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reduplicate

/ɹɪˈd(j)uː.plɪ.kət/

reduplicate adjective: doubled.

Adjective

reduplicate (comparative more reduplicate, superlative most reduplicate)

  1. doubled
  2. valvate with the margins curved outwardly
  3. folded, with the abaxial surfaces facing one another

Verb

IPA/ɹɪˈd(j)uː.plɪˌkeɪt/

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) 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.

reduplicate meaning in Bengali

reduplicate in Bengali

দ্বিগুণ করা, ভালভেট, ভাঁজ করা, পুনরায় দ্বিগুণ করা, গুণ করা, পুনরাবৃত্তি করা

Forms of reduplicate

Adjective
comparativemore reduplicate
superlativemost reduplicate
Verb
third-person singular presentreduplicates
present participlereduplicating
past participlereduplicated
pastreduplicated

Origin of reduplicate

From Medieval Latin reduplicātus, from reduplicāre, from re- with duplicāre.

Words formed from reduplicate

Questions about reduplicate

What does reduplicate mean?
Reduplicate means doubled.
What is reduplicate in Bengali?
Reduplicate in Bengali is দ্বিগুণ করা, ভালভেট, ভাঁজ করা. See Reduplicate meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is reduplicate?
Reduplicate can be an adjective or a verb.
How do you pronounce reduplicate?
Reduplicate is pronounced /ɹɪˈd(j)uː.plɪ.kət/.

Words near reduplicate in the dictionary

  1. redundundant
  2. reduplicable
  3. reduplicant
  4. reduplicants
  5. reduplicatable
  6. reduplicate
  7. reduplicated
  8. reduplicately
  9. reduplicates
  10. reduplicating
  11. reduplication

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reduplicate (page history and authors); reduplicate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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