Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

geminate

/ˈd͡ʒɛmɪnət/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.72 in modern English

Syllables: gem-i-nate
IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɛmɪnət/

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Forming a pair.

adj

Pronounced longer and considered as being doubled.

verb

To arrange in pairs.

verb

To occur in pairs.

noun

A doubled or repeated letter or speech sound.

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: paired, doubled, twinned"
"For example, Martin (2007) notes that compounds in several languages (including English and Turkish) violate the general phonological principles in the language (e.g., English only allows geminate consonants in compounds)."
"The attested forms show variation in the unstressed vowels (Srd. lèppere, lèpporo, lèppore, léppuri etc.) but agree on the labial geminate. We can thus reconstruct *leppVr-."

Etymology

First attested in 1589; borrowed from Latin geminātus, perfect passive participle of geminō (“to double”), see -ate (etymology 1,2 and 3).

Origin

First known use: First attested in 1589

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈd͡ʒɛmɪnət/
British English: /ˈd͡ʒɛmɪnət/

Inflected Forms

geminates (present, singular) geminating (participle, present) geminated (participle, past) geminated (past) geminates (plural)

Derived Forms

geminately nongeminate bigeminate degeminate geminable geminatable gemination quadrigeminate trigeminate

Frequently Paired Words

Gemini

Synonyms

paired doubled twinned geminated pair reduplicate

Questions

How do you pronounce geminate?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈd͡ʒɛmɪnət/.
What does geminate mean?: Forming a pair.
Where does geminate come from?: First known use: First attested in 1589.

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