Gemini

See also: gemini

English

Signs of the Zodiac

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The constellation Gemini

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin geminī, plural of geminus (“twin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɛmɪnaɪ/, /ˈdʒɛmɪniː/

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Proper noun

Gemini (symbol ♊)

1. (astronomy): A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a pair of twins. It contains the stars Castor and Pollux.
2. (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).

Antonyms

• Sagittarius

Derived terms

• Geminian
• Geminorum

Related terms

• geminate
• gemination

Translations

constellation

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

  Mandarin: 雙子座 (zh), 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 (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 (Zawza)
• Latvian: Dvīņi m pl
• Malay: Kembar, Jauza, Gemini
• 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 m pl (Portugal), Gêmeos (pt) m pl (Brazil), Gemini (pt)
• Romanian: Gemeni pl
• Russian: Близнецы́ (ru) m pl (Bliznecý)
• Scottish Gaelic: Leth-aonan
• Slovene: Dvojčka (sl) m pl
• Spanish: Géminis (es) m pl
• Tagalog: Kambal
• Telugu: మిథునరాశి (te) (mithunarāśi)
• Turkish: İkizler (tr)
• Urdu: متھن‎ m (mithun)
• Welsh: yr Efeilliaid pl

astrological sign

• Albanian: Binjakët m pl
• Arabic: بُرْج اَلْجَوْزَاء‎ m (burj al-jawzāʾ), اَلْجَوْزَاء‎ m pl (al-jawzāʾ)
• Armenian: Երկվորյակներ (Erkvoryakner)
• Azerbaijani: Əkizlər
• Burmese: မေထုန် (mehtun)
• Catalan: Bessons (ca) m pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雙子座 (zh), 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 (marčbivi)
• German: Zwillinge (de) m pl
• Greek: Δίδυμοι (el) m pl (Dídymoi)

  Ancient: Δίδυμοι m pl (Dídumoi)

• Hebrew: תְּאוֹמִים‎ (he) (teomím)
• Hungarian: Ikrek (hu)
• Irish: an Cúpla m
• Italian: Gemelli (it) m pl
• Japanese: 双児宮 (ja) (そうじきゅう, sōjikyū)
• Khmer: មិថុនា (km) (mithonaa)

• Latvian: Dvīņi
• Lithuanian: Dvyniai
• Luxembourgish: Zwilling m
• Macedonian: Близнаци m pl (Blíznaci)
• Malay: Kembar, Jauza, Gemini
• Maltese: Tewmin
• 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 m pl (Portugal), Gêmeos (pt) m pl (Brazil)
• Russian: Близнецы́ (ru) (Bliznecý)
• Scottish Gaelic: Leth-aonan
• Slovene: Dvojčka (sl) m pl
• Spanish: Géminis (es) m pl
• Swahili: Mapacha, Jauza
• Swedish: Tvillingarna (sv)
• Tagalog: Kambal
• Telugu: మిథునరాశి (te) (mithunarāśi)
• Thai: เมถุน (mee-tǔn)
• Turkish: İkizler (tr)

Noun

Gemini (plural Geminis)

1. Someone with a Gemini star sign

Synonyms

• Geminian

Translations

Someone with a Gemini star sign

• Danish: tvilling (da) c
• French: Gémeaux (fr)
• Galician: xémini (gl)
• German: Zwilling (de) m
• Greek: Δίδυμος (el) m (Dídymos)
• Hungarian: ikrek (hu) pl

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tvilling (no) m

  Nynorsk: tvilling m

• Old English: ġetwisa m
• Portuguese: geminiano
• Russian: близне́ц (ru) m (bliznéc)

See also

• (Western astrology signs) Western astrology sign; Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces

Anagrams

• mingei

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gemini.

Proper noun

Gemini

1. (astronomy) Gemini (constellation)

Synonyms

• Gémeos, Gêmeos