gemination

See also: Gemination

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gemination

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin geminātiō, geminātiōnis (“a doubling”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˌd͡ʒɛm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, /ˌd͡ʒɛm.əˈneɪ.ʃən/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

gemination (countable and uncountable, plural geminations)

1. A doubling.

   bilateral gemination of the maxillary central incisors

2. (phonetics) The phenomenon of a consonant being pronounced for an audibly longer period of time than is normal; an instance of such lengthened pronunciation.

   Synonym: consonant lengthening

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with germination.

Derived terms

• degemination

Related terms

• geminate
• geminative
• Gemini

Translations

phonetical phenomenon

Albanian: binjakëzim m Arabic: تَشْدِيد m (tašdīd), تَضْعِيف (taḍʕīf) Bulgarian: удвояване n (udvojavane) Catalan: geminació f Chinese: Mandarin: 輔音延長 / 辅音延长 Czech: zdvojení n Esperanto: konsonanta plilongigo Finnish: geminaatio (fi) French: gémination (fr) f Georgian: გაორმაგება (gaormageba), გაორკეცება (gaorḳeceba), გაორწვერება (gaorc̣vereba), გაორება (gaoreba) German: Gemination (de) f Greek: διπλασιασμός (el) m (diplasiasmós) Italian: geminazione f, geminazione consonantica f, raddoppiamento (it) m Japanese: 長子音 (ちょうしいん, chōshiin) Polish: geminacja f Portuguese: geminação (pt) f Russian: удвое́ние (ru) n (udvojénije), гемина́ция (ru) f (geminácija) Spanish: geminación (es) f Tagalog: sakambal

See also

• twinning