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
• 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