imitation

See also: Imitation

English

Etymology

From Old French imitacion, from Latin imitatio

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ɪmɪˈteɪʃən/
Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

imitation (countable and uncountable, plural imitations)

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

Antonyms

(act of imitating): creation

Translations

act of imitating

Asturian: imitación f
Bulgarian: имитация (bg) f (imitacija)
Catalan: imitació (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 模擬 (zh), 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)
Japanese: 模倣 (ja) (もほう, mohō), 真似 (まね, mane)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: imitasjon m

Nynorsk: imitasjon m
Old English: hyrung
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)

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)
Italian: imitazione (it) f
Japanese: 模造品 (もぞうひん, mozōhin)
Latin: imitatio
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)

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

imitation f (plural imitations)

imitation

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