geminate
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- Adjective
- (British, America) IPA: /ˈdʒɛmɪnət/
- Verb
- (British, America) IPA: /ˈdʒɛmɪneɪt/
geminate (not comparable)
- Forming a pair.
- (phonology) Of a consonant, pronounced longer and considered as being doubled
- 2008, Sara Finley, Review of “The Representation and Processing of Compound Words” ↗
- 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).
- 2008, Sara Finley, Review of “The Representation and Processing of Compound Words” ↗
- French: gémine
- Russian: удво́енный
- French: géminée
geminate (geminates, present participle geminating; past and past participle geminated)
- To arrange in pairs.
- To occur in pairs.
- Russian: удва́ивать
geminate (plural geminates)
- (phonology) A doubled or repeated letter or speech sound.
- French: géminée
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