Gemini
/ˈd͡ʒɛmɪnaɪ/noun
Gemini is spelled G-E-M-I-N-I: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 2.4 times per million words in written English, the 17,587th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Gemini means “Someone who has the Gemini star sign” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Gemini is Geminis.
How many letters and syllables are in Gemini?
| Letters | 6: G-E-M-I-N-I |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.4 times per million words; the 17,587th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is Gemini?
Gemini appears 2.4 times per million words in written English, the 17,587th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce Gemini?
- /ˈd͡ʒɛmɪnaɪ/
- /ˈd͡ʒɛmɪniː/
Gemini has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-Gemini.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of Gemini
- Geminis plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Gemini mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Someone who has the Gemini star sign.
- 2
obsoleteA pair of something.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Gemini in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense someone who has the Gemini star sign:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | Gémeaux |
| German | Zwilling |
| Portuguese | geminiano |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Gemini come from?
Borrowed from Latin geminī, plural of geminus (“twin”), calque of Ancient Greek Δίδυμοι (Dídumoi), calque of Akkadian 𒀯𒈠𒀸 (māšu), calque of Sumerian 𒀯𒈦𒋰𒁀 (ᵐᵘˡMAŠ.TAB.BA, “the Divine Twins, in Mesopotamia identified as Lugal-irra and Meslamta-ea; name of constellation”). See Lugal-irra and Meslamta-ea.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).