geminate1
KK: [ˈdʒɛmǝnɪt]
DJ: [ˈdʒеminit]
geminate2
KK: [ˈdʒɛmǝˌnеt]
DJ: [ˈdʒеminеit]
vi. & vt.
- （使）成雙；（使）重複；（使）加倍
adj.
/
ˈdʒɛmɪneɪt,
-nət/
consisting of identical adjacent speech sounds; doubled.
v.
/
ˈdʒɛmɪneɪt/
double or repeat (a speech sound).
Derivative
Etymology
ME (in sense ‘duplicate, doubled’): from L. geminat-, geminare ‘double, pair with’, from geminus ‘twin’.
