Geminate
English Meaning
In pairs or twains; two together; binate; twin; as, geminate flowers.
- To double.
- To arrange in pairs.
- Linguistics To make into a geminate.
- To occur in pairs.
- Linguistics To become a geminate.
- Forming a pair; doubled.
- Linguistics A double or long consonant, such as the tt in the Italian word sotto or the nn in the English word thinness.