| Noun | 1. | geminate - a doubled or long consonant; "the `n' in `thinness' is a geminate"consonant - a speech sound that is not a vowel | |
| Verb | 1. | geminate - form by reduplication; "The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel"; "The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word" | |
| 2. | geminate - occur in pairsoccur - to be found to exist; "sexism occurs in many workplaces"; "precious stones occur in a large area in Brazil" | |
| 3. | geminate - arrange in pairs; "Pair these numbers"arrange, set up - put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order" | |
| 4. | geminate - arrange or combine in pairs; "The consonants are geminated in these words"double, duplicate - increase twofold; "The population doubled within 50 years" | |