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Gemini
(dʒemɪnaɪ, US -niː)
Word forms: plural Geminis
1. uncountable noun
Gemini is one of the twelve signs of the zodiac. Its symbol is a pair of twins. People who are born approximately between 21st May and 20th June come under this sign.
2. countable noun
A Gemini is a person whose sign of the zodiac is Gemini.
Gemini in British English
(ˈdʒɛmɪˌnaɪ, -ˌniː)
nounWord forms: Latin genitive Geminorum (ˌdʒɛmɪˈnɔːrəm)
1. astronomy
a zodiacal constellation in the N hemisphere lying between Taurus and Cancer on the ecliptic and containing the stars Castor and Pollux
2. classical mythology another name for Castor and Pollux
3. astronautics
any of a series of manned US spacecraft launched between the Mercury and Apollo projects to improve orbital rendezvous and docking techniques
4. astrology
a. Also called: the Twins
the third sign of the zodiac, symbol ♊, having a mutable air classification and ruled by the planet Mercury. The sun is in this sign between about May 21 and June 20
b.
a person born when the sun is in this sign
adjective
Also (for senses 4b, 5): Geminian5. astrology
born under or characteristic of Gemini
Gemini in American English
(ˈdʒɛməˌnaɪ; ˈdʒɛməˌni)
noun
1.
a N constellation between Cancer and Taurus, containing the bright stars Castor and Pollux; the Twins
2.
the third sign of the zodiac, entered by the sun about May 21
also called the Twins3.
a person born under this sign
Word origin
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British English: Gemini /ˈdʒɛmɪˌnaɪ; -ˌniː/ NOUN
Gemini is one of the twelve signs of the zodiac. Its symbol is a pair of twins. People who are born between 21st May and 20th June come under this sign.
- American English: Gemini
- Arabic: الـجَوْزَاء
- Brazilian Portuguese: Gêmeos
- Chinese: 双子座
- Croatian: blizanci horoskopski znak
- Czech: Blíženci znamení
- Danish: Tvillingerne
- Dutch: Tweelingen sterrenbeeld
- European Spanish: Géminis
- Finnish: kaksoset horoskooppimerkki
- French: Gémeaux
- German: Zwillinge Sternzeichen
- Greek: Δίδυμοι
- Italian: Gemelli
- Japanese: 双子座
- Korean: 쌍둥이자리
- Norwegian: Tvillingene
- Polish: Bliźnięta horoskop
- European Portuguese: Gémeos
- Romanian: Gemeni
- Russian: Близнецы
- Latin American Spanish: Géminis
- Swedish: Tvillingarna
- Thai: ราศีมิถุน
- Turkish: İkizler burcu
- Ukrainian: Близнюки
- Vietnamese: cung Song sinh
Definition of 'Gemini'
Chinese translation of 'Gemini'
Gemini
(ˈdʒɛmɪnaɪ)
n
- (u) (= sign)
双(雙)子座
(Shuāngzǐ Zuò) - (c) (= person)
属(屬)双(雙)子座的人
(shǔ Shuāngzǐ Zuò de rén) (个(個), gè)I'm (a) Gemini我是双(雙)子座的
(wǒ shì Shuāngzi Zuò de)
- at one's leisure
- at-ones-leisure
- at one's own pace
- at-ones-own-pace
- at one's own risk
- at-ones-own-risk
- at one's peril
- at-ones-peril
- at one's wits' end
- at-ones-wits-end
- at one's worst
- at-ones-worst
- at one time
- atonia
- atonic
- atonicity
- atoningly
- atony
- atop
- atopic
- atopy
- -ator
- ator
- at or behind the wheel
- at or by the roadside