Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

geminatio vocalium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gem-i-na-tio vo-cal-i-um
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

7

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The process of indicating that a vowel is pronounced long by writing it twice, especially as was sometimes done in Latin due to influence from Oscan.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The least-used method is geminatio vocalium, as in Oscan and (occasionally) Umbrian: PAASTORES."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin geminatio vocalium (“doubling of vowels”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: geminatio vocalium

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does geminatio vocalium mean?: The process of indicating that a vowel is pronounced long by writing it twice, especially as was sometimes done in Latin due to influence from Oscan.
Where does geminatio vocalium come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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