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.

• 🇨🇳名词，指语音学中发音持续时间比单个辅音更长的辅音，即重叠辅音或长辅音。

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).

   🇨🇳叠辅音

• 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.

• 🇨🇳动词，意为使成双、加倍或成对出现，在语言学中常用来描述辅音延长或重叠的现象。

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.

   🇨🇳重复

   同义词: 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.

   🇨🇳成对组合

   同义词: coupledoubleduplicatematchpairtwin

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