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Meaning of geminatio vocalium | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The process of indicating that a vowel is pronounced long by writing it twice, especially as was sometimes done in Latin due to influence from Oscan.

uncountable

Examples

“The least-used method is geminatio vocalium, as in Oscan and (occasionally) Umbrian: PAASTORES.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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