[ˈdʒɛmɪnət], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- consisting of identical adjacent speech sounds; doubled
(e.g: consonants motivating a short vowel were all originally geminate)


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin geminatus, past participle of geminare ‘double, pair with’, from geminus ‘twin’

[ˈdʒɛmɪneɪt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- double or repeat (a speech sound)
(e.g: a medial liquid is geminated over two syllables)


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin geminatus, past participle of geminare ‘double, pair with’, from geminus ‘twin’