Meanings
plural reduplications
- countableuncountablehuman sciencesThe 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 2561 more example
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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounrepetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next
nounthe act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- Englishduplication
- Englishreduplication
From re- + duplication.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek διπλασιασμός
- διπλασιασμός (diplasiasmós)the act of, or an instance of, reduplication
Arabic مضاعفة, مضاعفة
- مضاعفةthe act of, or an instance of, reduplication
- مضاعفةthe act of, or an instance of, reduplication
Bulgarian повторение, редупликация
- повторение (povtorenie)the act of, or an instance of, reduplication
- редупликация (reduplikacija)the act of, or an instance of, reduplication
Chinese Mandarin 重疊 /重叠
- 重疊 /重叠 (chóngdié)the act of, or an instance of, reduplication
Esperanto duobligo
- duobligothe act of, or an instance of, reduplication
Finnish reduplikaatio
- reduplikaatiothe act of, or an instance of, reduplication
French redoublement
- redoublementthe act of, or an instance of, reduplication
German Reduplikation
- Reduplikationthe act of, or an instance of, reduplication
Greek αναδιπλασιασμός
- αναδιπλασιασμός (anadiplasiasmós)the act of, or an instance of, reduplication
Hebrew הַכְפָּלָה
- הַכְפָּלָה (hakhpalá)the act of, or an instance of, reduplication
Hungarian ikerszó, ikerítés
- ikerszóthe act of, or an instance of, reduplication
- ikerítésthe act of, or an instance of, reduplication
Indonesian reduplikasi
- reduplikasithe act of, or an instance of, reduplication
Italian reduplicazione
- reduplicazionethe act of, or an instance of, reduplication
Korean 첩어
- 첩어 (cheobeo)the act of, or an instance of, reduplication
Polish reduplikacja
- reduplikacjathe act of, or an instance of, reduplication
Portuguese reduplicação
- reduplicaçãothe act of, or an instance of, reduplication
Russian редупликация
- редупликация (reduplikacija)the act of, or an instance of, reduplication
Scottish Gaelic ath-dhùblachadh
- ath-dhùblachadhthe act of, or an instance of, reduplication
Spanish reduplicación
- reduplicaciónthe act of, or an instance of, reduplication
Swedish fördubbling
- fördubblingthe act of, or an instance of, reduplication
Turkish ikileme
- ikilemethe act of, or an instance of, reduplication
Vietnamese láy âm
- láy âmthe act of, or an instance of, reduplication
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with reduplication
Cite this entry
reduplication. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reduplication
“reduplication.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reduplication. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reduplication,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reduplication.
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