Gemini

See also: gemini

English

Signs of the Zodiac

Taurus		Cancer
English Wikipedia has an article about Gemini.

The constellation Gemini

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin geminī, plural of geminus (“twin”), calque of Ancient Greek Δίδυμοι (Dídumoi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛmɪnaɪ/, /ˈd͡ʒɛmɪniː/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Proper noun

Gemini (symbol ♊︎)

2. (astronomy) A constellation of the zodiac traditionally taken to represent the pair of twins Castor and Pollux in Greek mythology. It contains the stars Castor, Pollux, and Alhena.
4. (astrology) The zodiac sign for the twins, ruled by Mercury and covering May 22 – June 21 (tropical astrology) or June 16 – July 15 (sidereal astrology).
5. (Greek mythology) The twin brothers Castor and Pollux together.

   Synonym: Dioscuri

Derived terms

• Geminian

Related terms

• geminate
• gemination

Translations

constellation

• Arabic: بُرْج اَلْجَوْزَاء m (burj al-jawzāʔ), اَلْجَوْزَاء m pl (al-jawzāʔ)
• Armenian: Երկվորյակներ (Erkvoryakner)
• Azerbaijani: Əkizlər
• Bulgarian: Близна́ци pl (Bliznáci)
• Catalan: Bessons (ca) m pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雙子座／双子座 (zh) (shuāngzǐzuò), 雙子星／双子星 (shuāngzǐxīng)

• Cornish: an Evellyon
• Czech: Blíženci (cs) m pl
• Danish: Tvillingerne c pl
• Esperanto: Ĝemeloj pl
• Finnish: Kaksoset (fi) pl
• French: Gémeaux (fr) pl
• Galician: Xémini (gl), Xemelgos (gl) m pl
• German: Zwillinge (de) m pl
• Greek: Δίδυμοι (el) m pl (Dídymoi)

  Ancient: Δίδυμοι m pl (Dídumoi)

• Hebrew: תְּאוֹמִים (he) (teomím)
• Hindi: मिथुन (hi) m (mithun)
• Hungarian: Ikrek (hu), Ikrek csillagkép
• Irish: an Cúpla m
• Italian: Gemelli (it) m pl
• Japanese: 双子座 (ja) (ふたござ, futagoza), ふたご座 (ja) (ふたござ, futagoza)
• Kazakh: Зауза (Zauza), Егіздер (Egızder)
• Latvian: Dvīņi m pl
• Malay: Kembar, Jauza, Gemini
• Marathi: मिथुन m (mithun)
• Middle Persian: 𐭣𐭥𐭯𐭲𐭪𐭫 (dō-pahikar)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Tvillingene (no) m pl

  Nynorsk: Tvillingane m pl

• Occitan: Bessons m pl
• Old English: Ġetwisan m pl
• Persian: دوپیکر (fa) (do-peykar)
• Polish: Bliźnięta (pl) n pl
• Portuguese: Gémeos (pt) m pl (Portugal), Gêmeos (pt) m pl (Brazil), Gemini (pt)
• Romanian: Gemeni pl
• Russian: Близнецы́ (ru) m pl (Bliznecý)
• Sanskrit: मिथुन (sa) m or n (mithuna), द्वंद्व (sa) m or n (dvaṃdva)
• Scottish Gaelic: Gaolag is Gràdhag na Caiginn
• Slovene: Dvojčka (sl) m pl
• Southern Altai: эгис (egis)
• Spanish: Géminis (es) m pl
• Tagalog: Kambal, Heminis
• Telugu: మిథునరాశి (te) (mithunarāśi), మిథునము (te) (mithunamu), మిథునం (te) (mithunaṁ)
• Thai: คนคู่ (kon-kûu), เมถุน (mee-tǔn), มิถุน (mí-tùn)
• Turkish: İkizler (tr)
• Ukrainian: Близня́та n pl (Blyznjáta), Близнюки́ (uk) m pl (Blyznjuký)
• Urdu: متھن m (mithun)
• Welsh: yr Efeilliaid pl

astrological sign

• Afrikaans: Tweeling (af)
• Albanian: Binjakët m pl
• Arabic: بُرْج اَلْجَوْزَاء m (burj al-jawzāʔ), اَلْجَوْزَاء m pl (al-jawzāʔ)
• Armenian: Երկվորյակներ (Erkvoryakner)
• Asturian: Xéminis, Ximielgos m pl
• Azerbaijani: Əkizlər
• Bulgarian: Близна́ци pl (Bliznáci)
• Burmese: မေထုန် (my) (mehtun)
• Catalan: Bessons (ca) m pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雙子座／双子座 (zh) (shuāngzǐzuò)

• Cornish: an Evellyon
• Czech: Blíženci (cs) m pl
• Danish: Tvillingerne c pl
• Esperanto: Ĝemeloj pl
• Finnish: Kaksoset (fi) pl
• French: Gémeaux (fr) m pl
• Galician: Xémini (gl), Xemelgos (gl) m pl
• Georgian: ტყუპები pl (ṭq̇uṗebi), მარჩბივი (ka) (marčbivi)
• German: Zwillinge (de) m pl
• Greek: Δίδυμοι (el) m pl (Dídymoi)

  Ancient: Δίδυμοι m pl (Dídumoi)

• Hebrew: תְּאוֹמִים (he) (teomím)
• Hindi: मिथुन (hi) m (mithun)
• Hungarian: Ikrek (hu)
• Irish: an Cúpla m
• Italian: Gemelli (it) m pl
• Japanese: 双児宮 (ja) (そうじきゅう, sōjikyū)
• Kazakh: Егіздер (Egızder)
• Khmer: មិថុនា (km) (mithonaa)
• Latvian: Dvīņi
• Lithuanian: Dvyniai
• Luxembourgish: Zwilling (lb) m
• Macedonian: близнаци m pl (bliznaci)
• Malay: Kembar, Jauza, Gemini
• Maltese: Tewmin
• Marathi: मिथुन (mithun)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Tvillingene (no) m pl

  Nynorsk: Tvillingane m pl

• Occitan: Bessons m pl
• Old English: Ġetwisan m pl
• Persian: دوپیکر (fa) (dopeykar)
• Polish: Bliźnięta (pl) n pl
• Portuguese: Gémeos (pt) m pl (Portugal), Gêmeos (pt) m pl (Brazil)
• Romanian: Gemeni m pl
• Russian: Близнецы́ (ru) (Bliznecý)
• Sanskrit: मिथुन (sa) m or n (mithuna), द्वंद्व (sa) m or n (dvaṃdva)
• Scottish Gaelic: na Leth-aonan
• Slovene: Dvojčka (sl) m pl
• Spanish: Géminis (es) m pl
• Swahili: Mapacha, Jauza
• Swedish: Tvillingarna (sv)
• Tagalog: Kambal, Heminis
• Telugu: మిథునరాశి (te) (mithunarāśi), మిథునము (te) (mithunamu), మిథునం (te) (mithunaṁ)
• Thai: เมถุน (mee-tǔn), มิถุน (mí-tùn)
• Turkish: İkizler (tr)
• Ukrainian: Близня́та n pl (Blyznjáta), Близнюки́ (uk) m pl (Blyznjuký)

Noun

Gemini (plural Geminis)

1. Someone who has the Gemini star sign.
   • 2022, Candice Carty-Williams, People Person, Trapeze, page 304:

     Danny had decided he was going to try to give things a proper go with Marley’s mum, so was mainly uncontactable because, ironically, as a Gemini, he wasn’t good at focusing on two things at once.

2. (obsolete) A pair of something.
   • c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 45, column 1:

     I haue grated vpon my good friends for three Repreeues for you, and your Coach-fellow Nim; or elſe you had look’d through the grate, like a Geminy of Baboones: […]

Synonyms

• Geminian

Translations

someone who has the Gemini star sign

• Bulgarian: близна́ци (bg) pl (bliznáci)
• Catalan: gèminis (ca) m or f, bessons (ca) m or f
• Danish: tvilling (da) c
• Finnish: kaksonen (fi)
• French: Gémeaux (fr)
• Galician: xémini (gl)
• German: Zwilling (de) m
• Greek: Δίδυμος (el) m (Dídymos)
• Hungarian: ikrek (hu) pl
• Macedonian: близнак m (bliznak)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tvilling (no) m

  Nynorsk: tvilling m

• Old English: ġetwisa m
• Portuguese: geminiano
• Russian: близне́ц (ru) m (bliznéc)
• Ukrainian: близня́ n (blyznjá), близню́к (uk) m (blyznjúk)

Etymology 2

Perhaps identical with the above (compare Latin ēdepol (“by Pollux”), ēcastor (“by Castor”)), but perhaps more likely distinct in origin: compare Dutch jemenie, jemie, German gemine, jemine, Czech jémine, all ultimately shortened from Latin Iēsū domine (“O Lord Jesus”).

Interjection

Gemini

1. Obsolete form of jiminy (“an expression of mild surprise or annoyance”).

Etymology 3

Phono-semantic matching of Hindi यमुना (yamunā).

Proper noun

Gemini

1. Obsolete form of Yamuna (“a tributary of the Ganges”).

See also

Zodiac signs in English (layout · text)
Aries	Taurus	Gemini	Cancer
Leo	Virgo	Libra	Scorpio
Sagittarius	Capricorn	Aquarius	Pisces

Anagrams

• mingei

Latin

Etymology

From geminī (“twins”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡe.mi.niː/, [ˈɡɛmɪniː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒe.mi.ni/, [ˈd͡ʒɛːmini]

Proper noun

Geminī m pl (genitive Geminōrum); second declension

1. (astronomy, astrology) Gemini (The Twins)

Inflection

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Geminī
Genitive	Geminōrum
Dative	Geminīs
Accusative	Geminōs
Ablative	Geminīs
Vocative	Geminī

Descendants

• → English: Gemini

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gemini.

Proper noun

Gemini

1. (astronomy) Gemini (constellation)

   Synonyms: Gémeos, Gêmeos