt-, from geminus, twin.]
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
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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" 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 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" | |
4. | geminate - arrange or combine in pairs; "The consonants are geminated in these words" |
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