GEMINATE

geminate

(noun) a doubled or long consonant; “the ‘n’ in ‘thinness’ is a geminate”

geminate

(verb) arrange or combine in pairs; “The consonants are geminated in these words”

pair, geminate

(verb) arrange in pairs; “Pair these numbers”

pair, geminate

(verb) occur in pairs

reduplicate, geminate

(verb) form by reduplication; “The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel”; “The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

geminate (not comparable)

Forming a pair.

(phonology) Of a consonant, pronounced longer and considered as being doubled

Synonyms

• geminated

Verb

geminate (third-person singular simple present geminates, present participle geminating, simple past and past participle geminated)

To arrange in pairs.

To occur in pairs.

Noun

geminate (plural geminates)

(phonology) A doubled or repeated letter or speech sound.

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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