Meanings
plural imitations
- countableuncountableThe act of imitating.
in imitation of
2 more examples
a pale imitation
a realistic imitation
- attributivecountableuncountableA copy or simulation; something that is not the real thing.
imitation leather
Synonyms & antonyms
antonym(s) of “act of imitating”
adjectivenot genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article
nounthe doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations
nouna representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinimitatio
- Old Frenchimitacion
- Middle Frenchimitacion
- Middle Englishimitacioun
- Englishimitation
From Middle English imitacioun, from Middle French imitacion, from Old French imitacion, from Latin imitatio.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek μίμησις, μίμησις
- μίμησις (mímēsis)act of imitating
- μίμησις (mímēsis)copy
- μίμημα (mímēma)copy
Arabic تَقْلِيد
- تَقْلِيد (taqlīd)act of imitating
Bulgarian имитация, копие
- имитация (imitacija)act of imitating
- копие (kopie)copy
Catalan imitació, imitació
- imitacióact of imitating
- imitaciócopy
Chinese Mandarin 模擬 /模拟, 模仿
- 模擬 /模拟 (mónǐ)act of imitating
- 模仿 (mófǎng)act of imitating
Czech napodobení, imitace
- napodobeníact of imitating
- imitaceact of imitating
- napodobeninacopy
- imitacecopy
Danish imitation, efterligning
- imitationact of imitating
- efterligningact of imitating
- imitationcopy
- efterligningcopy
Dutch navolging, imitatie
- navolgingact of imitating
- imitatieact of imitating
- imitatiecopy
Esperanto imito, imitado
- imitoact of imitating
- imitadoact of imitating
- kopiocopy
Finnish jäljittely, imitaatio
- jäljittelyact of imitating
- imitaatioact of imitating
- kopiocopy
- jäljitelmäcopy
French imitation, imitation
- imitationact of imitating
- imitationcopy
German Imitation, Nachahmung
- Imitationact of imitating
- Nachahmungact of imitating
- Kopiecopy
- Imitatcopy
Hebrew חִקּוּי, חִקּוּי
- חִקּוּי (ẖiqqúy)act of imitating
- חִקּוּי (ẖiqqúy)copy
Hindi अनुकृति करना, अनुकरण करना
- अनुकृति करना (anukŕti karnā)act of imitating
- अनुकरण करना (anukraṇ karnā)act of imitating
- अनुकृति (anukŕti)copy
- अनुकरण (anukraṇ)copy
- प्रतिलिपि (pratilipi)copy
Hungarian utánzás, utánzat
- utánzásact of imitating
- utánzatcopy
- mű-copy
Indonesian peniruan, taklid
- peniruanact of imitating
- taklidact of imitating
Italian imitazione
- imitazionecopy
Japanese 模倣, 真似
- 模倣 (mohō)act of imitating
- 真似 (mane)act of imitating
- 模造品 (mozōhin)copy
Latin imitatio, imitamentum
- imitatioact of imitating
- imitamentumcopy
Norwegian herming, herming
- hermingact of imitating
- hermingcopy
Norwegian Bokmål imitasjon, imitasjon
- imitasjonact of imitating
- imitasjoncopy
Persian تقلید
- تقلید (taqlid)act of imitating
Polish imitacja, imitatorstwo
- imitacjaact of imitating
- imitatorstwoact of imitating
- naśladownictwoact of imitating
- imitacjacopy
- kopiacopy
Portuguese imitação, arremedo
- imitaçãoact of imitating
- arremedoact of imitating
- imitaçãocopy
Romanian imitare, imitare
- imitareact of imitating
- imitarecopy
- imitațiecopy
Russian имита́ция, подража́ние
- имита́ция (imitácija)act of imitating
- подража́ние (podražánije)act of imitating
Slovak imitácia
- imitáciacopy
Spanish imitación, imitación
- imitaciónact of imitating
- imitacióncopy
Turkish taklit, öykünme
- taklitact of imitating
- öykünmeact of imitating
- öyküntüact of imitating
- taklitcopy
- öykünmecopy
- öyküntücopy
- imitasyoncopy
Ukrainian іміта́ція
- іміта́ція (imitácija)act of imitating
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with imitation
Cite this entry
imitation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imitation
“imitation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imitation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “imitation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imitation.
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