REDUPLICATION


Meaning of REDUPLICATION in English

n.

Pronunciation: ri- ˌ dü-pli- ' k ā -sh ə n, ˌ r ē -, - ' dyü-

Function: noun

Date: 1555

1 : an act or instance of doubling or reiterating

2 a : an often grammatically functional repetition of a radical element or a part of it occurring usually at the beginning of a word and often accompanied by change of the radical vowel b (1) : a word or form produced by reduplication (2) : the repeated element in such a word or form

3 : ANADIPLOSIS

– re · du · pli · ca · tive \ ri- ' dü-pli- ˌ k ā -tiv, ' r ē -, - ' dyü- \ adjective

– re · du · pli · ca · tive · ly adverb

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