What does "gemini" mean?
Someone who has the Gemini star sign.
Gemini
/ˈd͡ʒɛmɪnaɪ/ intj, name, noun
intj, name, noun ·Moderate ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Someone who has the Gemini star sign.
- Grammar: gemini is listed as intj, name, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: alouette, anna, apollo, ariel.
- Useful contrasts: archer, monomeric, nonastrological.
- Usage evidence: It took two tries to launch the second Gemini.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Someone who has the Gemini star sign.
"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."
- 2 (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Gemini wordnet
- 3 A pair of something. obsolete
"I haue grated vpon my good friends for three Repreeues for you, and your Coach-fellow Nim; or elſe you had look’d through the grate, like a Geminy of Baboones: […]"
Intj
- 1 Obsolete form of jiminy (“an expression of mild surprise or annoyance”). alt-of, obsolete
Proper Noun
- 1 A constellation of the zodiac traditionally taken to represent the pair of twins Castor and Pollux in Greek mythology. It contains the stars Castor, Pollux, and Alhena.
- 2 Obsolete form of Yamuna (“a tributary of the Ganges”). alt-of, obsolete
- 3 The zodiac sign for the twins, ruled by Mercury and covering May 22 – June 21 (tropical astrology) or June 16 – July 15 (sidereal astrology).
"Gemini is the third sign of the zodiac, spanning the 60–89th degrees. The Sun is in Gemini from around 21 May to 20 June."
- 4 The twin brothers Castor and Pollux together. Greek
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"It took two tries to launch the second Gemini."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "gemini"?
Common synonyms include: alouette, anna, apollo, ariel, artificial satellites, astrological.
How do you use "gemini" in a sentence?
It took two tries to launch the second Gemini.
How do you pronounce "gemini"?
Pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɛmɪnaɪ/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin geminī, plural of geminus (“twin”), calque of Ancient Greek Δίδυμοι (Dídumoi), calque of Akkadian 𒀯𒈠𒀸 (māšu), calque of Sumerian 𒀯𒈦𒋰𒁀 (ᵐᵘˡMAŠ.TAB.BA, “the Divine Twins, in Mesopotamia identified as Lugal-irra and Meslamta-ea; name of constellation”). See Lugal-irra and Meslamta-ea.
Etymology 2
Perhaps identical with the above (compare Latin ēdepol (“by Pollux”), ēcastor (“by Castor”)), but perhaps more likely distinct in origin: compare Dutch jemenie, jemie, German gemine, jemine, Czech jémine, all ultimately shortened from Latin Iēsū domine (“O Lord Jesus”).
Etymology 3
Phono-semantic matching of Hindi जमना (jamnā), alternative form of यमुना (yamunā).