geminate

A noun referring to a doubled or long consonant sound in phonetics, where a consonant is pronounced for a longer duration than a single consonant.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das einen verdoppelten oder langen Konsonanten in der Phonetik bezeichnet, bei dem der Konsonant mit größerer Dauer als ein einzelner Konsonant ausgesprochen wird.

1. Doubled consonant C2 formal scientific

   A consonant sound that is prolonged or doubled in duration within a word, often contrasting with a short consonant.

   • In Italian, the word 'fatto' contains a geminate 'tt' that is held longer than a single 't'.
   • Linguists study how geminates affect syllable structure in languages like Arabic.
   • The geminate 'mm' in 'summer' is not truly double in English, but in other languages it is distinct.
   • Japanese has geminate consonants written with a small 'tsu', like in 'kitte' (postage stamp).

   🇩🇪Doppelkonsonant

• geminates plural form
• geminates' possessive plural form
• geminate's possessive singular form

A verb meaning to double, become paired, or occur in pairs, often used in linguistics to describe the lengthening or doubling of a consonant sound.

• 🇩🇪Verb, das bedeutet, etwas zu verdoppeln oder paarweise auftreten zu lassen; in der Linguistik bezeichnet es die Verdoppelung oder Verlängerung eines Konsonanten.

1. To double or repeat C2 formal

   To form by reduplication or to double a sound, letter, or word.

   • In some languages, consonants are geminated to change meaning.
   • The word 'bookkeeper' has a geminated 'k' sound.
   • Linguists study how sounds geminate in different dialects.

   🇩🇪Verdoppeln

   Synonyme: doubleduplicatereduplicaterepeattwin

2. To pair or combine C2 formal

   To arrange or combine in pairs; to occur in pairs.

   • The scientist geminated the samples for comparison.
   • In the experiment, the variables were geminated to test symmetry.
   • The artist geminated the colors to create a balanced composition.

   🇩🇪In Paaren anordnen

   Synonyme: coupledoubleduplicatematchpairtwin

• geminated past participle
• geminated past simple
• geminating present participle
• geminates third person singular