Etymology
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From Old French imitacion, from Latin imitatio.
Pronunciation
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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
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- (antonym(s) of "act of imitating"): creation
Derived terms
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Translations
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act of imitating
- 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
- 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:
- 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)
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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
- 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:
- 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)
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