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Geminate

adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Forming a pair. not-comparable

    "Near-synonyms: paired, doubled, twinned"

  2. 2
    Pronounced longer and considered as being doubled. not-comparable

    "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)."

Noun
  1. 1
    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-."

  2. 2
    a doubled or long consonant wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To arrange in pairs.
  2. 2
    arrange or combine in pairs wordnet
  3. 3
    To occur in pairs.
  4. 4
    arrange in pairs wordnet
  5. 5
    occur in pairs wordnet
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  1. 6
    form by reduplication wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

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

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