imitation

imitation

See also: Imitation

English

Etymology

From Old French imitacion, from Latin imitatio.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪmɪˈteɪʃən/

• Audio (RP)

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

imitation (countable and uncountable, plural imitations)

1. The act of imitating.
2. (attributive) A copy or simulation; something that is not the real thing.

   imitation leather

Antonyms

• (act of imitating): creation

Derived terms

• imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

Translations

act of imitating

Asturian: imitación f Belarusian: іміта́цыя f (imitácyja) Bulgarian: имитация (bg) f (imitacija) Catalan: imitació (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 模擬／模拟 (zh) (mónǐ), 模仿 (zh) (mófǎng) Czech: napodobení n, imitace (cs) f Danish: imitation c, efterligning c Dutch: navolging (nl) f Finnish: jäljittely (fi), imitaatio (fi) French: imitation (fr) f Galician: imitación (gl) f German: Imitation (de) f, Nachahmung (de) f Greek: Ancient: μίμησις f (mímēsis) Hebrew: חִקּוּי‎ (he) m (ẖiqqúy) Hungarian: utánzás Japanese: 模倣 (ja) (もほう, mohō), 真似 (ja) (まね, mane) Latin: imitatio f Norwegian: Bokmål: imitasjon m Nynorsk: imitasjon m Old English: onhyring f Polish: imitacja (pl) f, naśladowanie (pl) n Portuguese: imitação (pt) f, arremedo (pt) m Romanian: imitare (ro) f Russian: имита́ция (ru) f (imitácija), подража́ние (ru) n (podražánije) Spanish: imitación (es) f Telugu: అనుకరణ (te) (anukaraṇa) Turkish: taklit (tr), öykünme (tr), öyküntü (tr) Ukrainian: іміта́ція (uk) f (imitácija)

copy

Asturian: imitación f Bulgarian: копие (bg) n (kopie) Catalan: imitació (ca) f Crimean Tatar: taqlit Czech: napodobenina (cs) f, imitace (cs) f Danish: imitation c, efterligning c Finnish: kopio (fi), jäljitelmä (fi) French: imitation (fr) f Galician: imitación (gl) f German: Kopie (de) f, Imitat n Greek: Ancient: μίμησις f (mímēsis), μίμημα n (mímēma) Hebrew: חִקּוּי‎ (he) m (ẖiqqúy) Hungarian: utánzat (hu), mű- Italian: imitazione (it) f Japanese: 模造品 (もぞうひん, mozōhin) Latin: imitamentum n Norwegian: Bokmål: imitasjon m Nynorsk: imitasjon m Polish: imitacja (pl) f, kopia (pl) f Portuguese: imitação (pt) f Romanian: imitare (ro) f, imitație (ro) f Spanish: imitación (es) f Turkish: taklit (tr), öykünme (tr), öyküntü (tr), imitasyon (tr)

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French

Etymology

From Latin imitātiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.mi.ta.sjɔ̃/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

imitation f (plural imitations)

1. imitation

Related terms

• imiter

Further reading

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