geminate
Speech parts
1. geminate - Noun
2. geminate - Adjective
3. geminate - Verb
Meaning
In pairs or twains; two together; binate; twin; as, geminate flowers.
To double.
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Examples
the `n' in `thinness' is a geminate
The consonants are geminated in these words
Pair these numbers
The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel
The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word
A few languages have regained secondary geminate consonants.