different between gemination vs gemini

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gemin?ti?, gemin?ti?nis (“a doubling”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?d??m.??ne?.??n/, /?d??m.??ne?.??n/

Noun

gemination (countable and uncountable, plural geminations)

1. A doubling.

   bilateral gemination of the maxillary central incisors

2. (phonetics) A phenomenon when a consonant is pronounced for an audibly longer period of time than is done normally.

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with germination.

Derived terms

• autogemination
• degemination

Related terms

• geminate
• geminative
• Gemini

Translations

See also

• twinning

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