geminatio vocalium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

geminatio vocalium

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin geminatio vocalium (“doubling of vowels”).

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