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Also known as consonant length, long consonant, double consonant, geminated consonant, consonant elongation, geminate consonant

In phonetics and phonology, gemination (; from Latin 'doubling', itself from gemini 'twins'), or consonant lengthening, is an articulation of a consonant for a longer period of time than that of a singleton consonant. It is distinct from stress. Gemination is represented in many writing systems by a doubled letter and is often perceived as a doubling of the consonant. Some phonological theories use 'doubling' as a synonym for gemination, while others describe two distinct phenomena.

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◌ː
IPA.ipa number
503
IPA.decimal1
720

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輔音延長(gemination,被延長之輔音稱長輔音、雙輔音,或重疊輔音)指輔音發出的時間持續延長。長輔音在國際音標上的表示即在輔音後使用 ː 符號表示。相對於長輔音,一般情況的輔音即為「短輔音」。長輔音不同於重音,且可以單獨存在著。英語的長輔音(gemination)一詞在語義上為雙胞胎之意,且同於拉丁語語根"gemini"。

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