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English
Etymology From Middle English imitacioun Middle French imitacion Old French imitacion Latin imitatio
Pronunciation
Noun imitation (countable and uncountable plural imitations
The act of imitating .
a pale imitation a realistic imitation in imitation of
( attributive ) A copy or simulation ; something that is not the real thing.
imitation leather
Antonyms ( antonym(s) of “ act of imitating ” ) : creation
Derived terms
Translations act of imitating
Arabic: تَقْلِيد m ( taqlīd )
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 (da) c
Dutch: navolging (nl) f imitatie (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 (hu)
Japanese: 模倣 (ja) ( もほう, mohō ) , 真似 (ja) ( まね, mane )
Latin: imitatio f
Norwegian: herming m or f Bokmål: imitasjon m
Nynorsk: imitasjon m
Old English: onhyring f
Polish: imitacja (pl) f imitatorstwo n naśladownictwo (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 (da) c
Dutch: imitatie (nl) f
Esperanto: kopio
Finnish: kopio (fi) , jäljitelmä (fi)
French: imitation (fr) f
Galician: imitación (gl) f
German: Kopie (de) f Imitat (de) n
Greek:
Ancient: μίμησις f ( mímēsis ) , μίμημα n ( mímēma )
Hebrew: חִקּוּי (he) m ( ẖiqqúy )
Hungarian: utánzat (hu) , mű- (hu)
Italian: imitazione (it) f
Japanese: 模造品 (ja) ( もぞうひん, mozōhin )
Latin: imitamentum n
Norwegian: herming m or f 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
Etymology From Middle French imitation Old French imitacion Latin imitātiōnem
Pronunciation
Noun imitation f plural imitations
imitation
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