different between geminate vs gemini

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gemin?tus, perfect passive participle of gemin? (“to double”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?d??m?n?t/

Verb

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?d??m?ne?t/

Adjective

geminate (not comparable)

1. Forming a pair.
2. (phonology) Of a consonant, pronounced longer and considered as being doubled
   • 2008, Sara Finley, Review of “The Representation and Processing of Compound Words”

     For example, Martin (2007) notes that compounds in several languages (including English and Turkish) violate the general phonological principles in the language (e.g., English only allows geminate consonants in compounds).

Synonyms

• geminated

Translations

Verb

geminate (third-person singular simple present geminates, present participle geminating, simple past and past participle geminated)

1. To arrange in pairs.
2. To occur in pairs.

Derived terms

Related terms

• Gemini

Translations

Noun

geminate (plural geminates)

1. (phonology) A doubled or repeated letter or speech sound.

Translations

Italian

Verb

geminate

1. second-person plural present indicative of geminare
2. second-person plural imperative of geminare
3. feminine plural of geminato

Latin

Participle

gemin?te

1. vocative masculine singular of gemin?tus

Italian

Verb

gemini

1. second-person singular present indicative of geminare
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of geminare
3. second-person singular present subjunctive of geminare
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of geminare
5. third-person singular imperative of geminare

Anagrams

• enigmi

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /??e.mi.ni?/, [???m?ni?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?d??e.mi.ni/, [?d????mini]

Etymology 1

Nominative masculine plural of geminus (“twinborn, twin”).

Noun

gemin? m pl (genitive gemin?rum); second declension

1. twins

Inflection

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Derived terms

• Gemin?

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

gemin?

1. inflection of geminus:
   1. genitive masculine/neuter singular
   2. nominative/vocative masculine plural

References

• geminus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• gemini in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Turkish

Noun

gemini

1. second-person singular simple present possessive accusative of gemi