Dictionary Entry
geminate
geminate is a 8-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: In pairs or twains; two together; binate; twin; as, geminate flowers. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
In pairs or twains; two together; binate; twin; as, geminate flowers.
- 2transitive verb
To double.
- 3noun
a doubled or long consonant
"the `n' in `thinness' is a geminate"
- 4verb
arrange or combine in pairs
"The consonants are geminated in these words"
- 5verb
arrange in pairs
"Pair these numbers"
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- 6verb
occur in pairs
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- 7verb
form by reduplication
"The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel"
"The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word"
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