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PRONUNCIATION OF DITTOGRAPHY

dittography  [dɪˈtɒɡrəfɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DITTOGRAPHY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dittography is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DITTOGRAPHY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Dittography

Dittography is the accidental, erroneous act of repeating a letter, word, phrase or combination of letters by a scribe or copyist.

Definition of dittography in the English dictionary

The definition of dittography in the dictionary is the unintentional repetition of letters or words. Other definition of dittography is a passage of manuscript demonstrating dittography.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DITTOGRAPHY


aortography
ˌeɪɔːˈtɒɡrəfɪ
astrophotography
ˌæstrəʊfəˈtɒɡrəfɪ
autography
ɔːˈtɒɡrəfɪ
cartography
kɑːˈtɒɡrəfɪ
cholecystography
ˌkɒlɪsɪsˈtɒɡrəfɪ
chromatography
ˌkrəʊməˈtɒɡrəfɪ
cinematography
ˌsɪnɪməˈtɒɡrəfɪ
cryptography
krɪpˈtɒɡrəfɪ
cystography
sɪsˈtɒɡrəfɪ
electrochromatography
ɪˌlɛktrəʊkrəʊməˈtɒɡrəfɪ
electrophotography
ɪˌlɛktrəʊfəˈtɒɡrəfɪ
fractography
frækˈtɒɡrəfɪ
hectography
hɛkˈtɒɡrəfɪ
hyetography
ˌhaɪɪˈtɒɡrəfɪ
macrophotography
ˌmækrəʊfəˈtɒɡrəfɪ
microphotography
ˈmaɪkrəʊfəˈtɒɡrəfɪ
photography
fəˈtɒɡrəfɪ
pictography
pɪkˈtɒɡrəfɪ
radioautography
ˌreɪdɪəʊɔːˈtɒɡrəfɪ
telautography
ˌtelɔːˈtɒɡrəfɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DITTOGRAPHY

ditrochee
ditsiness
dittander
dittanies
dittany
dittay
ditties
ditto
ditto mark
ditto sign
dittographies
dittology
ditty
ditty bag
ditty box
ditz
ditzier
ditziest
ditziness
ditzy

WORDS THAT END LIKE DITTOGRAPHY

angiography
autobiography
bibliography
biography
calligraphy
choreography
computed tomography
crystallography
demography
discography
filmography
geography
historiography
oceanography
orthography
pornography
radiography
tomography
topography
typography
videography

Synonyms and antonyms of dittography in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dittography» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DITTOGRAPHY

Find out the translation of dittography to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dittography from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dittography» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

dittography
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

dittography
570 millions of speakers

English

dittography
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

dittography
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

dittography
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

dittography
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dittography
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

dittography
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dittography
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dittografi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

dittography
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

重複書写
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

dittography
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dittography
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dittography
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எழுதும் பொழுது தவறுதலாக ஒரே சின்னம் மறுபடியும் வருதல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मुलाखत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dittography
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dittography
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dittography
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

dittography
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dittography
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

dittography
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dittography
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dittography
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dittography
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dittography

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DITTOGRAPHY»

The term «dittography» is used very little and occupies the 180.288 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DITTOGRAPHY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «dittography» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «dittography» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dittography

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DITTOGRAPHY»

Discover the use of dittography in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dittography and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Textual Criticism: Recovering the Text of the Hebrew Bible
Dittography Compounded by Other Errors The kind of simple dittography illustrated by the preceding examples was easy for the scribes to identify and correct. Though it might occur often in the copying of a single manuscript, such as IQIsa", ...
Peter Kyle McCarter, 1986
2
Scribal Habits in Early Greek New Testament Papyri
The initial letter was written twice, and the scribe probably noticed this dittography immediately. ... and continue with μ afresh, instead of erasing the second α and writing μ over the erasure.152 9:41b After correcting the dittography of the initial ...
James Ronald Royse, 2008
3
Midrash and Multiplicity: Pirke de-Rabbi Eliezer and the ...
The presence of the dittography, which is acknowledged in this expression, allows them to propose a “doubled” interpretation of the latter half of the verse, “I kill and I enliven ( 1177311 UN T|71'|N1).” Accordingly, the new expression imbues ...
Steven Daniel Sacks, 2009
4
Jātarūpa's commentary on the Amarakoṣa: Introduction
This subsection is devoted to categorising mistakes in which dittography alone does not play a role. Such errors are very few. Each of the three errors listed below can be cited as an example of dittography interrupted by the last word of a  ...
Mahes Raj Pant, 2000
5
The Nighantu and the Nirukta: The Oldest Indian Treatise on ...
C 4. It cannot therefore be concluded that the shorter recension is always the best , for sometimes omissions are accidental. • . Dittography in Sanskrit Manuscripts. On the other hand, there is also the phenomenon called dittography, i. e. the ...
Lakshman Sarup, 1998
6
A Student's Guide to Textual Criticism of the Bible: Its ...
2.2.4 Dittography A letter or word that has been written twice rather than once. For example, in English latter might mistakenly be written for later. This mistake is easily made, especially when copying a group of letters that are very similar.
Paul D. Wegner, 2006
7
Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible
For possible cases of homoioteleuton, see further Deut 5:29-30 (p. 345), 1 Sam 11:1 (pp. 342-344 ), and Isa 38:21-22 (pp. 340-341). See further Pisano*. b. Pluses a. Dittography Dittography, "writing twice" (8iTr6?, "twice," and ypa^fi, " writing"), ...
Emanuel Tov, 2001
8
Jeremiah: A Commentary based on Ieremias in Codex Vaticanus
According to Ziegler , – it is likely that the reading πρνεσαι has come about by inuence of πρνευσαν in v. . . e translation of this verse is, of course, dependent on whether the dittography discussed below is translated or not. A translation of the  ...
Georg A. Walser, 2012
9
The Preacher Sought to Find Pleasing Words: A Study of the ...
Dittography of a' has been advocated by several other critics175. mVX» (Prov 31, 27) being a good parallel of mVDtf. the emendation of the dittography would result in a well balanced verse: rv3n *p"r D'T rrfrnbi mpan r\w mVxs3 The dittography ...
Antoon Schoors, 1992
10
The Getty Murua: Essays on the Making of Martin de Murua's ...
56 "urin cuscos" > "urin cuzcos" 136V Bk. 1, chap. 63 Cancellation of dittography: "y se hu[yeron]" i69r Bk. 1, chap. 74 Insertion: "De un admirable suseso que a este príncipe sayri le susedió, se dirá tanbién en el cap 93" 187V Bk. 1, chap.
Thomas B. F. Cummins, Barbara Anderson, 2008

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DITTOGRAPHY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dittography is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Mutated Manuscripts: The Evolution of Genes and Texts
Insertions can occur during copying in both genetics and paleography as well. This is called dittography for manuscripts, and, well, insertions, ... «The Atlantic, Nov 10»
2
New Testament Manuscripts: The Basic Facts
Dittography means that a letter or word has been written twice rather than once, such as latter written as later. Metathesis is the reversal in order ... «American Thinker, Feb 07»

REFERENCE
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