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Meaning of "geminate" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GEMINATE

From Latin gemināre to double, from geminus born at the same time, twin.
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PRONUNCIATION OF GEMINATE

geminate  [ˈdʒɛmɪnɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GEMINATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Geminate is a verb and can also act as an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb geminate in English.

WHAT DOES GEMINATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Gemination

In phonetics, gemination or consonant elongation happens when a spoken consonant is pronounced for an audibly longer period of time than a short consonant. Gemination is distinct from stress and may appear independently of it. Gemination literally means "twinning", and is from the same Latin root as "Gemini". Consonant length is distinctive in some languages, for instance Arabic, Berber, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Classical Hebrew, Hungarian, Catalan, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Russian, Slovak and Tamil. Most languages do not have distinctive long consonants. Vowel length is distinctive in more languages than consonant length, although several languages feature both independently, or have interdependent vowel and consonant length.

Definition of geminate in the English dictionary

The definition of geminate in the dictionary is combined in pairs; doubled. Other definition of geminate is to arrange or be arranged in pairs.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO GEMINATE

PRESENT

Present
I geminate
you geminate
he/she/it geminates
we geminate
you geminate
they geminate
Present continuous
I am geminating
you are geminating
he/she/it is geminating
we are geminating
you are geminating
they are geminating
Present perfect
I have geminated
you have geminated
he/she/it has geminated
we have geminated
you have geminated
they have geminated
Present perfect continuous
I have been geminating
you have been geminating
he/she/it has been geminating
we have been geminating
you have been geminating
they have been geminating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I geminated
you geminated
he/she/it geminated
we geminated
you geminated
they geminated
Past continuous
I was geminating
you were geminating
he/she/it was geminating
we were geminating
you were geminating
they were geminating
Past perfect
I had geminated
you had geminated
he/she/it had geminated
we had geminated
you had geminated
they had geminated
Past perfect continuous
I had been geminating
you had been geminating
he/she/it had been geminating
we had been geminating
you had been geminating
they had been geminating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will geminate
you will geminate
he/she/it will geminate
we will geminate
you will geminate
they will geminate
Future continuous
I will be geminating
you will be geminating
he/she/it will be geminating
we will be geminating
you will be geminating
they will be geminating
Future perfect
I will have geminated
you will have geminated
he/she/it will have geminated
we will have geminated
you will have geminated
they will have geminated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been geminating
you will have been geminating
he/she/it will have been geminating
we will have been geminating
you will have been geminating
they will have been geminating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would geminate
you would geminate
he/she/it would geminate
we would geminate
you would geminate
they would geminate
Conditional continuous
I would be geminating
you would be geminating
he/she/it would be geminating
we would be geminating
you would be geminating
they would be geminating
Conditional perfect
I would have geminate
you would have geminate
he/she/it would have geminate
we would have geminate
you would have geminate
they would have geminate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been geminating
you would have been geminating
he/she/it would have been geminating
we would have been geminating
you would have been geminating
they would have been geminating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you geminate
we let´s geminate
you geminate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to geminate
Past participle
geminated
Present Participle
geminating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GEMINATE


acuminate
əˈkjuːmɪnɪt
agminate
ˈæɡmɪnɪt
cabinet
ˈkæbɪnɪt
conterminate
kənˈtɜːmɪnɪt
definite
ˈdɛfɪnɪt
determinate
dɪˈtɜːmɪnɪt
effeminate
ɪˈfɛmɪnɪt
homogenate
hɒˈmɒdʒɪnɪt
indefinite
ɪnˈdɛfɪnɪt
indeterminate
ˌɪndɪˈtɜːmɪnɪt
indiscriminate
ˌɪndɪˈskrɪmɪnɪt
infinite
ˈɪnfɪnɪt
innominate
ɪˈnɒmɪnɪt
minute
ˈmɪnɪt
ordinate
ˈɔːdɪnɪt
predeterminate
ˌpriːdɪˈtɜːmɪnɪt
quadrigeminate
ˌkwɒdrɪˈdʒɛmɪnɪt
staminate
ˈstæmɪnɪt
subordinate
səˈbɔːdɪnɪt
up-to-the-minute
ˌʌptəðəˈmɪnɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GEMINATE

gemclip
gemeinschaft
Gemeinschaften
gemel
gemels
gemfibrozil
gemfish
geminal
geminally
geminated
geminately
gemination
Geminga
Gemini
Gemini telescope
Geminian
Geminid
Geminorum
geminous
geminy

WORDS THAT END LIKE GEMINATE

aluminate
assassinate
contaminate
coordinate
discriminate
disseminate
dominate
donate
eliminate
fascinate
hallucinate
illuminate
indoctrinate
laminate
marinate
nominate
originate
predominate
ruminate
terminate
urinate

Synonyms and antonyms of geminate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «geminate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GEMINATE

Find out the translation of geminate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of geminate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «geminate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

成双
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

geminada
570 millions of speakers

English

geminate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

geminate
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

توأمي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Geminate
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

geminate
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

যুগ্ম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

géminées
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Geminate
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

geminate
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

双生の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

쌍생
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Geminate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

từng đôi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இணகள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दागिने
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ikizleştirmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

geminate
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

geminate
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Geminate
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

geminate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Geminate
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verdubbeld
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

geminate
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

geminate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of geminate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GEMINATE»

The term «geminate» is regularly used and occupies the 76.303 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GEMINATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «geminate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «geminate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about geminate

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GEMINATE»

Discover the use of geminate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to geminate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Phonetic and Phonological Aspects of Geminate Timing
Closure duration data for word-final devoiced, voiceless and geminate stops are summarized in Figure 3.6. □ devoiced □ voiceless D geminate PA speaker Figure 3.6. Mean closure duration for devoiced (n = 9 per speaker), voiceless (n = 9) ...
William Ham, 2013
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Phonetics and Phonology of Moras, Feet and Geminate ...
"This book provides a clear account of the temporal organization of Japanese phonology, especially the phonetic and phonological nature of moras, feet, and geminate consonants in Japanese.
Hiromi Otaka, 2008
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Experimental Discrimination of Geminate Vs. Nongeminate ...
Hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) has become one of the most widely used materials for photovoltaic applications and other electronic thin film devices ranging from thin film transistors to radiation detectors.
Thomas Wagner Herring, 2008
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Phonology: Critical Concepts in Linguistics
a WU in cases where the head noun preceding the associative marker ends in either a geminate vowel or a consonant: (24) a. M L b. In both cases, the OCR removes the WU of the initial consonant, associating each onset [m] to the following x ...
Charles W. Kreidler, 2001
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Theoretical Issues in Korean Linguistics
Post-Obstruent. Tensification. in. Korean. and. Geminate. Inalterability. Young- mee Yu Cho Sharon Inkelas Stanford University University of California-Berkeley We present the rule of Post-Obstruent Tensification in Korean as one ...
Young-Key Kim-Renaud, 1994
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An Effort Based Approach to Consonant Lenition
First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Robert Kirchner, 2013
7
Learning to Read Biblical Hebrew: An Introductory Grammar
Note that a guttural in the second syllable of a segolate requires that syllable to have an A-class vowel rather than a segol. 2. Geminate nouns a. A geminate (“ doubled”) noun is derived from a double-ayin root, which is to say that the root of a ...
Robert Ray Ellis, 2006
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Diffusion-Limited Reactions
Geminate. I0n—Pair. Recombination. 1. Introduction The coulombic interaction between ions [eqn. (39)] in any solvent is sufficiently strong to swamp the potential of mean force. Even in very polar solvents, the distance at which the coulomb ...
S.A. Rice, 1985
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Hydrogen Bonding and Transfer in the Excited State
The partners of the initially formed geminate spin-correlated radical ion pairs undergo diffusion into the bulk solvent. When the diffusive separation between the partners reaches an optimum distance where exchange interaction between the ...
Ke-Li Han, Guang-Jiu Zhao, 2011
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A Psycholinguistic Perspective on Finnish and Japanese ...
The moraic status of syllable-final nasals was also investigated using minimal pair words contrasting in single and geminate nasals in Korean, English and Japanese (Sato 1996). Test words were all real words containing a single or a ...
Katsura Aoyama, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GEMINATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term geminate is used in the context of the following news items.
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Geological game changer
Even after the reported geological closure, geminate marine species, those close relatives found on opposite sides of the narrow isthmus, also ... «Space Daily, Jun 15»
2
Zanu PF bigwigs threaten orphanage
“Standard practice is that the trees are cut at the main stem and then they can re-geminate,” Jonathan said. Since Zanu PF's internal wars took ... «Nehanda Radio, Mar 15»
3
Game of Thrones' Dothraki: meet the man who invented a language
And since a geminate velar fricative would likely be flubbed by a non-native speaker, I decided that this verb would somehow relate to vekhat ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»
4
Time to test seeds for germination
Leave the bag in a warm location for two to five days, enough time for the seeds to geminate. 3. After the allowable time check for germination. «Peterborough Examiner, Feb 15»
5
Health Benefits Of Carrots
They take 6 to 21 days to geminate and 70- 100 days to mature fully. The products are harvested by gently pulling it up from the soil holding the ... «Nigerian Observer, Jan 15»
6
Be a part of interactive art installation at Carr Street shop
It launched Friday night with high-tech installation Geminate, created by as described, linking the street with one in Lens, France. Pictured as ... «Ipswich Star, Dec 14»
7
Artists take over shop windows at Ipswich's former Co-op …
It launched Friday night with high-tech installation Geminate, created by as described, linking our high street with one in Lens, France. Pictured ... «Ipswich Star, Nov 14»
8
Anti-Leukemia Drug May Also Work Against Ovarian Cancer
You have to go after the seeds of the cancer and kill them before they geminate into recurrent or metastatic disease.” Co-authors include ... «UCSD Medical Center, Nov 14»
9
Wild Herbs Offer Tender Loving Care to Stored Rice Than Synthetics
Use botanical grain protectants like dried leaf powder @1% w/w of senwar (Begonia), Vitex negundo, wild sage (Lippia geminate). Bael (Aegle ... «Oryza, Oct 14»
10
Study shows Fryingpan River healthy despite 'rock snot'
Rock snot, formally known as Didymosphenia geminate and often called Didymo, appears here to stay. The conservancy hired students from ... «Aspen Times, Oct 14»

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