duplicate

English

Etymology

From Latin duplicatus (past participle of duplicare).

Pronunciation

Noun, adjective

• IPA: /ˈdjuː.plɪ.kət/, X-SAMPA: /"dju:.plI.k@t/

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Verb

• IPA: /ˈdjuː.plɪˌkeɪt/, X-SAMPA: /"dju:.plI%keIt/

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Adjective

duplicate (not comparable)

1. being the same as another; identical. This may exclude the first identical item in a series, but usage is inconsistent.

   This is a duplicate entry.

Verb

duplicate (third-person singular simple present duplicates, present participle duplicating, simple past and past participle duplicated)

1. to make a copy of

   If we duplicate the information, are we really accomplishing much?

2. to do repeatedly; to do again

   You don't need to duplicate my efforts.

3. to produce something equal to

   He found it hard to duplicate the skills of his wife.

Translations

to make a copy of

• Bulgarian: правя копие (bg) (pravja kopie)
• Catalan: duplicar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 複製 (cmn), 复制 (cmn) (fùzhì)

• Czech: zdvojit (cs)
• Dutch: dupliceren (nl)
• Finnish: kopioida (fi), kahdentaa (fi), jäljentää (fi)
• French: copier (fr), dupliquer (fr)
• German: vervielfältigen (de)

• Italian: duplicare (it)
• Japanese: 複写する (ja) (ふくしゃする, fukusha-suru)
• Quechua: iskaychay (qu)
• Romanian: duplica (ro)
• Russian: делать дубликат (ru) (délat’ dublikát) impf., делать копию (ru) (délat’ kópiju) impf., размножать (ru) (razmnožát’) impf., размножить (ru) (razmnóžit’) pf., дублировать (ru) (dublírovat’) impf.
• Spanish: duplicar (es)
• Swedish: duplicera (sv)

See also

• repeat

Noun

duplicate (plural duplicates)

1. One that resembles or corresponds to another; an identical copy.

   This is a duplicate, but a very good replica.

   • Sir W. Temple

     I send a duplicate both of it and my last dispatch.

2. (law) An original instrument repeated; a document which is the same as another in all essential particulars, and differing from a mere copy in having all the validity of an original.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Burrill to this entry?)

Synonyms

• reproduction

Translations

an identical copy

• Bulgarian: копие (bg) (kopie)
• Catalan: duplicat (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 複本 (cmn), 复本 (cmn) (fùběn), 複製 (cmn), 复制 (cmn) (fùzhì)

• Czech: duplikát (cs) m, kopie (cs) f
• Finnish: kopio (fi), kaksoiskappale (fi), jäljennös (fi)

• French: duplicata (fr) m, double (fr) m, copie (fr) f
• German: Duplikat (de) n, Kopie (de) f
• Japanese: 複写 (ja) (ふくしゃ, fukusha), 写し (ja) (うつし, utsushi), デュプリケート (ja) (dyupurikēto)
• Kannada: ಪಡಿಯಚ್ಚು (kn) (paḍiyaccu)
• Romanian: duplicat (ro), copie (ro)
• Russian: дубликат (ru) (dublikát) m, копия (ru) (kópija) f

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Italian

Verb

duplicate

1. second-person plural present indicative of duplicare
2. second-person plural imperative of duplicare
3. Feminine plural of duplicato

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Latin

Verb

duplicāte

1. first-person plural present active imperative of duplicō