geminate
- consisting of identical adjacent speech sounds; doubled
- double or repeat (a speech sound)
verb: geminate, 3rd person present: geminates, gerund or present participle: geminating, past tense: geminated, past participle: geminated
- 釋義
形容詞
- 1. consisting of identical adjacent speech sounds; doubled consonants motivating a short vowel were all originally geminate
動詞
- 1. double or repeat (a speech sound) a medial liquid is geminated over two syllables
- 更多解釋
- consisting of identical adjacent speech sounds, especially consonants; doubled: consonants motivating a short vowel were all originally geminate
- double or repeat (a speech sound): a medial liquid is geminated over two syllables
Oxford American Dictionary