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English
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Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Latin geminī, plural of geminus (“twin”), calque of Ancient Greek Δίδυμοι (Dídumoi).
Pronunciation
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[edit]Gemini (symbol ♊︎)
- (astronomy) A constellation of the zodiac traditionally taken to represent the pair of twins Castor and Pollux in Greek mythology. It contains the stars Castor, Pollux, and Alhena.
- (astrology) The zodiac sign for the twins, ruled by Mercury and covering May 22 – June 21 (tropical astrology) or June 16 – July 15 (sidereal astrology).
- (Greek mythology) The twin brothers Castor and Pollux together.
- Synonym: Dioscuri
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Noun
[edit]Gemini (plural Geminis)
- Someone who has the Gemini star sign.
- 2022, Candice Carty-Williams, People Person, Trapeze, page 304:
- Danny had decided he was going to try to give things a proper go with Marley’s mum, so was mainly uncontactable because, ironically, as a Gemini, he wasn’t good at focusing on two things at once.
- (obsolete) A pair of something.
- c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 45, column 1:
- I haue grated vpon my good friends for three Repreeues for you, and your Coach-fellow Nim; or elſe you had look’d through the grate, like a Geminy of Baboones: […]
Synonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]someone who has the Gemini star sign
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Etymology 2
[edit]Perhaps identical with the above (compare Latin ēdepol (“by Pollux”), ēcastor (“by Castor”)), but perhaps more likely distinct in origin: compare Dutch jemenie, jemie, German gemine, jemine, Czech jémine, all ultimately shortened from Latin Iēsū domine (“O Lord Jesus”).
Interjection
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Etymology 3
[edit]Phono-semantic matching of Hindi यमुना (yamunā).
Proper noun
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Sagittarius | Capricorn | Aquarius | Pisces |
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From geminī (“twins”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈɡe.mi.niː/, [ˈɡɛmɪniː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒe.mi.ni/, [ˈd͡ʒɛːmini]
Proper noun
[edit]Geminī m pl (genitive Geminōrum); second declension
Inflection
[edit]Second-declension noun, plural only.
Case | Plural |
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Nominative | Geminī |
Genitive | Geminōrum |
Dative | Geminīs |
Accusative | Geminōs |
Ablative | Geminīs |
Vocative | Geminī |
Descendants
[edit]- → English: Gemini
Portuguese
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