geminate
/ˈd͡ʒɛmɪnət/
geminate adjective: forming a pair.
Adjective
geminate (not comparable)
- Forming a pair.
- Near-synonyms: paired, doubled, twinned
- Pronounced longer and considered as being doubled.
- 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).2008, Sara Finley, Review of “The Representation and Processing of Compound Words”
- Synonyms:
- geminated
Verb
UK/ˈd͡ʒɛmɪneɪt/
geminate (third-person singular simple present geminates, present participle geminating, simple past and past participle geminated)
Noun
geminate (plural geminates)
- A doubled or repeated letter or speech sound.
- The attested forms show variation in the unstressed vowels (Srd. lèppere, lèpporo, lèppore, léppuri etc.) but agree on the labial geminate. We can thus reconstruct *leppVr-.2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 405
geminate meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Arabic
geminate in Tamil
- இணகள், இரைட்ட
geminate in Urdu
- دوگنا کرنا
geminate in Bengali
- দ্বিগুণ করা, জোড়া তৈরি করা, পুনরাবৃত্তি করা
geminate in Arabic
- phonology
- مُشَدَّد mušaddad, مُضَعَّف muḍaʕʕaf
Synonyms of geminate
Forms of geminate
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | geminates |
| present participle | geminating |
| past participle | geminated |
| past | geminated |
| Noun | |
| plural | geminates |
Origin of geminate
First attested in 1589; borrowed from Latin geminātus, perfect passive participle of geminō (“to double”), see -ate (etymology 1,2 and 3).
Words formed from geminate
- geminately
- nongeminate
- bigeminate
- degeminate
- geminable
- geminatable
- gemination
- quadrigeminate
- trigeminate
Questions about geminate
- What does geminate mean?
- Geminate means forming a pair.
- What is geminate in Tamil?
- Geminate in Tamil is இணகள், இரைட்ட. See Geminate meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is geminate?
- Geminate can be an adjective, a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce geminate?
- Geminate is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɛmɪnət/ (UK).
Words near geminate in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: geminate (page history and authors); geminate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); geminate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); geminate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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