Synonyms for "gemination" (16 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Noun(1 words)

consonant lengthening

doublingduplicateduplication

Strong matches (4)

Noun(1 words)

duplication

figure of speechimitationiteration

Related words (8)

malapropismmetaphorreiterationrepetitionreplicationreproductionsimilespeech

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

2 entries

copyingrepetition

Synonyms

1 entries

duplication

Related terms

4 entries

Geminigeminategeminativetwinning

derived

1 entries

degemination

derived from

1 entries

geminate

has context

1 entries

phonetics

is a

1 entries

repetition

related to

6 entries

consonantdoublegeminategeminativegeminitwinning

Translations

26 translations across 19 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries

• binjakëzim noun (phonetical phenomenon)

Arabic

2 entries

• تَشْدِيد noun (phonetical phenomenon)
• تَضْعِيف noun (phonetical phenomenon)

Bulgarian

1 entries

• удвояване noun (phonetical phenomenon)

Catalan

1 entries

• geminació noun (phonetical phenomenon)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

• 輔音延長 /辅音延长 noun (phonetical phenomenon)

Czech

1 entries

• zdvojení noun (phonetical phenomenon)

Esperanto

1 entries

• konsonanta plilongigo noun (phonetical phenomenon)

Finnish

1 entries

• geminaatio noun (phonetical phenomenon)

French

1 entries

• gémination noun (phonetical phenomenon)

Georgian

4 entries

• გაორება noun (phonetical phenomenon)
• გაორკეცება noun (phonetical phenomenon)
• გაორმაგება noun (phonetical phenomenon)
• გაორწვერება noun (phonetical phenomenon)

German

1 entries

• Gemination noun (phonetical phenomenon)

Greek

1 entries

• διπλασιασμός noun (phonetical phenomenon)

Italian

3 entries

• geminazione noun (phonetical phenomenon)
• geminazione consonantica noun (phonetical phenomenon)
• raddoppiamento noun (phonetical phenomenon)

Japanese

1 entries

• 長子音 noun (phonetical phenomenon)

Polish

1 entries

• geminacja noun (phonetical phenomenon)

Portuguese

1 entries

• geminação noun (phonetical phenomenon)

Russian

2 entries

• гемина́ция noun (phonetical phenomenon)
• удвое́ние noun (phonetical phenomenon)

Spanish

1 entries

• geminación noun (phonetical phenomenon)

Tagalog

1 entries

• sakambal noun (phonetical phenomenon)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

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bilateral gemination of the maxillary central incisors

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