Standard Lemma guide

geminate

adj · noun · verb · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK, US: /ˈd͡ʒɛmɪnət/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • UK, US: /ˈd͡ʒɛmɪneɪt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: JH EH1 M AH0 N AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: JH EH1 M AH0 N EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Forming a pair.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: paired, doubled, twinned

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: paired, doubled, twinned

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Pronounced longer and considered as being doubled.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: geminated

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A doubled or repeated letter or speech sound.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To arrange in pairs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To occur in pairs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

a doubled or long consonant

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the `n' in `thinness' is a geminate

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: consonant

7

verb

Meaning 7

arrange or combine in pairs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The consonants are geminated in these words

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: double, duplicate

8

verb

Meaning 8

arrange in pairs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Pair these numbers

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pair

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: arrange, set up

9

verb

Meaning 9

occur in pairs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pair

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: occur

10

verb

Meaning 10

form by reduplication

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel
  • The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: reduplicate

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: duplicate, reduplicate, double, repeat, replicate

History

Etymology

First attested in 1589; borrowed from Latin geminātus, perfect passive participle of geminō (“to double”), see -ate (etymology 1,2 and 3).

Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: двоен (dvoen) — forming a pair
  • Catalan: geminar — forming a pair
  • Dutch: paarwijze — forming a pair
  • Dutch: gepaard — forming a pair
  • Finnish: pareittain esiintyvä — forming a pair
  • French: gémine — forming a pair
  • Georgian: გაორებული (gaorebuli) — forming a pair
  • Georgian: გაორმაგებული (gaormagebuli) — forming a pair
  • Georgian: გაორკეცებული (gaorḳecebuli) — forming a pair
  • Georgian: გაორწვერებული (gaorc̣verebuli) — forming a pair
  • Russian: удво́енный (udvójennyj) — forming a pair
  • Arabic: مُشَدَّد (mušaddad) — phonology
  • Arabic: مُضَعَّف (muḍaʕʕaf) — phonology
  • Catalan: geminat — phonology
  • Finnish: kahdentunut — phonology
  • Finnish: geminoitunut — phonology
  • French: géminée — phonology
  • Greek: όμοιος (ómoios) — phonology
  • Russian: гемини́рованный (geminírovannyj) — phonology
  • Spanish: geminado — phonology
  • Swedish: geminerad — phonology
  • Swedish: fördubblad — phonology
  • Dutch: geminaat — doubled sound
  • Finnish: geminaatta — doubled sound
  • Finnish: kaksoiskonsonantti — doubled sound
  • French: géminée — doubled sound
  • Japanese: 促音 (sokuon) — doubled sound
  • Polish: geminata — doubled sound
  • Russian: гемина́та (gemináta) — doubled sound
  • Swedish: geminata — doubled sound
  • Bulgarian: удвоявам (udvojavam) — to arrange in pairs
  • Dutch: paren — to arrange in pairs
  • Dutch: in paren ordenen — to arrange in pairs
  • Finnish: parittaa — to arrange in pairs
  • Finnish: yhdistää — to arrange in pairs
  • Finnish: järjestää pareiksi — to arrange in pairs
  • Georgian: გაორმაგება (gaormageba) — to arrange in pairs
  • Georgian: გაორკეცება (gaorḳeceba) — to arrange in pairs
  • Russian: удва́ивать (udváivatʹ) — to arrange in pairs
  • Russian: удво́ить (udvóitʹ) — to arrange in pairs
  • Dutch: paarwijze voorkomen — to occur in pairs
  • Finnish: esiintyä pareittain — to occur in pairs
  • Georgian: წყვილებად მოხდენა (c̣q̇vilebad moxdena) — to occur in pairs