reduplication
/ɹɪ.djuː.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/US/ɹəˌd(j)u.pləˈkeɪ.ʃən/
reduplication noun: the act of, or an instance of, reduplicating.
Noun
reduplication (countable and uncountable, plural reduplications)
- The act of, or an instance of, reduplicating.
- Her Malay was the Malay of the Staate of Lanchap [...] and she spoke it fierily, with crisp glottal checks, with much bubbling reduplication.1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 256
- Grammatically, Malay uses reduplication for plurals (burung = bird, burung-burung = birds) and thus repeated words are commonly heard in Malay speech[.]2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 10
- The folding or doubling of a part or organ.
reduplication meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Sanskrit
reduplication in Tamil
- மறுஇரட்டித்தல், மீண்டுமிரட்டித்தல், இரட்டுப்பு, இரட்டைக்கிளவி
reduplication in Bengali
- reduplication
- দ্বিরুক্তি dirukti
reduplication in Malayalam
- the act of, or an instance of, reduplication
- പുനരാവർത്തനം punarāvaṟttanaṁ
reduplication in Sanskrit
- a reduplication; specifically a compound made of the same component repeated, with the first component accented
- आम्रेडित āmreḍita
- reduplication
- अभ्यास abhyāsa
More languagesFewer languages
- reduplication in Arabic
- مضاعفة
- reduplication in Indonesian
- reduplikasi
- reduplication in Vietnamese
- láy âm
Forms of reduplication
| plural | reduplications |
|---|
Origin of reduplication
From re- + duplication.
Words formed from reduplication
- contrastive focus reduplication
- endoreduplication
- reduplicational
Words that rhyme with reduplication
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about reduplication
- What does reduplication mean?
- Reduplication means the act of, or an instance of, reduplicating.
- What is reduplication in Tamil?
- Reduplication in Tamil is மறுஇரட்டித்தல், மீண்டுமிரட்டித்தல், இரட்டுப்பு. See Reduplication meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is reduplication?
- Reduplication is a noun.
- How do you pronounce reduplication?
- Reduplication is pronounced /ɹɪ.djuː.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of reduplication?
- The plural of reduplication is reduplications.
Words near reduplication in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: reduplication (page history and authors); reduplication (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); দ্বিরুক্তি (Bengali) (page history and authors); अभ्यास (Sanskrit) (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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