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Word: Geminate
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Latin geminatus, past participle of geminare ‘double, pair with’, from geminus ‘twin’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈdʒɛmɪneɪt
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈdʒɛmɪnət
Dialects: British English
Definition:
consisting of identical adjacent speech sounds; doubled
Short Definition:consisting of identical adjacent speech sounds
Examples:- consonants motivating a short vowel were all originally geminate
Word: Geminate
Speech Type: Verb
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈdʒɛmɪneɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
double or repeat (a speech sound)
Short Definition:double or repeat
Examples:- a medial liquid is geminated over two syllables
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