Hyphenation of geminates

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

gem-i-nates

Definitions of geminates:

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

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.