gemination

indénombrable

A noun referring to the act of doubling or repeating a word, phrase, or element, often for rhetorical emphasis, or the process of making a duplicate or copies of something.

• 🇫🇷Nom féminin désignant l'action de doubler ou de répéter un mot, une phrase ou un élément, souvent pour un effet rhétorique ou linguistique, ou le processus de duplication ou de copie de quelque chose.

1. Doubling for rhetorical effect C2 formal

   The repetition or doubling of a word or phrase to create emphasis or a rhetorical effect.

   • The phrase 'never, never, never give up' uses gemination for emphasis.
   • In poetry, gemination can intensify the emotional impact.
   • The speaker employed gemination to stress the urgency of the situation.

   🇫🇷Gémination rhétorique

   Synonymes: reduplication

2. Act of copying or duplicating C2 formal

   The process of making a copy or duplicate of something.

   • The gemination of the document was necessary for the records.
   • The artist's gemination of the sculpture allowed for wider distribution.
   • Gemination of the key was required for the security system.

   🇫🇷Action de copier ou de dupliquer

   Synonymes: copyingdoublingduplicationreduplicationreplication

• geminations plural form
• geminations' possessive plural form
• gemination's possessive singular form