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"Geminate" Definition

noun

Linguistics A double or long consonant, such as the tt in the Italian word sotto or the nn in the English word thinness.

adjective

Forming a pair; doubled.
Being a sequence of identical speech sounds (as in or Italian \ˈnȯt-te\ “night”).
Arranged in pairs .

verb-intransitive

Linguistics To become a geminate.
To occur in pairs.

verb-transitive

Linguistics To make into a geminate.
To arrange in pairs.
To double.

verb

To be or become geminate.
To make geminate.

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