Meaning

2 senses
  1. To arrange in pairs.

    удва́иватьudváivatʹ, удво́итьudvóitʹ

    arrange in pairs

  2. To occur in pairs.

    occur in pairs

Translations

1 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to arrange in pairs:

Origin

First attested in 1589; borrowed from Latin geminātus, perfect passive participle of gemin

First attested in 1589; borrowed from Latin geminātus, perfect passive participle of geminō (“to double”), see -ate (etymology 1,2 and 3).

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Forms

geminates, geminating, geminated, geminated
Base formgeminate · to geminate
3rd person singulargeminates
Present participlegeminating
Past simplegeminated
Past participlegeminated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygeminate
he, she, itgeminates

Past simpleLesson

all personsgeminated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave geminated
he, she, ithas geminated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill geminate

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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