reduplicate

reduplicate

English

Etymology

From 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

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.

Related terms

• reduplication

Translations

To repeat a word or section of a word

German: reduplizieren

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Italian

Adjective

reduplicate f

1. feminine plural of reduplicato

References

1. “reduplicate” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.