Geminate

Synonyms for "geminate" (50 found)

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Synonyms

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Related terms

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related to

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similar

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Translations

43 translations across 13 languages.

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Arabic

2 entries
  • مُشَدَّد adj (phonology)
  • مُضَعَّف adj (phonology)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • двоен adj (forming a pair)
  • удвоявам verb (to arrange in pairs)

Catalan

2 entries
  • geminar adj (forming a pair)
  • geminat adj (phonology)

Dutch

4 entries
  • gepaard adj (forming a pair)
  • paarwijze adj (forming a pair)
  • geminaat noun (doubled sound)
  • in paren ordenen verb (to arrange in pairs)

Finnish

4 entries
  • geminoitunut adj (phonology)
  • kahdentunut adj (phonology)
  • pareittain esiintyvä adj (forming a pair)
  • geminaatta noun (doubled sound)

French

3 entries
  • gémine adj (forming a pair)
  • géminée adj (phonology)
  • géminée noun (doubled sound)

Georgian

4 entries
  • გაორებული adj (forming a pair)
  • გაორკეცებული adj (forming a pair)
  • გაორმაგებული adj (forming a pair)
  • გაორწვერებული adj (forming a pair)

Greek

1 entries
  • όμοιος adj (phonology)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 促音 noun (doubled sound)

Polish

1 entries
  • geminata noun (doubled sound)

Russian

4 entries
  • гемини́рованный adj (phonology)
  • удво́енный adj (forming a pair)
  • гемина́та noun (doubled sound)
  • удва́ивать verb (to arrange in pairs)

Spanish

1 entries
  • geminado adj (phonology)

Swedish

3 entries
  • fördubblad adj (phonology)
  • geminerad adj (phonology)
  • geminata noun (doubled sound)

Sample sentences

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I think it might be useful if you could add how to output the diphthongs (with small ya/yu/yo) and geminate consonants (with small tsu).

Source: tatoeba (328069)

Near-synonyms: paired, doubled, twinned

Source: wiktionary

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).

Source: wiktionary

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-.

Source: wiktionary

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