bikini
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Etymology edit
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.
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bikini (plural bikinis)
- A brief two-piece bathing suit worn by girls and women, especially one that exposes the midriff and navel.
- 1950 October 2, “In the Swim”, in Time:
- Cole has little but scorn for France's famed Bikini bathing suits. Explains he: " French girls, have short legs. Swimsuits have to be hiked up at the sides to make their legs look longer. "
- A brief bathing suit worn by men.
- 2004, Cathy Crimmons, How the Homosexuals Saved Civilization, page 202:
- We high-schoolers didn't understand why death came in the form of a gorgeous young man with muscles in a skimpy bikini.
- Brief underpants that reach to the hips rather than the waist.
- 1982, Ruth Tolman, Selling Men’s Fashion, page 124:
- Boxer shorts, knitted briefs, and bikinis are the most popular styles in shorts, formerly called “drawers.”
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- → Norwegian Bokmål: bikini
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- Hyphenation: bi‧ki‧ni
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bikini
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For quotations using this term, see Citations:bikini.
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Etymology edit
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.
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bikini m (plural bikini's, diminutive bikinietje n)
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bikini
- (only in compounds) nominative singular of bikinit
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Etymology edit
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.
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bikini m (plural bikinis)
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- → Dutch: bikini
- → English: bikini
- → Norwegian Bokmål: bikini
- → German: Bikini
- → Portuguese: biquíni
- → Spanish: biquini
Further reading edit
- “bikini”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
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”).
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bikini (first-person possessive bikiniku, second-person possessive bikinimu, third-person possessive bikininya)
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- “bikini” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
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bikini m (invariable)
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bikini
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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
bikini m (plural bikinis)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
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bikini m (definite singular bikinien, indefinite plural bikinier, definite plural bikiniene)
- a bikini
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bikini m (definite singular bikinien, indefinite plural bikiniar, definite plural bikiniane)
- a bikini
Polish edit
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Unadapted borrowing from English bikini, from French bikini. First attested in 1959.
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bikini n (indeclinable)
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bikini n (uncountable)
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singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) bikini | bikiniul |
genitive/dative | (unui) bikini | bikiniului |
vocative | bikiniule |
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bìkīni m (Cyrillic spelling бѝкӣни)
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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 |
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- “bikini” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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Borrowed from English bikini. For the sandwich, see Catalan biquini.
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bikini m (plural bikinis)
- bikini
- (Catalonia) ham and cheese sandwich
- 2017 April 10, Aurora Segura, “¿Por qué lo llamas ‘bikini’ cuando quieres decir ‘mixto’?”, in La Vanguardia[1]:
- Se sorprenden los catalanes cuando les miran con expresión rara al pedir un “bikini” en cualquier bar o cafetería fuera de la comunidad.
- Catalans are surprised when they get strange looks after asking for a "bikini" in any bar or cafeteria outside the autonomous community.
Further reading edit
- “bikini”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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Audio (Kenya) (file)
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bikini (n class, plural bikini)
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From French bikini, after the placename Bikini, originally from Marshallese Pikinni.
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bikini c
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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 |
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Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
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.
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bikini (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜃᜒᜈᜒ)
Further reading edit
- “bikini”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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bikini (definite accusative bikiniyi, plural bikiniler)