Associations to the word «Geminate»

Wiktionary

GEMINATE, adjective. Forming a pair.
GEMINATE, verb. To arrange in pairs.
GEMINATE, verb. To occur in pairs.
GEMINATE, noun. (linguistics) A doubled or repeated letter or speech sound.

Dictionary definition

GEMINATE, noun. A doubled or long consonant; "the `n' in `thinness' is a geminate".
GEMINATE, verb. Form by reduplication; "The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel"; "The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word".
GEMINATE, verb. Occur in pairs.
GEMINATE, verb. Arrange in pairs; "Pair these numbers".
GEMINATE, verb. Arrange or combine in pairs; "The consonants are geminated in these words".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King