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Meaning of tautonymic | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

Relating to or being a tautonym (a term made from two identical parts).

not-comparable

Examples

“Even higher tautonymic multiples exist. Kukukuku can be found in the unabridged Merriam-Webster, Fofo Fofo is a town in eastern Papua, and angang-angang is a Javanese gong described in Sibyl Marcuse's Musical Instruments: A Comprehensive Dictionary (1964).”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

tautonymous tautophonical tautosyllabic tautozonal Tavastian tavern-cut