"reduplication" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɹɪ.djuː.plɪ.ˈkeɪ.ʃən/ [UK], /ɹəˌd(j)u.plə.ˈkeɪ.ʃən/ [US], /ɹi-/ [US], /ɹɪ-/ [US], /-plɪ-/ [US], /-ʃɪn/ [US] Forms: reduplications [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: re- + duplication Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|duplication}} re- + duplication Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} reduplication (countable and uncountable, plural reduplications)
  1. (linguistics) The act of, or an instance of, reduplicating. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics Translations (the act of, or an instance of, reduplication): διπλασιασμός (diplasiasmós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), مضاعفة (Arabic), مضاعفة [feminine] (Arabic), повторение (povtorenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), duobligo (Esperanto), reduplikaatio (Finnish), redoublement [masculine] (French), Reduplikation [feminine] (German), ikerszó (Hungarian), ikerítés (Hungarian), reduplikasi (Indonesian), reduplicazione [feminine] (Italian), 첩어 (cheobeo) (alt: 疊語) (Korean), редуплика́ција (reduplikácija) [feminine] (Macedonian), повтору́вање (povtorúvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), പുനരാവർത്തനം (punarāvaṟttanaṁ) (Malayalam), aachoipal [masculine] (Manx), редупликация (reduplikacija) [feminine] (Russian), ath-dhùblachadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), reduplicación [feminine] (Spanish), fördubbling [common-gender] (Swedish), ikileme (Turkish), láy âm (Vietnamese), àpètúnpè (Yoruba)
    Sense id: en-reduplication-en-noun-MD0Nb9qj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with re- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with re-: 49 51 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'the act of, or an instance of, reduplication': 94 6
  2. (anatomy) The folding or doubling of a part or organ. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-reduplication-en-noun-FBJjGvZw Categories (other): English terms prefixed with re- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with re-: 49 51 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: endoreduplication, contrastive focus reduplication

Inflected forms

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  "word": "reduplication"
}

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