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• gemmel

語源

From 中期英語 gemow, from Old French gemel, from Latin gemellus, diminutive of geminus (“twin”). The modern form is influenced by the Latin etymon.

発音

• IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɛməl/
• 韻: -ɛməl

名詞

gemel (plural gemels)

1. (now rare) A twin (also attributively).
   • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 197:

     half a million which Demon considered henceforth as a loan his cousin should certainly refund him if sanity counted for something on this gemel planet.

2. (heraldry) One of a pair of small bars placed together.
   • 1698, John Strype, Life of the learned Sir Thomas Smith:

     two gemells silver between two griffins passant

3. (historical) A finger ring which splits into two horizontally.
4. A pair of trees that fuse together, or are contained in the same trunk.

形容詞

gemel (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) Coupled; paired.

   A bar gemel / Two bars gemels, or two barrulets placed near and parallel to each other.

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• jumelle

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