noun
Meaning 1
A doubling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- bilateral gemination of the maxillary central incisors
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
gemination
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: /ˌd͡ʒɛm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
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UK, US: /ˌd͡ʒɛm.əˈneɪ.ʃən/
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rhymes with -eɪʃən
noun
Meaning 2
The phenomenon of a consonant being pronounced for an audibly longer period of time than is normal; an instance of such lengthened pronunciation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: consonant lengthening
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the act of copying or making a duplicate (or duplicates) of something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- this kind of duplication is wasteful
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: duplication
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: copying
noun
Meaning 4
the doubling of a word or phrase (as for rhetorical effect)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: repetition
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin geminus Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin geminō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin geminātiō, geminātiōnisbor. English gemination Borrowed from Latin geminātiō, geminātiōnis (“a doubling”).
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: binjakëzim — phonetical phenomenon
- Arabic: تَشْدِيد (tašdīd) — phonetical phenomenon
- Arabic: تَضْعِيف (taḍʕīf) — phonetical phenomenon
- Bulgarian: удвояване (udvojavane) — phonetical phenomenon
- Catalan: geminació — phonetical phenomenon
- Chinese Mandarin: 輔音延長 /辅音延长 — phonetical phenomenon
- Czech: zdvojení — phonetical phenomenon
- Esperanto: konsonanta plilongigo — phonetical phenomenon
- Finnish: geminaatio — phonetical phenomenon
- French: gémination — phonetical phenomenon
- Georgian: გაორმაგება (gaormageba) — phonetical phenomenon
- Georgian: გაორკეცება (gaorḳeceba) — phonetical phenomenon
- Georgian: გაორწვერება (gaorc̣vereba) — phonetical phenomenon
- Georgian: გაორება (gaoreba) — phonetical phenomenon
- German: Gemination — phonetical phenomenon
- Greek: διπλασιασμός (diplasiasmós) — phonetical phenomenon
- Italian: geminazione — phonetical phenomenon
- Italian: geminazione consonantica — phonetical phenomenon
- Italian: raddoppiamento — phonetical phenomenon
- Japanese: 長子音 (chōshiin) — phonetical phenomenon
- Polish: geminacja — phonetical phenomenon
- Portuguese: geminação — phonetical phenomenon
- Russian: удвое́ние (udvojénije) — phonetical phenomenon
- Russian: гемина́ция (geminácija) — phonetical phenomenon
- Spanish: geminación — phonetical phenomenon
- Tagalog: sakambal — phonetical phenomenon