"gemination" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌd͡ʒɛm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ [UK, US], /ˌd͡ʒɛm.əˈneɪ.ʃən/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-gemination.wav [US] Forms: geminations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: Etymology tree Latin geminus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin geminō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin geminātiō, geminātiōnisbor. English gemination Borrowed from Latin geminātiō, geminātiōnis (“a doubling”). Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|la:geminātiō<alt:geminātiō, geminātiōnis><t:a doubling>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin geminus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin geminō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin geminātiō, geminātiōnisbor. English gemination [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "geminātiō, geminātiōnis", "gloss" : "a doubling", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "double, repeat", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "twin", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "geminus", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" }, { "id" : "denominative", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "suf", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-ājō", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "suf", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-éh₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "intransitive verbs", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yéti", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-eh₂yéti", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" }, { "keyword_abbrev" : "influ.", "keyword_label" : "Influenced by", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₂ti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "influence" } ], "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-āō", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ō", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "geminō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-tiHō", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-Hō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-tiō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-tiō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "geminātiō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "gemination", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="gemination"> Borrowed from Latin geminātiō, geminātiōnis (“a doubling”). Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} gemination (countable and uncountable, plural geminations)
  1. A doubling. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-gemination-en-noun-GoNsp1Ue
  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. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: consonant lengthening Translations (phonetical phenomenon): binjakëzim [masculine] (Albanian), تَشْدِيد (tašdīd) [masculine] (Arabic), تَضْعِيف (taḍʕīf) (Arabic), удвояване (udvojavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), geminació [feminine] (Catalan), 輔音延長 /辅音延长 (Chinese Mandarin), zdvojení [neuter] (Czech), konsonanta plilongigo (Esperanto), geminaatio (Finnish), gémination [feminine] (French), გაორმაგება (gaormageba) (Georgian), გაორკეცება (gaorḳeceba) (Georgian), გაორწვერება (gaorc̣vereba) (Georgian), გაორება (gaoreba) (Georgian), Gemination [feminine] (German), διπλασιασμός (diplasiasmós) [masculine] (Greek), geminazione [feminine] (Italian), geminazione consonantica [feminine] (Italian), raddoppiamento [masculine] (Italian), 長子音 (chōshiin) (alt: ちょうしいん) (Japanese), geminacja [feminine] (Polish), geminação [feminine] (Portuguese), удвое́ние (udvojénije) [neuter] (Russian), гемина́ция (geminácija) [feminine] (Russian), geminación [feminine] (Spanish), sakambal (Tagalog)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: degemination Related terms: geminate, geminative, Gemini, twinning

Inflected forms

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