English Explanatory Dictionary

reduplicate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. doubled
  2. valvate with the margins curved outwardly
  3. folded, with the abaxial surfaces facing one another
verb
  1. To double again: to multiply: to repeat.
  2. 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.

Pronunciation

/ɹɪˈd(j)uː.plɪ.kət/ /ɹɪˈd(j)uː.plɪˌkeɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-reduplicate2.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-reduplicate.wav

Word forms

reduplicate more reduplicate most reduplicate reduplicates reduplicating reduplicated

Etymology

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

Related words

reduplication

Derived words

reduplicately endoreduplicate endoreduplicated reduplicative unreduplicated
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