geminate Phonetics

geminate Phonetics
geminate Phonetics
adjective 'dʒɛmɪneɪt, -nət consisting of identical adjacent speech sounds; doubled.
verb 'dʒɛmɪneɪt double or repeat (a speech sound).
Derivatives
gemination noun
Origin
ME (in sense 'duplicate, doubled'): from L. geminat-, geminare 'double, pair with', from geminus 'twin'.

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