GEMINATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does geminate mean? 

• GEMINATE (noun)
  The noun GEMINATE has 1 sense:

1. a doubled or long consonant

  Familiarity information: GEMINATE used as a noun is very rare.

• GEMINATE (verb)
  The verb GEMINATE has 4 senses:

1. form by reduplication

2. occur in pairs

3. arrange in pairs

4. arrange or combine in pairs

  Familiarity information: GEMINATE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GEMINATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A doubled or long consonant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

the 'n' in 'thinness' is a geminate

Hypernyms ("geminate" is a kind of...):

consonant (a speech sound that is not a vowel)

• GEMINATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they geminate    ... he / she / it geminates   
Past simple: geminated   
Past participle: geminated   
-ing form: geminating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Form by reduplication

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

geminate; reduplicate

Context example:

The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word

Hypernyms (to "geminate" is one way to...):

double; duplicate; reduplicate; repeat; replicate (make or do or perform again)

Domain category:

linguistics (the scientific study of language)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Occur in pairs

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

geminate; pair

Hypernyms (to "geminate" is one way to...):

occur (to be found to exist)

Verb group:

geminate; pair (arrange in pairs)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 3

Meaning:

Arrange in pairs

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

geminate; pair

Context example:

Pair these numbers

Hypernyms (to "geminate" is one way to...):

arrange; set up (put into a proper or systematic order)

Verb group:

geminate; pair (occur in pairs)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 4

Meaning:

Arrange or combine in pairs

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

The consonants are geminated in these words

Hypernyms (to "geminate" is one way to...):

double; duplicate (increase twofold)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

gemination (the doubling of a word or phrase (as for rhetorical effect))