reduplicate

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin reduplicātus, from reduplicāre, from re- with duplicāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈd(j)uː.plɪ.kət/ (adjective)
• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈd(j)uː.plɪˌkeɪt/ (verb)

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• Audio (Southern England, verb):

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Adjective

reduplicate (comparative more reduplicate, superlative most reduplicate)

1. doubled
2. (botany) valvate with the margins curved outwardly
3. (botany) folded, with the abaxial surfaces facing one another

Derived terms

• reduplicately

Verb

reduplicate (third-person singular simple present reduplicates, present participle reduplicating, simple past and past participle reduplicated)

1. (transitive) To double again: to multiply: to repeat.
2. (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.

Derived terms

• endoreduplicate
• endoreduplicated
• reduplicative
• unreduplicated

Related terms

• reduplication

Translations

To repeat a word or section of a word

• Bulgarian: повтарям (bg) (povtarjam)
• German: reduplizieren
• Macedonian: по́втори pf (póvtori), повто́рува impf (povtóruva)

Italian

Adjective

reduplicate f

1. feminine plural of reduplicato

Anagrams

• precludiate