| NOUN | communication | geminate | a doubled or long consonant |
|---|---|---|---|
| VERB | creation | geminate, reduplicate | form by reduplication |
| contact | geminate, pair | occur in pairs | |
| contact | geminate, pair | arrange in pairs | |
| change | geminate | arrange or combine in pairs |
| Sounds | jheh'mahnaht; jheh'mahney.t | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abbot ... zealot / Zealot: 372 rhymes with aht... | |
| abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | ||
| Meaning | A doubled or long consonant. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the 'n' in 'thinness' is a geminate" | |
| Broader | consonant | A speech sound that is not a vowel |
| Spanish | geminada | |
| Meaning | form by reduplication. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | reduplicate | |
| Category | linguistics | The scientific study of language |
| Broader | duplicate, reduplicate, double, repeat, replicate | make or do or perform again |
| Spanish | reduplicar | |
| Meaning | Occur in pairs. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonym | pair | |
| Broader | occur | To be found to exist |
| Similar to | pair, geminate | Arrange in pairs |
| Meaning | Arrange in pairs. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | pair | |
| Broader | arrange, set up | put into a proper or systematic order |
| Similar to | pair, geminate | Occur in pairs |
| Meaning | arrange or combine in pairs. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "The consonants are geminated in these words" | |
| Broader | double, duplicate | increase / increase twofold |
| Spanish | geminarse, geminar | |
| Catalan | geminar-se, geminar | |
| Nouns | gemination | the doubling of a word or phrase (as for rhetorical effect) |
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