Main Entry:

re·du·pli·ca·tion

Pronunciation:

\ri-ˌdü-pli-ˈkā-shən, ˌrē-, -ˈdyü-\

Function:

noun

Date:

1555

1: an act or instance of doubling or reiterating2 a: an often grammatically functional repetition of a radical element or a part of it occurring usually at the beginning of a word and often accompanied by change of the radical vowel b (1): a word or form produced by reduplication (2): the repeated element in such a word or form3: anadiplosis

— re·du·pli·ca·tive \ri-ˈdü-pli-ˌkā-tiv, ˈrē-, -ˈdyü-\ adjective

— re·du·pli·ca·tive·ly adverb