Bikini
English edit
Etymology edit
From German Bikini, the colonial name of the atoll as part of German New Guinea, and this was derived from Marshallese Pikinni.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Bikini
- Bikini atoll.
Usage notes edit
While the word bikini, in reference to the swimsuit, usually has just one pronunciation stressed on the second syllable, the English place name Bikini has two pronunciations. /ˈbɪkɪni/ is the older pronunciation stressed on the first syllable, and is still widely used in English by those most familiar with the atoll. /bɪˈkiːni/ is a newer pronunciation stressed on the second syllable, influenced by the swimsuit term.
Descendants edit
French edit
Etymology edit
From English Bikini, from earlier German Bikini, the colonial name of the atoll as part of German New Guinea, and this was derived from Marshallese Pikinni.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Bikini ?
- Bikini atoll
Descendants edit
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Marshallese Pikinni.
Proper noun edit
Bikini
- Bikini (an atoll in the Marshall Islands)
Descendants edit
- → English: Bikini
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from French bikini, named after the place name Bikini, from the French 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. The name Bikini itself was originally the German colonial name of the atoll as part of German New Guinea, and this was derived from Marshallese Pikinni.
Noun edit
Bikini m (strong, genitive Bikinis, plural Bikinis)
- a bikini (scanty two-piece swimsuit named after the above-mentioned island)
Declension edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “Bikini” in Duden online