Gemini

See also: gemini

English

Signs of the Zodiac

Taurus		Cancer
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The constellation Gemini

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

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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, Pollux, and Alhena.
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).

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
• 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 (mr) 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)

• 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
• 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
• 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 (mr) (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)
• 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)
• 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.

Synonyms

• Geminian

Translations

someone who has the Gemini star sign

• Catalan: gèminis (ca) m or f, bessons (ca) m or f
• Danish: tvilling (da) c
• 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

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]
• (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