geminate
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin geminātus, perfect passive participle of geminō (“to double”).
Pronunciation edit
- Adjective
- Verb
Adjective edit
geminate (not comparable)
- Forming a pair.
- (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 edit
forming a pair
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phonology
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Verb edit
geminate (third-person singular simple present geminates, present participle geminating, simple past and past participle geminated)
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
Related terms edit
Translations edit
to arrange in pairs
to occur in pairs
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Noun edit
geminate (plural geminates)
Translations edit
Italian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
geminate
- inflection of geminare:
Etymology 2 edit
Participle edit
geminate f pl
Latin edit
Participle edit
gemināte
Spanish edit
Verb edit
geminate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of geminar combined with te
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