"gemination" meaning in English

See gemination in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌd͡ʒɛm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ [UK, US], /ˌd͡ʒɛm.əˈneɪ.ʃən/ [UK, US] Forms: geminations [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin geminātiō, geminātiōnis (“a doubling”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|geminātiō|geminātiō, geminātiōnis|a doubling}} Latin geminātiō, geminātiōnis (“a doubling”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} gemination (countable and uncountable, plural geminations)
  1. A doubling. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  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 Categories (topical): Phonetics Synonyms: consonant lengthening Translations (phonetical phenomenon): binjakëzim [masculine] (Albanian), تَشْدِيد (tašdīd) [masculine] (Arabic), تَضْعِيف (taḍʕīf) (Arabic), удвояване (udvojavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 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), 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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      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "phonetical phenomenon",
      "word": "sakambal"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "gemination"
  ],
  "word": "gemination"
}

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