geminate

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin geminātus, perfect passive participle of geminō (“to double”).

adj

  1. Forming a pair.
  2. (phonology) Of a consonant, pronounced longer and considered as being doubled
    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”

verb

  1. To arrange in pairs.
  2. To occur in pairs.

noun

  1. (phonology) A doubled or repeated letter or speech sound.

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