Gemini

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin geminī, plural of geminus (“twin”), calque of Ancient Greek Δίδυμοι (Dídumoi).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛmɪnaɪ/, /ˈd͡ʒɛmɪniː/
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Proper noun

Gemini (symbol ♊︎)

(astronomy) A constellation of the zodiac traditionally taken to represent the pair of twins Castor and Pollux in Greek mythology. It contains the stars Castor, Pollux, and Alhena.
(astrology) The zodiac sign for the twins, ruled by Mercury and covering May 22 – June 21 (tropical astrology) or June 16 – July 15 (sidereal astrology).
- 2025 May 16th, “Gemini: May Legendary Wildcard”, in Rise of the Half Moon:
  Gemini is the third sign of the zodiac, spanning the 60–89th degrees. The Sun is in Gemini from around 21 May to 20 June.
(Greek mythology) The twin brothers Castor and Pollux together.
Synonym: Dioscuri

Derived terms

Geminian

Related terms

Translations

constellation

Arabic: بُرْج اَلْجَوْزَاء m (burj al-jawzāʔ), اَلْجَوْزَاء m pl (al-jawzāʔ)
Armenian: Երկվորյակներ (Erkvoryakner)
Azerbaijani: Əkizlər
Bulgarian: Близна́ци pl (Bliznáci)
Catalan: Bessons (ca) m pl
Chinese:
Mandarin: 雙子座 / 双子座 (zh) (shuāngzǐzuò), 雙子星 / 双子星 (shuāngzǐxīng)
Cornish: an Evellyon
Czech: Blíženci (cs) m pl
Danish: Tvillingerne c pl
Dutch: Tweelingen (nl) m pl
Esperanto: Ĝemeloj pl
Estonian: Kaksikud
Finnish: Kaksoset (fi) pl
French: Gémeaux (fr) pl
Galician: Xémini (gl), Xemelgos (gl) m pl
German: Zwillinge (de) m pl
Greek: Δίδυμοι (el) m pl (Dídymoi)
Ancient: Δίδυμοι m pl (Dídumoi)
Hebrew: תְּאוֹמִים (he) (teomím)
Hindi: मिथुन तारामंडल m (mithun tārāmaṇḍal)
Hungarian: Ikrek (hu), Ikrek csillagkép
Irish: an Cúpla m
Italian: Gemelli (it) m pl
Japanese: 双子座 (ja) (ふたござ, futagoza), ふたご座 (ja) (ふたござ, futagoza)
Kazakh: Зауза (Zauza), Егіздер (Egızder)
Korean: 쌍(雙)둥이자리 (ssangdung'ijari), 쌍아궁(雙兒宮) (ssang'agung), 쌍자궁(雙子宮) (ko) (ssangjagung)
Latvian: Dvīņi m pl
Malay: Kembar, Jauza, Gemini
Marathi: मिथुन m (mithun)
Middle Persian: 𐭣𐭥𐭯𐭲𐭪𐭫 (dō-pahikar)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Tvillingene (no) m pl

Nynorsk: Tvillingane m pl
Occitan: Bessons m pl
Old English: Ġetwisan m pl
Persian: دوپیکر (fa) (do-peykar)
Polish: Bliźnięta (pl) n pl
Portuguese: Gémeos (pt) m pl (Portugal), Gêmeos (pt) m pl (Brazil), Gemini (pt)
Romanian: Gemeni pl
Russian: Близнецы́ (ru) m pl (Bliznecý)
Sanskrit: मिथुन (sa) m or n (mithuna), द्वंद्व (sa) m or n (dvaṃdva)
Scottish Gaelic: Gaolag is Gràdhag na Caiginn
Slovene: Dvojčka (sl) m pl
Southern Altai: эгис (egis)
Spanish: Géminis (es) m pl
Tagalog: Kambal, Heminis
Telugu: మిథునరాశి (te) (mithunarāśi), మిథునము (te) (mithunamu), మిథునం (te) (mithunaṁ)
Thai: คนคู่ (kon-kûu), เมถุน (mee-tǔn), มิถุน (mí-tùn)
Turkish: İkizler (tr)
Ukrainian: Близня́та n pl (Blyznjáta), Близнюки́ (uk) m pl (Blyznjuký)
Urdu: متھن m (mithun)
Welsh: yr Efeilliaid pl

astrological sign

Afrikaans: Tweeling (af)
Albanian: Binjakët m pl
Arabic: بُرْج اَلْجَوْزَاء m (burj al-jawzāʔ), اَلْجَوْزَاء m pl (al-jawzāʔ)
Armenian: Երկվորյակներ (Erkvoryakner)
Asturian: Xéminis, Ximielgos m pl
Azerbaijani: Əkizlər
Bulgarian: Близна́ци pl (Bliznáci)
Burmese: မေထုန် (my) (mehtun)
Catalan: Bessons (ca) m pl
Chinese:
Mandarin: 雙子座 / 双子座 (zh) (shuāngzǐzuò)
Cornish: an Evellyon
Czech: Blíženci (cs) m pl
Danish: Tvillingerne c pl
Dutch: Tweelingen (nl) m pl
Esperanto: Ĝemeloj pl
Estonian: Kaksikud
Finnish: Kaksoset (fi) pl
French: Gémeaux (fr) m pl
Galician: Xémini (gl), Xemelgos (gl) m pl
Georgian: ტყუპები pl (ṭq̇uṗebi), მარჩბივი (ka) (marčbivi)
German: Zwillinge (de) m pl
Greek: Δίδυμοι (el) m pl (Dídymoi)
Ancient: Δίδυμοι m pl (Dídumoi)
Hebrew: תְּאוֹמִים (he) (teomím)
Hindi: मिथुन (hi) m (mithun)
Hungarian: Ikrek (hu)
Irish: an Cúpla m
Italian: Gemelli (it) m pl
Japanese: 双児宮 (ja) (そうじきゅう, sōjikyū)
Kazakh: Егіздер (Egızder)
Khmer: មិថុនា (km) (mithonaa)
Latvian: Dvīņi
Lithuanian: Dvyniai
Luxembourgish: Zwilling (lb) m
Macedonian: близнаци m pl (bliznaci)
Malay: Kembar, Jauza, Gemini
Maltese: Tewmin
Marathi: मिथुन (mithun)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Tvillingene (no) m pl

Nynorsk: Tvillingane m pl
Occitan: Bessons m pl
Old English: Ġetwisan m pl
Persian: دوپیکر (fa) (dopeykar)
Polish: Bliźnięta (pl) n pl
Portuguese: Gémeos (pt) m pl (Portugal), Gêmeos (pt) m pl (Brazil)
Romanian: Gemeni m pl
Russian: Близнецы́ (ru) (Bliznecý)
Sanskrit: मिथुन (sa) m or n (mithuna), द्वंद्व (sa) m or n (dvaṃdva)
Scottish Gaelic: na Leth-aonan
Slovene: Dvojčka (sl) m pl
Spanish: Géminis (es) m pl
Swahili: Mapacha, Jauza
Swedish: Tvillingarna (sv)
Tagalog: Kambal, Heminis
Telugu: మిథునరాశి (te) (mithunarāśi), మిథునము (te) (mithunamu), మిథునం (te) (mithunaṁ)
Thai: เมถุน (mee-tǔn), มิถุน (mí-tùn)
Turkish: İkizler (tr)
Ukrainian: Близня́та n pl (Blyznjáta), Близнюки́ (uk) m pl (Blyznjuký)
Vietnamese: Song Tử

Noun

Gemini (plural Geminis)

Someone who has the Gemini star sign.
Antonym: Sagittarius
- 2022, Candice Carty-Williams, People Person, Trapeze, page 304:
  Danny had decided he was going to try to give things a proper go with Marley’s mum, so was mainly uncontactable because, ironically, as a Gemini, he wasn’t good at focusing on two things at once.
(obsolete) A pair of something.
- c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 45, column 1:
  I haue grated vpon my good friends for three Repreeues for you, and your Coach-fellow Nim; or elſe you had look’d through the grate, like a Geminy of Baboones: […]

Synonyms

Geminian

Translations

someone who has the Gemini star sign

Bulgarian: близна́ци (bg) pl (bliznáci)
Catalan: gèminis (ca) m or f, bessons (ca) m or f
Danish: tvilling (da) c
Dutch: Tweeling (nl) m
Estonian: kaksik
Finnish: kaksonen (fi)
French: Gémeaux (fr)
Galician: xémini (gl)
German: Zwilling (de) m
Greek: Δίδυμος (el) m (Dídymos)
Hungarian: ikrek (hu) pl
Macedonian: близнак m (bliznak)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tvilling (no) m

Nynorsk: tvilling m
Old English: ġetwisa m
Portuguese: geminiano
Russian: близне́ц (ru) m (bliznéc)
Ukrainian: близня́ n (blyznjá), близню́к (uk) m (blyznjúk)

Etymology 2

Perhaps identical with the above (compare Latin ēdepol (“by Pollux”), ēcastor (“by Castor”)), but perhaps more likely distinct in origin: compare Dutch jemenie, jemie, German gemine, jemine, Czech jémine, all ultimately shortened from Latin Iēsū domine (“O Lord Jesus”).