REDUPLICATION


Meaning of REDUPLICATION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ri-ˌdü-pli-ˈkā-shən, ˌrē-, -ˈdyü- ]

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-ˈdü-pli-ˌkā-tiv, ˈrē-, -ˈdyü- adjective

• re·du·pli·ca·tive·ly adverb

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