Overview of noun geminate

The noun geminate has 1 sense

• geminate -- (a doubled or long consonant; "the `n' in `thinness' is a geminate")

Overview of verb geminate

The verb geminate has 4 senses

• reduplicate, geminate -- (form by reduplication; "The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel"; "The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word")


• pair, geminate -- (occur in pairs)


• pair, geminate -- (arrange in pairs; "Pair these numbers")


• geminate -- (arrange or combine in pairs; "The consonants are geminated in these words")