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. (linguistics) To repeat a word or section of a word in order to form a new word or phrase, possibly with modification of one of the repetitions.

Translations

Italian

Adjective

reduplicate f

  1. feminine plural of reduplicato

References

  1. ↑ “reduplicate” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2018.
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