reduplication

1. 1.

   repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next

   Synonymsanadiplosis

   Broaderrepetition
2. 2.

   the syllable added in a reduplicated word form

   Broadersyllable
3. 3.

   a word formed by or containing a repeated syllable or speech sound (usually at the beginning of the word)

   Broaderword
4. 4.

   the act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof)

   Synonymsreiteration

   Broaderrepetition

Other forms of reduplication

plural

reduplications·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about reduplication

What does reduplication mean?

reduplication means "repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in reduplication?

reduplication has 6 syllables: re-du-pli-ca-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for reduplication?

Close synonyms include anadiplosis, reiteration. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is reduplication a common word?

reduplication is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.