gemination

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) A doubling.
 * bilateral gemination of the maxillary central incisors
 * 1)  The phenomenon of a consonant being pronounced for an audibly longer period of time than is normal; an instance of such lengthened pronunciation.

Usage notes

 * Not to be confused with.

Translations

 * Albanian: binjakëzim
 * Arabic: تَشْدِيد, تَضْعِيف
 * Bulgarian: удвояване
 * Esperanto: konsonanta plilongigo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: გაორმაგება, გაორკეცება, გაორწვერება, გაორება
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Italian: geminazione, geminazione consonantica,
 * Japanese: 長子音
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: sakambal