gémination
French, noun/ʒe.mi.na.sjɔ̃/
gémination is spelled G-É-M-I-N-A-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 44 million words in written French, the 209,747th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gémination is a French feminine noun meaning “gemination” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Redoublement d'un son”.
What does gémination mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegemination
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Redoublement d'un son.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gémination
- géminations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gémination?
- /ʒe.mi.na.sjɔ̃/
- \ʒe.mi.na.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gémination
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gémination in French?
gémination appears about once in every 44 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).