geminateˈdʒɛm əˌneɪt; -nɪt, -ˌneɪt
geminate
English Definitions:
geminate (verb)
a doubled or long consonant
"the `n' in `thinness' is a geminate"
reduplicate, geminate (verb)
form by reduplication
"The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel"; "The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word"
pair, geminate (verb)
occur in pairs
pair, geminate (verb)
arrange in pairs
"Pair these numbers"
geminate (verb)
arrange or combine in pairs
"The consonants are geminated in these words"
geminate
In phonetics and phonology, gemination (), or consonant lengthening (from Latin geminatio 'doubling', itself from gemini 'twins'), is an articulation of a consonant for a longer period of time than that of a singleton consonant. It is distinct from stress. Gemination is represented in many writing systems by a doubled letter and is often perceived as a doubling of the consonant. Some phonological theories use "doubling" as a synonym for gemination, others describe two distinct phenomena.Consonant length is a distinctive feature in certain languages, such as Arabic, Berber, Danish, Estonian, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Punjabi, Polish and Turkish. Other languages, such as English, do not have word-internal phonemic consonant geminates. Consonant gemination and vowel length are independent in languages like Arabic, Japanese, Finnish and Estonian; however, in languages like Italian, Norwegian and Swedish, vowel length and consonant length are interdependent. For example, in Norwegian and Swedish, a geminated consonant is always preceded by a short vowel, while an ungeminated consonant is preceded by a long vowel. A clear example are the Norwegian words tak [tɑːk] ('ceiling or roof' of a building), and takk [tɑkː] ('thanks').
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