geminate
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Is geminate a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (phonology, of a consonant) Pronounced longer and considered as being doubled.Examples: "For example, Martin (2007) notes that compounds in several languages (including English and Turkish) violate the general phonological principles in the language (e.g., English only allows geminate consonants in compounds)."Synonyms: geminatednot-comparable
noun (English)
1. (phonology) A doubled or repeated letter or speech sound.Examples: "The attested forms show variation in the unstressed vowels (Srd. lèppere, lèpporo, lèppore, léppuri etc.) but agree on the labial geminate. We can thus reconstruct *leppVr-."
Definition source: Wiktionary