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reduplication

American  
[ri-doo-pli-key-shuhn, -dyoo-] / rɪˌdu plɪˈkeɪ ʃən, -ˌdyu- /

noun

  1. the act of reduplicating; the state of being reduplicated.

  2. something resulting from reduplicating.

  3. Grammar.

    1. reduplicating as a grammatical pattern.

    2. the added element in a reduplicated form.

    3. a form containing a reduplicated element.

Other Word Forms

  • self-reduplication noun

Etymology

Origin of reduplication

First recorded in 1580–90, reduplication is from the Late Latin word reduplicātiōn- (stem of reduplicātiō ). See reduplicate, -ion

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