gemino

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See also: geminó and geminò

Catalan

Verb

gemino

  1. first-person singular present indicative of geminar

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛ.mi.no/
  • Rhymes: -ɛmino
  • Hyphenation: gè‧mi‧no

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin geminus.

Adjective

gemino (feminine gemina, masculine plural gemini, feminine plural gemine)

  1. (relational, literary) twin; geminate

Noun

gemino m (plural gemini)

  1. (genetics) tetrad, bivalent pair

Etymology 2

Verb

gemino

  1. first-person singular present indicative of geminare

Further reading

  • gemino in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From geminus (twin).

Pronunciation

Adjective

geminō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of geminus

Verb

geminō (present infinitive gemināre, perfect active gemināvī, supine geminātum); first conjugation

  1. to double
  2. to repeat, do again
  3. to pair, join, unite

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: geminate
  • French: géminer
  • Italian: geminare
  • Portuguese: geminar
  • Romanian: gemăna
  • Spanish: geminar

References

  • gemino”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • gemino”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • gemino in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Verb

gemino

  1. first-person singular present indicative of geminar