geminate

geminate

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɛmɪnət/

Verb

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɛmɪneɪt/

Adjective

geminate (not comparable)

1. Forming a pair.
2. (phonology) Of a consonant, pronounced longer and considered as being doubled
   • 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) French: gémine (fr)

Russian: удво́енный (ru) (udvójennyj)

phonology

Arabic: مُشَدَّد‎ (mušaddad), مُضَعَّف‎ (muḍaʿʿaf) French: géminée (fr)

Greek: όμοιος (el) (ómoios)

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

Derived terms

• bigeminate
• 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 Russian: удва́ивать (ru) impf (udváivatʹ), удво́ить (ru) pf (udvóitʹ)

to occur in pairs

Dutch: paarwijze voorkomen (nl)

Finnish: esiintyä pareittain

Noun

geminate (plural geminates)

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

Translations

doubled sound

Dutch: geminaat n

French: géminée (fr) f Japanese: 促音 (ja) (sokuon)

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Italian

Verb

geminate

1. second-person plural present indicative of geminare
2. second-person plural imperative of geminare
3. feminine plural of geminato

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Latin

Participle

gemināte

1. vocative masculine singular of geminātus