redoublement

English

Noun

redoublement (countable and uncountable, plural redoublements)

1. A redoubling or reduplication.
2. (fencing) The renewal of an attack.

French

Etymology

From redoubler +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

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Noun

redoublement m (plural redoublements)

1. doubling, redoubling; reduplication
2. (linguistic morphology) reduplication
3. repeating a year at school

Further reading

• “redoublement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.