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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Gemini \Gem"i*ni\, n. pl. [L., twins, pl. of geminus; cf. Skr.
     j?mi related as brother or sister.] (Astron.)
     A constellation of the zodiac, containing the two bright
     stars Castor and Pollux; also, the third sign of the zodiac,
     which the sun enters about May 20th.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Sign \Sign\, n. [F. signe, L. signum; cf. AS. segen, segn, a
     sign, standard, banner, also fr. L. signum. Cf. Ensign,
     Resign, Seal a stamp, Signal, Signet.]
     That by which anything is made known or represented; that
     which furnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a
     proof. Specifically:
     (a) A remarkable event, considered by the ancients as
         indicating the will of some deity; a prodigy; an omen.
     (b) An event considered by the Jews as indicating the divine
         will, or as manifesting an interposition of the divine
         power for some special end; a miracle; a wonder.
         [1913 Webster]
  
               Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of
               the Spirit of God.                   --Rom. xv. 19.
         [1913 Webster]
  
               It shall come to pass, if they will not believe
               thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first
               sign, that they will believe the voice of the
               latter sign.                         --Ex. iv. 8.
         [1913 Webster]
     (c) Something serving to indicate the existence, or preserve
         the memory, of a thing; a token; a memorial; a monument.
         [1913 Webster]
  
               What time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty
               men, and they became a sign.         --Num. xxvi.
                                                    10.
         [1913 Webster]
     (d) Any symbol or emblem which prefigures, typifles, or
         represents, an idea; a type; hence, sometimes, a picture.
         [1913 Webster]
  
               The holy symbols, or signs, are not barely
               significative; but what they represent is as
               certainly delivered to us as the symbols
               themselves.                          --Brerewood.
         [1913 Webster]
  
               Saint George of Merry England, the sign of victory.
                                                    --Spenser.
         [1913 Webster]
     (e) A word or a character regarded as the outward
         manifestation of thought; as, words are the sign of
         ideas.
     (f) A motion, an action, or a gesture by which a thought is
         expressed, or a command or a wish made known.
         [1913 Webster]
  
               They made signs to his father, how he would have
               him called.                          --Luke i. 62.
         [1913 Webster]
     (g) Hence, one of the gestures of pantomime, or of a language
         of a signs such as those used by the North American
         Indians, or those used by the deaf and dumb.
         [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Educaters of the deaf distinguish between natural
           signs, which serve for communicating ideas, and
           methodical, or systematic, signs, adapted for the
           dictation, or the rendering, of written language, word
           by word; and thus the signs are to be distinguished
           from the manual alphabet, by which words are spelled on
           the fingers.
           [1913 Webster]
     (h) A military emblem carried on a banner or a standard.
         --Milton.
     (i) A lettered board, or other conspicuous notice, placed
         upon or before a building, room, shop, or office to
         advertise the business there transacted, or the name of
         the person or firm carrying it on; a publicly displayed
         token or notice.
         [1913 Webster]
  
               The shops were, therefore, distinguished by painted
               signs, which gave a gay and grotesque aspect to the
               streets.                             --Macaulay.
         [1913 Webster]
     (j) (Astron.) The twelfth part of the ecliptic or zodiac.
         [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The signs are reckoned from the point of intersection
           of the ecliptic and equator at the vernal equinox, and
           are named, respectively, Aries ([Aries]), Taurus
           ([Taurus]), Gemini (II), Cancer ([Cancer]), Leo
           ([Leo]), Virgo ([Virgo]), Libra ([Libra]),
           Scorpio ([Scorpio]), Sagittarius ([Sagittarius]),
           Capricornus  ([Capricorn]), Aquarius ([Aquarius]),
           Pisces ([Pisces]). These names were originally the
           names of the constellations occupying severally the
           divisions of the zodiac, by which they are still
           retained; but, in consequence of the procession of the
           equinoxes, the signs have, in process of time, become
           separated about 30 degrees from these constellations,
           and each of the latter now lies in the sign next in
           advance, or to the east of the one which bears its
           name, as the constellation Aries in the sign Taurus,
           etc.
           [1913 Webster]
     (k) (Alg.) A character indicating the relation of quantities,
         or an operation performed upon them; as, the sign +
         (plus); the sign -- (minus); the sign of division /, and
         the like.
     (l) (Med.) An objective evidence of disease; that is, one
         appreciable by some one other than the patient.
         [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The terms symptom and and sign are often used
           synonymously; but they may be discriminated. A sign
           differs from a symptom in that the latter is perceived
           only by the patient himself. The term sign is often
           further restricted to the purely local evidences of
           disease afforded by direct examination of the organs
           involved, as distinguished from those evidence of
           general disturbance afforded by observation of the
           temperature, pulse, etc. In this sense it is often
           called physical sign.
           [1913 Webster]
     (m) (Mus.) Any character, as a flat, sharp, dot, etc.
     (n) (Theol.) That which, being external, stands for, or
         signifies, something internal or spiritual; -- a term
         used in the Church of England in speaking of an ordinance
         considered with reference to that which it represents.
         [1913 Webster]
  
               An outward and visible sign of an inward and
               spiritual grace.                     --Bk. of
                                                    Common Prayer.
         [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: See the Table of Arbitrary Signs, p. 1924.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     Sign manual.
     (a) (Eng. Law) The royal signature superscribed at the top of
         bills of grants and letter patent, which are then sealed
         with the privy signet or great seal, as the case may be,
         to complete their validity.
     (b) The signature of one's name in one's own handwriting.
         --Craig. Tomlins. Wharton.
         [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Token; mark; note; symptom; indication; signal; symbol;
          type; omen; prognostic; presage; manifestation. See
          Emblem.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Sign \Sign\, n. [F. signe, L. signum; cf. AS. segen, segn, a
     sign, standard, banner, also fr. L. signum. Cf. Ensign,
     Resign, Seal a stamp, Signal, Signet.]
     That by which anything is made known or represented; that
     which furnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a
     proof. Specifically:
     (a) A remarkable event, considered by the ancients as
         indicating the will of some deity; a prodigy; an omen.
     (b) An event considered by the Jews as indicating the divine
         will, or as manifesting an interposition of the divine
         power for some special end; a miracle; a wonder.
  
               Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of
               the Spirit of God.                   --Rom. xv. 19.
  
               It shall come to pass, if they will not believe
               thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first
               sign, that they will believe the voice of the
               latter sign.                         --Ex. iv. 8.
     (c) Something serving to indicate the existence, or preserve
         the memory, of a thing; a token; a memorial; a monument.
  
               What time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty
               men, and they became a sign.         --Num. xxvi.
                                                    10.
     (d) Any symbol or emblem which prefigures, typifles, or
         represents, an idea; a type; hence, sometimes, a picture.
  
               The holy symbols, or signs, are not barely
               significative; but what they represent is as
               certainly delivered to us as the symbols
               themselves.                          --Brerewood.
  
               Saint George of Merry England, the sign of victory.
                                                    --Spenser.
     (e) A word or a character regarded as the outward
         manifestation of thought; as, words are the sign of
         ideas.
     (f) A motion, an action, or a gesture by which a thought is
         expressed, or a command or a wish made known.
  
               They made signs to his father, how he would have
               him called.                          --Luke i. 62.
     (g) Hence, one of the gestures of pantomime, or of a language
         of a signs such as those used by the North American
         Indians, or those used by the deaf and dumb.
  
     Note: Educaters of the deaf distinguish between natural
           signs, which serve for communicating ideas, and
           methodical, or systematic, signs, adapted for the
           dictation, or the rendering, of written language, word
           by word; and thus the signs are to be distinguished
           from the manual alphabet, by which words are spelled on
           the fingers.
     (h) A military emblem carried on a banner or a standard.
         --Milton.
     (i) A lettered board, or other conspicuous notice, placed
         upon or before a building, room, shop, or office to
         advertise the business there transacted, or the name of
         the person or firm carrying it on; a publicly displayed
         token or notice.
  
               The shops were, therefore, distinguished by painted
               signs, which gave a gay and grotesque aspect to the
               streets.                             --Macaulay.
     (j) (Astron.) The twelfth part of the ecliptic or zodiac.
  
     Note: The signs are reckoned from the point of intersection
           of the ecliptic and equator at the vernal equinox, and
           are named, respectively, Aries ([Aries]), Taurus
           ([Taurus]), Gemini (II), Cancer ([Cancer]), Leo
           ([Leo]), Virgo ([Virgo]), Libra ([Libra]),
           Scorpio ([Scorpio]), Sagittarius ([Sagittarius]),
           Capricornus  ([Capricorn]), Aquarius ([Aquarius]),
           Pisces ([Pisces]). These names were originally the
           names of the constellations occupying severally the
           divisions of the zodiac, by which they are still
           retained; but, in consequence of the procession of the
           equinoxes, the signs have, in process of time, become
           separated about 30 degrees from these constellations,
           and each of the latter now lies in the sign next in
           advance, or to the east of the one which bears its
           name, as the constellation Aries in the sign Taurus,
           etc.
     (k) (Alg.) A character indicating the relation of quantities,
         or an operation performed upon them; as, the sign +
         (plus); the sign -- (minus); the sign of division /, and
         the like.
     (l) (Med.) An objective evidence of disease; that is, one
         appreciable by some one other than the patient.
  
     Note: The terms symptom and and sign are often used
           synonymously; but they may be discriminated. A sign
           differs from a symptom in that the latter is perceived
           only by the patient himself. The term sign is often
           further restricted to the purely local evidences of
           disease afforded by direct examination of the organs
           involved, as distinguished from those evidence of
           general disturbance afforded by observation of the
           temperature, pulse, etc. In this sense it is often
           called physical sign.
     (m) (Mus.) Any character, as a flat, sharp, dot, etc.
     (n) (Theol.) That which, being external, stands for, or
         signifies, something internal or spiritual; -- a term
         used in the Church of England in speaking of an ordinance
         considered with reference to that which it represents.
  
               An outward and visible sign of an inward and
               spiritual grace.                     --Bk. of
                                                    Common Prayer.
  
     Note: See the Table of Arbitrary Signs, p. 1924.
  
     Sign manual.
     (a) (Eng. Law) The royal signature superscribed at the top of
         bills of grants and letter patent, which are then sealed
         with the privy signet or great seal, as the case may be,
         to complete their validity.
     (b) The signature of one's name in one's own handwriting.
         --Craig. Tomlins. Wharton.
  
     Syn: Token; mark; note; symptom; indication; signal; symbol;
          type; omen; prognostic; presage; manifestation. See
          Emblem.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Gemini \Gem"i*ni\, n. pl. [L., twins, pl. of geminus; cf. Skr.
     j?mi related as brother or sister.] (Astron.)
     A constellation of the zodiac, containing the two bright
     stars Castor and Pollux; also, the third sign of the zodiac,
     which the sun enters about May 20th.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  Gemini
       n 1: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun in in Gemini
            [syn: Twin]
       2: a zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere between
          Taurus and Cancer on the ecliptic
       3: the third sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from
          about May 21 to June 20 [syn: Gemini the Twins, Twins]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Gemini
     Ινδονησιακά n.
     Δίδυμοι (αστερισμός)
     Λατινικά n.
     Δίδυμοι (αστερισμός)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  gemini
     Italian vb.
     (inflection of it geminare  2 s pres indc ; 1//2//3 s pres subj ; 3 s
  impr)
     Latin n.
     twins
     Latin a.
     (inflection of la geminus  gen m//n s ; nom//voc m p)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Gemini
     n.
     Someone who has the Gemini star sign.
     n.
     1 (lb en zodiac constellations) A constellation of the zodiac
  supposedly shaped like a pair of twins. It contains the stars Castor,
  Pollux, and Alhena.
     2 (lb en astrology) The zodiac sign for the twins, ruled by Mercury
  and covering May 22 – June 21 (tropical astrology) or June 16 – July 15
  (sidereal astrology).
     n.
     (obs form en Yamuna  a tributary of the Ganges)
     Portuguese n.
     (lb pt zodiac constellations) (l en Gemini) (gloss: constellation)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Gemini
     n.
     Someone who has the Gemini star sign.
     n.
     1 (lb en zodiac constellations) A constellation of the zodiac
  supposedly shaped like a pair of twins. It contains the stars Castor,
  Pollux, and Alhena.
     2 (lb en astrology) The zodiac sign for the twins, ruled by Mercury
  and covering May 22 – June 21 (tropical astrology) or June 16 – July 15
  (sidereal astrology).
     n.
     (obs form en Yamuna  a tributary of the Ganges)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  gemini
     Italian vb.
     (inflection of it geminare  2 s pres indc ; 1//2//3 s pres subj ; 3 s
  impr)
     Latin n.
     twins
     Latin a.
     (inflection of la geminus  gen m//n s ; nom//voc m p)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Gemini
     n.
     Someone who has the Gemini star sign.
     n.
     1 (lb en zodiac constellations) A constellation of the zodiac
  supposedly shaped like a pair of twins. It contains the stars Castor,
  Pollux, and Alhena.
     2 (lb en astrology) The zodiac sign for the twins, ruled by Mercury
  and covering May 22 – June 21 (tropical astrology) or June 16 – July 15
  (sidereal astrology).
     n.
     (obs form en Yamuna  a tributary of the Ganges)
     Portuguese n.
     (lb pt zodiac constellations) (l en Gemini) (gloss: constellation)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  gemini
     Italian vb.
     (inflection of it geminare  2 s pres indc ; 1//2//3 s pres subj ; 3 s
  impr)
     Latin n.
     twins
     Latin a.
     (inflection of la geminus  gen m//n s ; nom//voc m p)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Gemini
     n.
     Someone who has the Gemini star sign.
     n.
     1 (lb en zodiac constellations) A constellation of the zodiac
  supposedly shaped like a pair of twins. It contains the stars Castor,
  Pollux, and Alhena.
     2 (lb en astrology) The zodiac sign for the twins, ruled by Mercury
  and covering May 22 – June 21 (tropical astrology) or June 16 – July 15
  (sidereal astrology).
     n.
     (obs form en Yamuna  a tributary of the Ganges)
     Portuguese n.
     (lb pt zodiac constellations) (l en Gemini) (gloss: constellation)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  gemini
     Latina n.
     1 kaksoset
     2 tähdistö Castor ja Pollux

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Gemini
     Englanti n.
     (''astrologia'') Kaksoset

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Gemini
     Latin n.
     (tagg astronomi astrologi kat=stjärnbilder språk=la) Tvillingarna

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Gemini /dʒˈɛmɪnˌaɪ/
  الجوزاء

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  Gemini /dʒˈɛmɪnˌaɪ/
  souhvězdí Blíženci

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  Gemini /dʒˈɛmɪnˌaɪ/ 
   [astro] Blíženci (třetí znamení zvěrokruhu)
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  Gemini /dʒˈɛmɪnˌaɪ/
  Zwillinge , Kastor und Pollux [astron.]
           Note: Sternbild
     Synonym: Castor and Pollux
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  Gemini /dʒˈɛmɪnˌaɪ/
  Zwillinge  [astrol.]
           Note: Sternzeichen
           Note: Sternzeichen

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  Gemini /dʒˈɛmɪnˌaɪ/
  Zwillingsgeborener , Zwilling  [astrol.]
        "those born under Gemini"  - die Zwillingsgeborenen, alle Zwillingsgeborenen
        "those born under the Gemini sign"  - die Zwillingsgeborenen, alle Zwillingsgeborenen
        "We are both Geminis."  - Wir sind beide (vom Sternzeichen) Zwilling.

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  Gemini /dʒˈɛmɪnˌaɪ/
  
  Δίδυμοι

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  Gemini //ˈd͡ʒɛmɪnaɪ// //ˈd͡ʒɛmɪniː// 
  Kaksoset 2.
  astrological sign
   3.
  constellation

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  Gemini /dʒˈɛmɪnˌaɪ/
  Blizanci

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  gemini /dʒˈɛmɪnˌaɪ/
  ikrek csillagkép

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  Gemini //ˈd͡ʒɛmɪnaɪ// //ˈd͡ʒɛmɪniː// 
  1. 双児宮, ふたご座
  astrological sign
  2. ふたご座, 双子座
  constellation

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  Gemini //ˈd͡ʒɛmɪnaɪ// //ˈd͡ʒɛmɪniː// 
  Tvillingene 2.
  astrological sign
   3.
  constellation

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  Gemini /ˈʤemɪnaɪ/ 
    Bliźnięta  [znak zodiaku]

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  Gemini //ˈd͡ʒɛmɪnaɪ// //ˈd͡ʒɛmɪniː// 
  Tvillingarna 2.
  astrological sign
   3.
  constellation

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  gemini /dʒˈɛmɪnˌaɪ/
  1. İkizler burcu, Cevza.

From Norwegian Nynorsk-Norwegian Bokmål FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:nno-nob ]

  Gemini
  Gemini

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈdʒɛməˌnaɪ/, /ˈdʒɛməˌni/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  63 Moby Thesaurus words for "Gemini":
     ATDA, ATS, Alouette, Anna, Apollo, Ariel, Atlas-Score,
     Biosatellite, Castor and Pollux, Comsat, Cosmos, Courier, Diapason,
     Discoverer, ERS, Early Bird, Echo, Elektron, Explorer, GATV, Injun,
     Intelsat, Lofti, Luna, Lunar Orbiter, Lunik, Mariner, Mars probes,
     Mercury, Midas, Nimbus, OAO, OGO, OSO, Pageos, Pegasus, Pioneer,
     Proton, Ranger, Relay, Samos, San Marco, Secor, Siamese twins,
     Sputnik, Surveyor, Syncom, Telstar, Transit,
     Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Twin Stars, Vanguard, Viking, Voskhod,
     WRESAT, Zond, artificial satellites, exact mates, fraternal twins,
     identical twins, pair of twins, spacecraft, twins
  
  

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

  Gemini
     双子星座

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