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.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant en phonétique un son consonantique double ou long, prononcé avec une durée plus longue qu'une consonne simple.

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).

   🇫🇷Consonne géminée

• 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.

• 🇫🇷Verbe signifiant doubler, devenir double ou se présenter par paires, souvent utilisé en linguistique pour décrire l'allongement ou le doublement d'un son consonne.

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.

   🇫🇷Géminer (doubler/répéter)

   Synonymes: 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.

   🇫🇷jumeler, apparier

   Synonymes: coupledoubleduplicatematchpairtwin

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