reduplication

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Pronunciation

/ɹɪ.djuː.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ (UK)

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/ɹɪ.djuː.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ (UK) · /ɹəˌd(j)u.pləˈkeɪ.ʃən/ (US) · /ɹi-/ (US) · /ɹɪ-/ (US) · /-plɪ-/ (US) · /-ʃɪn/ (US)

Definition of reduplication

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(countable, uncountable)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.”
“Grammatically, Malay uses reduplication for plurals (burung = bird, burung-burung = birds) and thus repeated words are commonly heard in Malay speech[.]”

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noun

(countable, uncountable)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.”
“Grammatically, Malay uses reduplication for plurals (burung = bird, burung-burung = birds) and thus repeated words are commonly heard in Malay speech[.]”
(countable, uncountable)The folding or doubling of a part or organ.

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From re- + duplication.

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