geminate

Noun

• a doubled or long consonant
  • the `n' in `thinness' is a geminate
    

Verb

• arrange or combine in pairs
  • The consonants are geminated in these words
    

• arrange in pairs
  • Pair these numbers
    

• occur in pairs

• form by reduplication
  • The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel
    
  • The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  pair , reduplicate