From French bikini, named after the place name Bikini, from English Bikini, the name of the atoll where the United States tested nuclear weapons in July 1946; it was reckoned that the bathing suit would cause as much excitement as a nuclear bomb. This name was originally from German Bikini, the colonial name of the atoll as part of German New Guinea, and this was derived from Marshallese Pikinni.
bikini (plural bikinis)
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bikini
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From French bikini, named after the place name Bikini, from English Bikini, the name of the atoll where the United States tested nuclear weapons in July 1946; it was reckoned that the bathing suit would cause as much excitement as a nuclear bomb. This name was originally from German Bikini, the colonial name of the atoll as part of German New Guinea, and this was derived from Marshallese Pikinni.
bikini m (plural bikini's, diminutive bikinietje n)
bikini
Named after the place name Bikini, from Bikini, the name of the atoll where the United States tested nuclear weapons in July 1946; it was reckoned that the bathing suit would cause as much excitement as an atom bomb. This name was originally from German Bikini, the colonial name of the atoll as part of German New Guinea, and this was derived from Marshallese Pikinni.
bikini m (plural bikinis)
From French bikini (literally “name of the atoll where the United States tested nuclear weapons”), from German Bikini, the colonial name of the atoll as part of German New Guinea, and this was derived from Marshallese Pikinni (literally “surface of coconuts”).
bikini (first-person possessive bikiniku, second-person possessive bikinimu, third-person possessive bikininya)
bikini m (invariable)
bikini
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
bikini m (plural bikinis)
bikini m (definite singular bikinien, indefinite plural bikinier, definite plural bikiniene)
bikini m (definite singular bikinien, indefinite plural bikiniar, definite plural bikiniane)
Unadapted borrowing from English bikini, from French bikini. First attested in 1959.
bikini n (indeclinable)
bikini n (uncountable)
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) bikini | bikiniul |
genitive/dative | (unui) bikini | bikiniului |
vocative | bikiniule |
bìkīni m (Cyrillic spelling бѝкӣни)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | bikini | bikiniji |
genitive | bikinija | bikinija |
dative | bikiniju | bikinijima |
accusative | bikini | bikinije |
vocative | bikini | bikiniji |
locative | bikiniju | bikinijima |
instrumental | bikinijem | bikinijima |
Borrowed from English bikini. For the sandwich, see Catalan biquini.
bikini m (plural bikinis)
bikini (n class, plural bikini)
From French bikini, after the placename Bikini, originally from Marshallese Pikinni.
bikini c
Declension of bikini | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | bikini | bikinin | bikinier, bikinis | bikiniernas |
Genitive | bikinis | bikinins | bikiniers, bikinis | bikinirnas, bikiniernas |
Borrowed from English bikini, from bikini, from Bikini, from German Bikini, the colonial name of the atoll as part of German New Guinea, from Marshallese Pikinni.
bikini (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜃᜒᜈᜒ)
bikini (definite accusative bikiniyi, plural bikiniler)