gemination

gemination

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin geminātiō, geminātiōnis (“a doubling”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˌdʒɛm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, /ˌdʒɛm.əˈneɪ.ʃən/

Noun

gemination (countable and uncountable, plural geminations)

1. A doubling.

   bilateral gemination of the maxillary central incisors

2. (phonetics) A phenomenon when a consonant is pronounced for an audibly longer period of time than is done normally.

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with germination.

Derived terms

• autogemination
• degemination

Related terms

• geminate
• geminative
• Gemini

Translations

phonetical phenomenon

Arabic: تَشْدِيد‎ m (tašdīd) Bulgarian: удвояване n (udvojavane) Finnish: geminaatio (fi) French: gémination (fr) f German: Gemination (de) f Greek: διπλασιασμός (el) m (diplasiasmós)

Japanese: 長子音 (ちょうしいん, chōshiin) Portuguese: geminação (pt) f Russian: удвое́ние (ru) n (udvojénije), гемина́ция (ru) f (geminácija) Spanish: geminación (es) f Tagalog: sakambal

See also

• twinning