geminate
(noun) a doubled or long consonant; âthe ânâ in âthinnessâ is a geminateâ
geminate
(verb) arrange or combine in pairs; âThe consonants are geminated in these wordsâ
pair, geminate
(verb) arrange in pairs; âPair these numbersâ
pair, geminate
(verb) occur in pairs
reduplicate, geminate
(verb) form by reduplication; âThe consonant reduplicates after a short vowelâ; âThe morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the wordâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
geminate (not comparable)
Forming a pair.
(phonology) Of a consonant, pronounced longer and considered as being doubled
• geminated
geminate (third-person singular simple present geminates, present participle geminating, simple past and past participle geminated)
To arrange in pairs.
To occur in pairs.
geminate (plural geminates)
(phonology) A doubled or repeated letter or speech sound.
Source: Wiktionary
Gem"i*nate, a. Etym: [L. geminatus, p.p. of genimare to double. See Gemini.] (Bot.)
Definition: In pairs or twains; two together; binate; twin; as, geminate flowers. Gray.
Gem"i*nate, v. t.
Definition: To double. [R.] B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 June 2025
(noun) large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
