reduplicate

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English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin reduplicātus, from reduplicāre, from re- with duplicāre.[1]

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

Verb

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  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.

Translations

Italian

Adjective

reduplicate f

  1. feminine plural of reduplicato

References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “reduplicate”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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