replica
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian replica, derived from Latin replicare (“to copy”). Doublet of reply and replicate.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
replica (plural replicas or (rare) repliche)
- An exact copy.
- The statue on the museum floor is an authentic replica.
- A copy made at a smaller scale than the original.
- Coordinate term: scale model
- He collected replicas of old cars.
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Turkish: replika
Translations edit
exact copy
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smaller-scale model
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Verb edit
replica
- inflection of replicar:
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Deverbal from replicare + -a.
Noun edit
replica f (plural repliche)
Descendants edit
- → Crimean Tatar: replika
- → Dutch: replica
- → English: replica
- → Finnish: replika
- → French: réplique (see there for further descendants)
- → Polish: replika
- → Romanian: replică
- → Serbo-Croatian: rèplika
- → Turkish: replika
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
replica
- inflection of replicare:
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Verb edit
replicā
References edit
- replica in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: re‧pli‧ca
Verb edit
replica
- inflection of replicar:
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French répliquer, Latin replico, replicare.
Verb edit
a replica (third-person singular present replică, past participle replicat) 1st conj.
- to replicate
Conjugation edit
conjugation of replica (first conjugation, no infix)
infinitive | a replica | ||||||
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gerund | replicând | ||||||
past participle | replicat | ||||||
number | singular | plural | |||||
person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | replic | replici | replică | replicăm | replicați | replică | |
imperfect | replicam | replicai | replica | replicam | replicați | replicau | |
simple perfect | replicai | replicași | replică | replicarăm | replicarăți | replicară | |
pluperfect | replicasem | replicaseși | replicase | replicaserăm | replicaserăți | replicaseră | |
subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | să replic | să replici | să replice | să replicăm | să replicați | să replice | |
imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
affirmative | replică | replicați | |||||
negative | nu replica | nu replicați |
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replica
- inflection of replicar: