Meanings
- not comparableBeing the same as another; identical, often having been copied from an original.
This is a duplicate entry.
- not comparablegamesIn which the hands of cards, tiles, etc. are preserved between rounds to be played again by other players.
duplicate whist
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duplicate Scrabble
present singular third person duplicates · participle present duplicating · participle past duplicated · past duplicated
plural duplicates
- countableuncountablelawAn original instrument repeated; a document which is the same as another in all essential particulars, and differing from a mere copy in having all the validity of an original
- countableuncountableA pawnbroker's ticket, which must be shown when redeeming a pledged item.
"Sir, I hope you will excuse what I am going to say; but having observed that you frequently pledge similar goods to these at our shop, which are afterwards taken out by other persons, I take for granted you are in the habit of selling the duplicates;[…]"
1819, James Hardy Vaux, Memoirs of James Hardy Vaux, Vol. II, Chapter VI, p. 207Synonyms: tombstone
- uncountableThe game of duplicate bridge.
The momentary madness which infects bridge players occurs frequently at rubber bridge and duplicate; and though it rarely results in murder, it often terminates marriages and close friendships[…]
1999, Matthew Granovetter, Murder at the Bridge Table, page 6 - uncountableThe game of duplicate Scrabble.
- countableuncountablebiologyA biological specimen that was gathered alongside another specimen and represents the same species.
Each collection, which may be a unicate or several specimens as duplicates in several herbaria, constitutes a record in the Conifer Database.
2013, Aljos Farjon, Denis Filer, An Atlas of the World's Conifers: An Analysis of their Distribution, Biogeography, Diversity and Conservation Status, Koninklijke Brill, →ISBN, page 3
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo make a copy of.
nounA pawnbroker's ticket, which must be shown when redeeming a pledged item.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveidentically copied from an original
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinduplicātus
- Englishduplicate
PIE word *dwóh₁ Etymology tree Latin duplex Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin duplicātusbor. English duplicate Borrowed from Latin duplicātus, perfect passive participle of duplicō, see -ate.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian идентичен, аналогичен
- идентичен (identičen)identical
- аналогичен (analogičen)identical
- дубликатен (dublikaten)identical
- правя копие (pravja kopie)to make a copy of
- повтарям (povtarjam)to do repeatedly; to do again
- повторя (povtorja)to do repeatedly; to do again
- дублирам (dubliram)to produce something equal to
- дубликат (dublikat)an identical copy
- дубликат (dublikat)(law) a valid copy of a document
Catalan duplicat, duplicada
- duplicatidentical
- duplicadaidentical
- duplicarto make a copy of
- duplicatan identical copy
Chinese Mandarin 複製 /复制, 複本 /复本
- 複製 /复制 (fùzhì)to make a copy of
- 複本 /复本 (fùběn)an identical copy
- 複製 /复制 (fùzhì)an identical copy
Czech zdvojit, duplikát
- zdvojitto make a copy of
- duplikátan identical copy
- kopiean identical copy
Dutch dupliceren
- duplicerento make a copy of
Finnish kaksois-, kopioida
- kaksois-identical
- kopioidato make a copy of
- kahdentaato make a copy of
- jäljentääto make a copy of
- monistaato make a copy of
- tehdä uudelleento do repeatedly; to do again
- toistaato do repeatedly; to do again
- tehdä samanlainento produce something equal to
- tehdä samalla tavallato produce something equal to
- jäljentääto produce something equal to
- kopioidato produce something equal to
- kopioan identical copy
- kaksoiskappalean identical copy
- jäljennösan identical copy
- duplikaattian identical copy
French dupliqué, dupliquée
- dupliquéidentical
- dupliquéeidentical
- copierto make a copy of
- dupliquerto make a copy of
- duplicataan identical copy
- doublean identical copy
- copiean identical copy
German dupliziert, verdoppelt
- dupliziertidentical
- verdoppeltidentical
- vervielfältigento make a copy of
- kopierento make a copy of
- duplizierento make a copy of
- duplierento make a copy of
- verdoppelnto make a copy of
- nachmachento make a copy of
- wiederholento do repeatedly; to do again
- nachmachento do repeatedly; to do again
- kopierento do repeatedly; to do again
- entsprechento produce something equal to
- etwas entgegenhaltento produce something equal to
- Duplikatan identical copy
- Kopiean identical copy
Hindi प्रतिलिपि, अनुकृति
- प्रतिलिपि (pratilipi)identical
- अनुकृति (anukŕti)identical
- अनुकृति करना (anukŕti karnā)to make a copy of
- अनुकरण करना (anukraṇ karnā)to make a copy of
- दोहराना (dohrānā)to do repeatedly; to do again
Hungarian másolat
- másolatan identical copy
Indonesian duplikat
- duplikatan identical copy
Irish dúbail, macasamhail
- dúbailto make a copy of
- macasamhailan identical copy
Italian duplicato, duplicata
- duplicatoidentical
- duplicataidentical
- duplicareto make a copy of
- duplicatoan identical copy
- doppionean identical copy
Japanese 複写する, 複製する
- 複写する (fukusha-suru)to make a copy of
- 複製する (fukusei-suru)to make a copy of
- 複写 (fukusha)an identical copy
- 写し (utsushi)an identical copy
- デュプリケート (dyupurikēto)an identical copy
Korean 복사하다, 복제
- 복사하다 (boksahada)to make a copy of
- 복제 (bokje)an identical copy
Māori kape, tārua
- kapeto make a copy of
- tāruato make a copy of
- pūruato do repeatedly; to do again
- tāruato do repeatedly; to do again
- kapean identical copy
Polish duplikat
- duplikatan identical copy
Portuguese duplicado, duplicada
- duplicadoidentical
- duplicadaidentical
- duplicarto make a copy of
- cópiaan identical copy
- duplicataan identical copy
Romanian duplicat, duplica
- duplicatidentical
- duplicato make a copy of
- dublato make a copy of
- copiato make a copy of
- duplicatan identical copy
- copiean identical copy
- dublarean identical copy
Russian дубликат, дублирующий
- дубликат (dublikat)identical
- дублирующий (dublirujuščij)identical
- де́лать дублика́т (délatʹ dublikát)to make a copy of
- де́лать ко́пию (délatʹ kópiju)to make a copy of
- размножа́ть (razmnožátʹ)to make a copy of
- размно́жить (razmnóžitʹ)to make a copy of
- дубли́ровать (dublírovatʹ)to make a copy of
- дублика́т (dublikát)an identical copy
- ко́пия (kópija)an identical copy
Spanish duplicado, duplicar
- duplicadoidentical
- duplicarto make a copy of
- repetirto do repeatedly; to do again
- duplicarto do repeatedly; to do again
- duplicadoan identical copy
Swedish duplicera
- duplicerato make a copy of
Tagalog kahalintulad, katulad
- kahalintuladidentical
- katuladidentical
- duhasipian identical copy
Turkish kopyalamak, kopyasını çıkarmak
- kopyalamakto make a copy of
- kopyasını çıkarmakto make a copy of
Vietnamese nhân bản, sao chép
- nhân bảnto make a copy of
- sao chépto make a copy of
- sao lụcto make a copy of
- lặp lạito do repeatedly; to do again
- bắt chướcto produce something equal to
- làm theoto produce something equal to
- bản saoan identical copy
Cite this entry
duplicate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/duplicate
“duplicate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/duplicate. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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