reduplicate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Medieval Latin reduplicātus, from reduplicāre, from re- with duplicāre.[1]
Adjective[edit]
reduplicate (comparative more reduplicate, superlative most reduplicate)
- doubled
- (botany) valvate with the margins curved outwardly
- (botany) folded, with the abaxial surfaces facing one another
Verb[edit]
reduplicate (third-person singular simple present reduplicates, present participle reduplicating, simple past and past participle reduplicated)
- (transitive) To double again: to multiply: to repeat.
- (transitive, linguistics) To repeat (a word or part of a word) in order to form a new word or phrase, possibly with modification of one of the repetitions.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
To repeat a word or section of a word
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References[edit]
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “reduplicate”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Italian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
reduplicate f
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