geminate

About 0.10 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Forming a pair.
2. adjective Pronounced longer and considered as being doubled.
3. verb To arrange in pairs.
4. verb To occur in pairs.
5. noun A doubled or repeated letter or speech sound.

Similar words

twin geminous conjugated gemel conjugate jumelle pairwise binate gemelliparous bigeminal

Often followed by

recombination consonants consonant and pair is in pairs stops

Word family

geminated geminates geminating gemination geminations