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English
Etymology
Blend of identification + kit, originally a trademark.
Pronunciation
Noun
identikit (plural identikits)
- A picture of a person, reconstructed from strips showing facial features selected to match witnesses' descriptions; used by the police to build a likeness of a person sought for a crime.
- Synonyms: police sketch, composite sketch, facial composite, photofit
Translations
facial composite
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 容貌拼圖/容貌拼图 (róngmào pīntú), 拼圖認人/拼图认人 (pīntú rènrén)
- Dutch: compositietekening (nl) f, compositiefoto (nl) f
- French: portrait-robot (fr) m
- German: Phantombild (de) n
- Italian: identikit (it) m
- Macedonian: фоторобот m (fotorobot)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: fantombilde (no) n, fantomtegning m or f
- Polish: portret pamięciowy (pl) m
- Portuguese: retrato-robô m
- Russian: фоторо́бот (ru) m (fotoróbot)
- Spanish: retrato robot m (Spain), retrato hablado m (Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela), identikit m (Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay)
- Swedish: fantombild (sv) c
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Adjective
identikit (not comparable) (UK)
- (informal, chiefly derogatory) Indistinguishable from each other; mass-produced or mass marketed.
2006, J. Christopher Holloway, Neil Taylor, The business of tourism, page 211:These identikit destinations have been developed through the activities of multinational tourism organizations.
2010, Christine White, Directors and Designers, page 172:These identikit productions do not require specific performers to bring a new interpretation but require the repetition of the successful event for the paying audience.
2012, Hannah Richell, The Secrets of the Tides, →ISBN, page 363:She guesses it is only a few years old; one of seven identikit mock-Tudor mansions built on a recent cul-de-sac development just outside Chichester.
2022 December 4, Phil McNulty, “England 3-0 Senegal”, in BBC Sport:Bellingham is the identikit modern midfield player and the manner in which he combined with Foden for England's second goal, completed by a rousing finish from Kane, was a glimpse into a golden future.
Synonyms
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English identikit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.den.tiˈkit/, /iˈdɛn.ti.kit/
- Rhymes: -it, -ɛntikit
- Hyphenation: i‧den‧ti‧kìt, i‧dèn‧ti‧kit
Noun
identikit m (invariable)
- identikit
References
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English identikit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /identiˈkit/
- Rhymes: -it
- Syllabification: i‧den‧ti‧kit
Noun
identikit m (plural identikits)
- (Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay) identikit, police sketch, composite sketch, facial composite
- Synonyms: (Spain) retrato robot, (Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela) retrato hablado
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