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Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese gemẽo, from Latin geminus (compare French jumeau, Italian gemello, gemino, Romanian geamăn, Spanish gemelo). Doublet of gémino, a borrowing.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʒẽ.mi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈʒẽ.mju/, /ˈʒẽ.me.u/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʒẽ.mi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈʒẽ.mju/, /ˈʒẽ.me.u/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʒe.me.o/
Adjective
gêmeo (feminine gêmea, masculine plural gêmeos, feminine plural gêmeas) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)
- twin
Noun
gêmeo m (plural gêmeos, feminine gêmea, feminine plural gêmeas) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)
- twin
Noun
gêmeo m (plural gêmeos) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)
- (anatomy) calf (muscle in the back of the leg below the knee)