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
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