geminate.
Forming a pair.
Meaning & usage
Forming a pair.
Pronounced longer and considered as being doubled.
Where this word comes from
First attested in 1589; borrowed from Latin geminātus, perfect passive participle of geminō (“to double”), see -ate (etymology 1,2 and 3).
To arrange in pairs.
To occur in pairs.
Where this word comes from
First attested in 1589; borrowed from Latin geminātus, perfect passive participle of geminō (“to double”), see -ate (etymology 1,2 and 3).
A doubled or repeated letter or speech sound.
Where this word comes from
First attested in 1589; borrowed from Latin geminātus, perfect passive participle of geminō (“to double”), see -ate (etymology 1,2 and 3).
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