Hyphenation of geminate

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word geminate? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

gem-i-nate

Definitions of geminate:

1.	A doubled or long consonant The `n' in `thinness' is a geminate
2.	Form by reduplication The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word
3.	Occur in pairs
4.	Arrange in pairs Pair these numbers
5.	Arrange or combine in pairs The consonants are geminated in these words

Synonyms of geminate:

noun	consonant
verb	reduplicate, duplicate, reduplicate, double, repeat, replicate
verb	pair, occur
verb	pair, arrange, set up
verb	double, duplicate

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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