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

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
Martin Luther King, Jr.