mannequin

mannequin

See also: Mannequin

English

a mannequin (1)

Alternative forms

• manikin, mannikin, manequin

Etymology

From the French mannequin, from the Dutch manneken (“little man”), diminutive of Dutch man (“man”), equivalent to man +‎ -kin; compare ramequin/ramekin. Doublet of manikin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmænəˌkɪn/
• Homophone: manakin

Noun

mannequin (plural mannequins)

1. A dummy, or life-size model of the human body, used for the fitting or displaying of clothes.
   • 2011 April 13, Eric Wilson, “A Mannequin in Every Sense”, in The New York Times‎, ISSN 0362-4331:

     At the same time, Mr. Bolton was intrigued by Mr. Sundsbo’s proposal to make models look like mannequins because it spoke to the blurring of boundaries — between good and evil, angels and demons, nature and technology, permanence and decay — that was a consistent theme of the McQueen collections.

   • 2013 August 16, Barbara Brownie, “Mangled mannequins – what happened to shop-window dummies?”, in The Guardian‎:

     There was a time when a mannequin was the sculptural equivalent of fashion model. Like a fashion model, the mannequin was intended to reflect our social, professional and aesthetic aspirations.

   • 2020 May 14, Lauren Aratani, “Model companions: restaurant solves social distancing dilemma with mannequins”, in The Guardian‎:

     With the idea that guests may feel lonely eating at a restaurant that can only reach 50% capacity […] the restaurant will be placing mannequins throughout its dining rooms.

2. A jointed model of the human body used by artists, especially to demonstrate the arrangement of drapery.
3. An anatomical model of the human body for use in teaching of e.g. CPR.
4. (dated) A person who models clothes.

   Synonym: fashion model

   • 1951, Denise Robins, Heart of Paris, Ulverscroft, →ISBN, page 14:

     […] all of which made a perfect neutral background for the mannequins who moved around swiftly, gracefully, exhibiting one glorious creation after another.

Derived terms

• mannequinlike

Translations

model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes

Albanian: manekin (sq) m Arabic: مَانِيكَان‎ m (mānīkān), مَانُوكَان‎ m (mānūkān) Armenian: մանեկեն (hy) (maneken) Azerbaijani: maneken Belarusian: манеке́н m (manjekjén) Bulgarian: манеке́н (bg) m (manekén), манеке́нка f (manekénka) Burmese: ဟန်ပြမယ် (my) (hanpra.mai) Catalan: maniquí (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 人體模型／人体模型 (réntǐ móxíng) Czech: figurína (cs) f, krejčovská panna f, manekýn m, manekýnka (cs) f Danish: mannequin c Dutch: mannequin (nl), paspop (nl) m or f Esperanto: manekeno Estonian: mannekeen Finnish: mallinukke French: mannequin (fr) m Galician: manequín m Georgian: მანეკენი (maneḳeni) German: Gliederpuppe f, Modellpuppe f, Schaufensterpuppe (de) f Greek: ανδρείκελο (el) n (andreíkelo) Hindi: पुतला (hi) m (putlā) Hungarian: próbababa (hu) Icelandic: gína f Ido: manekino (io) Indonesian: maneken (id) Irish: mainicín m Italian: manichino (it) Japanese: マネキン人形 (ja) (マネキンにんぎょう, manekin ningyō) Khmer: ម៉ាន់នឺកាំង (mannɨɨkang) Korean: 마네킹 (ko) (maneking) Lao: ນາງແບບ (nāng bǣp), ຫຸ່ນ (hun) Latvian: manekens m Lithuanian: manekenas (lt) Macedonian: и́зложна ку́кла f (ízložna kúkla), манеке́н m (manekén), манеке́нка f (manekénka) Mongolian: манекен (mn) (maneken) Norwegian: Bokmål: mannekeng m Persian: مانکن‎ (fa) (mânkan) Polish: manekin (pl) m Portuguese: manequim (pt) m Romanian: manechin (ro) n Russian: манеке́н (ru) m (manekén) Slovak: manekýn m, manekýnka f Spanish: maniquí (es) m Swedish: skyltdocka (sv) c Tagalog: maoy Tamil: please add this translation if you can Thai: นางแบบ (th) (naang-bɛ̀ɛp), ตุ๊กตา (th) (dtúk-gà-dtaa) Tibetan: མིའི་གསོབ (mi'i gsob) Turkish: manken (tr) Ukrainian: манеке́н m (manekén) Uzbek: maneken (uz) Vietnamese: manocanh, ma-nơ-canh

model of human body used by artists

Bulgarian: манекен (bg) m (maneken) Catalan: maniquí (ca) m Esperanto: manekeno Finnish: mallinukke French: mannequin (fr) m Galician: manequín m Georgian: მანეკენი (maneḳeni) Greek: ανδρείκελο (el) n (andreíkelo) Ido: manekino (io) Indonesian: maneken (id) Irish: mainicín m Macedonian: манеке́н m (manekén) Russian: манеке́н (ru) m (manekén) Spanish: dummy (es) m

model of human body used for teaching

Finnish: mallinukke French: mannequin (fr) m Galician: manequín m Greek: ανδρείκελο (el) n (andreíkelo) Indonesian: maneken (id) Irish: mainicín m

a person who models clothes

Chinese: Mandarin: 模特 (zh) (mótè) Finnish: malli (fi), mannekiini (fi) French: mannequin (fr) m Galician: manequín m German: Model (de) n, Mannequin (de) n Greek: μοντέλο (el) n (montélo) Hungarian: manöken (hu) Indonesian: peragawati (id), maneken (id) Irish: mainicín m Japanese: モデル (ja) (moderu) Macedonian: манеке́н m (manekén), манеке́нка f (manekénka) Romanian: manechin (ro) n Russian: манеке́нщик (ru) m (manekénščik), манеке́нщица (ru) f (manekénščica), моде́ль (ru) m or f (modélʹ)

Further reading

• mannequin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Danish

Etymology

From French mannequin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manəˈkɛŋ/, [mænəˈkʰeŋ], [mæn̩ˈkʰeŋ]

Noun

mannequin c (singular definite mannequinen, plural indefinite mannequiner)

1. mannequin

Declension

Declension of mannequin

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mannequin	mannequinen	mannequiner	mannequinerne
genitive	mannequins	mannequinens	mannequiners	mannequinernes

Further reading

• “mannequin” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

Mannequins – models.

Etymology

Borrowed from French mannequin, from Dutch manneken.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɑ.nəˈkɛːn/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: man‧ne‧quin

Noun

mannequin m (plural mannequins)

1. A clothes model or fashion model, a mannequin.

Hypernyms

• model

Related terms

• man

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: mannequin, manikin

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French

FWOTD – 22 September 2018

Etymology

From Dutch manneken.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /man.kɛ̃/

Noun

mannequin m (plural mannequins)

1. fashion model
   • 2016 September 9, "Un mannequin défiguré à l’acide défile à la Fashion Week de New York", Le Monde.

     Elle était conviée à défiler pour le collectif de jeunes créateurs italiens FTL Moda, qui a régulièrement fait parler de lui ces dernières saisons, plus pour ses choix de mannequins que pour ses vêtements.

     She was invited to model for the Italian young designers' collective FTL Moda, that had regularly made itself the talk of the town during previous seasons, more for its choice of models than for its clothes.

2. dummy, mannequin
   • 2016 August 18, Matteo Maillard, "Être mère et prostituée au Mali", Le Monde.

     C’est pourquoi elle a garni le mur de sa chambre turquoise de perruques qu’elle a fabriquées sur une tête de mannequin, les nuits sans clients comme celle-ci.

     It is why she has decorated the wall of her turquoise room with wigs that she made on a mannequin's head on nights without clients, like this one.

Descendants

Descendants

• → Catalan: maniquí
• → Czech: manekýn
• → Danish: mannequin
• → Dutch: mannequin
• → English: mannequin
  • → Japanese: マネキン (manekin)
    • → Korean: 마네킹 (maneking)
• → Georgian: მანეკენი (maneḳeni)
• → German: Mannequin
• → Greek: μανεκέν (manekén)
• → Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mannekeng
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mannekeng
• → Hungarian: manöken
• → Japanese: マヌカン (manukan)
• → Polish: manekin
• → Portuguese: manequim
• → Romanian: manechin
• → Russian: манекен (maneken)
• → Swedish: mannekäng
• → Spanish: maniquí
• → Turkish: manken
• → Vietnamese: ma-nơ-canh

Further reading

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