geminate

Significado (Inglés)

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Forming a pair.
2. (not-comparable) Pronounced longer and considered as being doubled.

Verb

1. To arrange in pairs.
2. To occur in pairs.

Noun

A doubled or repeated letter or speech sound.

Conceptos

geminada

Sinónimos

double

pair

redouble

reduplicate

repeat

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twin

pairing

dual

make double

reduplicated

twinned

duplication

duplicated

paired

Traducciones

géminée

paarwijze

paire

paarig anordnen

Geminate

δίδυμος

διπλασιάζω

geminare

in

ordenen

paar

paren

verdubbelen

voorkomen

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈd͡ʒɛmɪnət/

Etimología (Inglés)

First attested in 1589; borrowed from Latin geminātus, perfect passive participle of geminō (“to double”), see -ate (etymology 1,2 and 3).