gemel

noun, adj — 5 senses

gemel

noun

/ˈd͡ʒɛməl/

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

1

Archaic A twin (also attributively).

  • 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.1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 197:
2

Government, Heraldry, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Monarchy, Nobility, Politics One of a pair of small bars placed together.

  • two gemells silver between two griffins passant1698, John Strype, Life of the learned Sir Thomas Smith:
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.

gemel

adj

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

1

Government, Heraldry, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Monarchy, Nobility, Politics Coupled; paired.

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