geminate

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English

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Etymology

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

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Adjective

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geminate (not comparable)

  1. Forming a pair.
  2. (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).

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Verb

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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.

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Noun

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geminate (plural geminates)

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

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Italian

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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geminate

  1. inflection of geminare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

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Participle

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geminate f pl

  1. feminine plural of geminato

Latin

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Participle

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gemināte

  1. vocative masculine singular of geminātus

Spanish

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Verb

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geminate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of geminar combined with te