imitation

From Middle English imitacioun, from Middle French imitacion, from Old French imitacion, from Latin imitatio.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪmɪˈteɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

imitation (countable and uncountable, plural imitations)

1. The act of imitating.

   a pale imitation

   a realistic imitation

   in imitation of

2. (attributive) A copy or simulation; something that is not the real thing.

   imitation leather

• (antonym(s) of “act of imitating”): creation

From Middle French imitation, from Old French imitacion, from Latin imitātiōnem.

• IPA^(key): /i.mi.ta.sjɔ̃/

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imitation f (plural imitations)

1. imitation

• imiter

• → Dutch: imitatie
  • Afrikaans: imitasie
  • → Indonesian: imitasi

• “imitation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.