different between terms vs gemel

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t??mz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /t?mz/

Noun

terms

1. plural of term

Verb

terms

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of term

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Swedish

Noun

terms

1. indefinite genitive singular of term

English

Etymology

From Middle English gemow, from Old French gemel, from Latin gemellus, diminutive of geminus (“twin”). The modern form is influenced by the Latin etymon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d??m?l/
• Rhymes: -?m?l

Noun

gemel (plural gemels)

1. (now rare) A twin (also attributively).
   • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 197:

     half a million which Demon considered henceforth as a loan his cousin should certainly refund him if sanity counted for something on this gemel planet.

2. (heraldry) One of a pair of small bars placed together.
   • 1698, John Strype, Life of the learned Sir Thomas Smith

     two gemells silver between two griffins passant

3. (historical) A finger ring which splits into two horizontally.

Adjective

gemel (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) Coupled; paired.

   Bars gemel, or two barrulets placed near and parallel to each other.