reduplication
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re·du·pli·ca·tion
(rĭ-do͞o′plĭ-kā′shən, -dyo͞o′-)n.
1. The act of reduplicating or the state of being reduplicated.
2. The product or result of reduplicating.
3. Linguistics
a. A word formed by or containing a reduplicated element.
b. The added element in a word form that is reduplicated.
re·du′pli·ca′tive adj.
re·du′pli·ca′tive·ly adv.
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reduplication
(rɪˌdjuːplɪˈkeɪʃən)n
1. the process or an instance of redoubling
2. the state, condition, or quality of being redoubled
3. a thing that has been redoubled
4. (Linguistics) repetition of a sound or syllable in a word, as in the formation of the Latin perfect tetigi from tangere "touch"
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re•du•pli•ca•tion
(rɪˌdu plɪˈkeɪ ʃən, -ˌdyu-)n.
1. an act or instance of reduplicating; the state of being reduplicated.
2.
a. reduplicating as a grammatical pattern.
b. the added element in a reduplicated form.
c. a word formed by reduplication, as hush-hush or helter-skelter.
[1580–90; < Late Latin reduplicātiō. See reduplicate, -tion]
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Noun | 1. | reduplication - repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next repetition - the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device |
2. | reduplication - the syllable added in a reduplicated word form syllable - a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme; "the word `pocket' has two syllables" | |
3. | reduplication - a word formed by or containing a repeated syllable or speech sound (usually at the beginning of the word) word - a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning" | |
4. | reduplication - the act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof) repeating, repetition - the act of doing or performing again |
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reduplication
nounSomething closely resembling another:
carbon copy, copy, duplicate, facsimile, image, likeness, replica, replication, reproduction, simulacrum.
Archaic: simulacre.
Law: counterpart.
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reduplication
n → Wiederholung f; (Ling) → Reduplikation f
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