The constellation Gemini Borrowed fromLatin geminī , plural ofgeminus ( “ twin ” ) ,calque ofAncient Greek Δίδυμοι ( Dídumoi ) .
IPA (key ) :/ˈd͡ʒɛmɪnaɪ/ ,/ˈd͡ʒɛmɪniː/ Gemini (symbol♊ ︎)
( astronomy ) Aconstellation of thezodiac traditionally taken to represent the pair oftwins Castor and Pollux in Greekmythology . It contains the starsCastor ,Pollux , andAlhena .( astrology ) Thezodiac sign for thetwins , ruled by Mercury and covering May 22 – June 21 (tropical astrology ) or June 16 – July 15 (sidereal astrology ).2025 May 16th, “Gemini : May Legendary Wildcard”, inRise of the Half Moon :Gemini is the third sign of the zodiac, spanning the 60–89th degrees. The Sun is inGemini from around 21 May to 20 June.
( Greek mythology ) The twin brothersCastor andPollux together.Synonym: Dioscuri constellation
Arabic:بُرْج اَلْجَوْزَاء m ( burj al-jawzāʔ ) ,اَلْجَوْزَاء m pl ( al-jawzāʔ ) Armenian:Երկվորյակներ ( Erkvoryakner ) Azerbaijani:Əkizlər Bulgarian:Близна́ци pl ( Bliznáci ) Catalan:Bessons (ca) m pl Chinese:Mandarin:雙子座 / 双子座 (zh) ( shuāngzǐzuò ) ,雙子星 / 双子星 ( shuāngzǐxīng ) Cornish:an Evellyon Czech:Blíženci (cs) m pl Danish:Tvillingerne c pl Dutch:Tweelingen (nl) m pl Esperanto:Ĝemeloj pl Estonian:Kaksikud Finnish:Kaksoset (fi) pl French:Gémeaux (fr) pl Galician:Xémini (gl) ,Xemelgos (gl) m pl German:Zwillinge (de) m pl Greek:Δίδυμοι (el) m pl ( Dídymoi ) Ancient:Δίδυμοι m pl ( Dídumoi ) Hebrew:תְּאוֹמִים (he) ( teomím ) Hindi:मिथुन तारामंडल m ( mithun tārāmaṇḍal ) Hungarian:Ikrek (hu) ,Ikrek csillagkép Irish:an Cúpla m Italian:Gemelli (it) m pl Japanese:双子座 (ja) ( ふたござ, futagoza ) ,ふたご座 (ja) ( ふたござ, futagoza ) Kazakh:Зауза ( Zauza ) ,Егіздер ( Egızder ) Korean:쌍(雙)둥이자리 ( ssangdung'ijari ) ,쌍아궁(雙兒宮) ( ssang'agung ) ,쌍자궁(雙子宮) (ko) ( ssangjagung ) Latvian:Dvīņi m pl Malay:Kembar ,Jauza ,Gemini Marathi:मिथुन m ( mithun ) Middle Persian:𐭣𐭥𐭯𐭲𐭪𐭫 ( dō-pahikar ) Norwegian:Bokmål:Tvillingene (no) m pl Nynorsk:Tvillingane m pl Occitan:Bessons m pl Old English:Ġetwisan m pl Persian:دوپیکر (fa) ( do-peykar ) Polish:Bliźnięta (pl) n pl Portuguese:Gémeos (pt) m pl ( Portugal ) ,Gêmeos (pt) m pl ( Brazil ) ,Gemini (pt) Romanian:Gemeni pl Russian:Близнецы́ (ru) m pl ( Bliznecý ) Sanskrit:मिथुन (sa) m or n ( mithuna ) ,द्वंद्व (sa) m or n ( dvaṃdva ) Scottish Gaelic:Gaolag is Gràdhag na Caiginn Slovene:Dvojčka (sl) m pl Southern Altai:эгис ( egis ) Spanish:Géminis (es) m pl Tagalog:Kambal ,Heminis Telugu:మిథునరాశి (te) ( mithunarāśi ) ,మిథునము (te) ( mithunamu ) ,మిథునం (te) ( mithunaṁ ) Thai:คนคู่ ( kon-kûu ) ,เมถุน ( mee-tǔn ) ,มิถุน ( mí-tùn ) Turkish:İkizler (tr) Ukrainian:Близня́та n pl ( Blyznjáta ) ,Близнюки́ (uk) m pl ( Blyznjuký ) Urdu:متھن m ( mithun ) Welsh:yr Efeilliaid pl
astrological sign
Afrikaans:Tweeling (af) Albanian:Binjakët m pl Arabic:بُرْج اَلْجَوْزَاء m ( burj al-jawzāʔ ) ,اَلْجَوْزَاء m pl ( al-jawzāʔ ) Armenian:Երկվորյակներ ( Erkvoryakner ) Asturian:Xéminis ,Ximielgos m pl Azerbaijani:Əkizlər Bulgarian:Близна́ци pl ( Bliznáci ) Burmese:မေထုန် (my) ( mehtun ) Catalan:Bessons (ca) m pl Chinese:Mandarin:雙子座 / 双子座 (zh) ( shuāngzǐzuò ) Cornish:an Evellyon Czech:Blíženci (cs) m pl Danish:Tvillingerne c pl Dutch:Tweelingen (nl) m pl Esperanto:Ĝemeloj pl Estonian:Kaksikud Finnish:Kaksoset (fi) pl French:Gémeaux (fr) m pl Galician:Xémini (gl) ,Xemelgos (gl) m pl Georgian:ტყუპები pl ( ṭq̇uṗebi ) ,მარჩბივი (ka) ( marčbivi ) German:Zwillinge (de) m pl Greek:Δίδυμοι (el) m pl ( Dídymoi ) Ancient:Δίδυμοι m pl ( Dídumoi ) Hebrew:תְּאוֹמִים (he) ( teomím ) Hindi:मिथुन (hi) m ( mithun ) Hungarian:Ikrek (hu) Irish:an Cúpla m Italian:Gemelli (it) m pl Japanese:双児宮 (ja) ( そうじきゅう, sōjikyū ) Kazakh:Егіздер ( Egızder ) Khmer:មិថុនា (km) ( mithonaa ) Latvian:Dvīņi Lithuanian:Dvyniai Luxembourgish:Zwilling (lb) m Macedonian:близнаци m pl ( bliznaci ) Malay:Kembar ,Jauza ,Gemini Maltese:Tewmin Marathi:मिथुन ( mithun ) Norwegian:Bokmål:Tvillingene (no) m pl Nynorsk:Tvillingane m pl Occitan:Bessons m pl Old English:Ġetwisan m pl Persian:دوپیکر (fa) ( dopeykar ) Polish:Bliźnięta (pl) n pl Portuguese:Gémeos (pt) m pl ( Portugal ) ,Gêmeos (pt) m pl ( Brazil ) Romanian:Gemeni m pl Russian:Близнецы́ (ru) ( Bliznecý ) Sanskrit:मिथुन (sa) m or n ( mithuna ) ,द्वंद्व (sa) m or n ( dvaṃdva ) Scottish Gaelic:na Leth-aonan Slovene:Dvojčka (sl) m pl Spanish:Géminis (es) m pl Swahili:Mapacha ,Jauza Swedish:Tvillingarna (sv) Tagalog:Kambal ,Heminis Telugu:మిథునరాశి (te) ( mithunarāśi ) ,మిథునము (te) ( mithunamu ) ,మిథునం (te) ( mithunaṁ ) Thai:เมถุน ( mee-tǔn ) ,มิถุน ( mí-tùn ) Turkish:İkizler (tr) Ukrainian:Близня́та n pl ( Blyznjáta ) ,Близнюки́ (uk) m pl ( Blyznjuký ) Vietnamese:Song Tử
Gemini (plural Geminis )
Someone who has the Geministar sign .Antonym: Sagittarius 2022 ,Candice Carty-Williams ,People Person , Trapeze, page304 :Danny had decided he was going to try to give things a proper go with Marley’s mum, so was mainly uncontactable because, ironically, as aGemini , he wasn’t good at focusing on two things at once.
( obsolete ) Apair of something.c. 1597 (date written),William Shakespeare , “The Merry Wiues of Windsor ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London:[ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC ,[ Act II, scene ii] ,page45 , column 1:I haue grated vpon my good friends for three Repreeues for you, and your Coach-fellowNim ; or elſe you had look’d through the grate, like aGeminy of Baboones: […]
someone who has the Gemini star sign
Perhaps identical with the above (compareLatin ēdepol ( “ by Pollux ” ) ,ēcastor ( “ by Castor ” ) ), but perhaps more likely distinct in origin: compareDutch jemenie ,jemie ,German gemine ,jemine ,Czech jémine , all ultimately shortened fromLatin Iēsū domine ( “ O Lord Jesus ” ) .
Gemini
Obsolete form ofjiminy ( “ an expression of mildsurprise orannoyance ” ) .Phono-semantic matching ofHindi जमना ( jamnā ) , alternative form ofयमुना ( yamunā ) .
Gemini
Obsolete form ofYamuna ( “ a tributary of the Ganges ” ) .Fromgeminī ( “ twins ” ) .
Geminī m pl (genitive Geminōrum ) ;second declension
( astronomy , astrology ) Gemini ( TheTwins ) Second-declension noun, plural only.
Borrowed fromLatin gemini .
Gemini ?
( astronomy ) Gemini ( constellation ) Synonyms: Gémeos ,Gêmeos