reduplication

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reduplication

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

Rhymes with -eɪʃən

noun reduplications

  1. 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.
  2. countable, uncountable The folding or doubling of a part or organ.

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noun the act of, or an instance of, reduplication

Españolreduplicación
한국어첩어 cheobeo
中文重疊 /重叠 chóngdié
Portuguêsreduplicação
Françaisredoublement
DeutschReduplikation
Italianoreduplicazione
Ελληνικάαναδιπλασιασμός anadiplasiasmós
Русскийредупликация reduplikacija
Tiếng Việtláy âm
العربيةمضاعفة
עבריתהַכְפָּלָה hakhpalá

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"reduplication." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/reduplication. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"reduplication." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/reduplication.

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@misc{reduplication_2026,
  title = {reduplication},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/reduplication},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}