Doubled, repeated, or (in linguistics) pronounced with lengthened consonant duration, having undergone gemination.
Past participle of geminate, from Latin geminatus. Describes the state of being doubled or the condition of a consonant that has been lengthened.
English speakers don't naturally geminate, which is why 'l' in 'hello' doesn't sound doubled like it does in Italian 'bello'—different languages have different rules about which consonants can be geminated.
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