replica

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/ˈɹɛplɪkə/

noun

An exact copy.

“He collected replicas of old cars.”

Similar
replicationreproduction
OriginItalian replica ← Latin replicare →
CommonScrabble 11
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Meanings

nounreplica (plural replicas or (rare) repliche)

plural replicas · plural rare repliche

  1. An exact copy.

    The statue on the museum floor is an authentic replica.

    1 more example

    Promontory's "last spike" ceremony was so significant to the USA's history that it is still regularly re-enacted today, using replica locomotives that nose up to each other just as the originals did.

    2025 November 12, Tony Streeter, “All around the world”, in RAIL, number 1048, page 42
  2. A copy made at a smaller scale than the original.

    He collected replicas of old cars.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouncopy that is not the original; something that has been copied

Similar
replicationreproduction
Broader
copy
Also see
copyreplicationreproductionsimulation

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinreplicare“to fold or bend back; to reply”
  2. Italianreplica
  3. Englishreplica

Borrowed from Italian replica, derived from Latin replicare (“to fold or bend back; to reply”). Doublet of reply and replicate.

More words from Italian, Latin

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Translations

Arabic نُشْخَة
  • نُشْخَة (nušḵa)exact copy
Bulgarian дубликат, репродукция
  • дубликат (dublikat)exact copy
  • репродукция (reprodukcija)exact copy
  • реплика (replika)smaller-scale model
Catalan rèplica
  • rèplicaexact copy
Chinese Mandarin 複製品 /复制品, 仿製品 /仿制品
  • 複製品 /复制品 (fùzhìpǐn)exact copy
  • 仿製品 /仿制品 (fǎngzhìpǐn)exact copy
  • 縮小模型 /缩小模型smaller-scale model
  • 袖珍模型smaller-scale model
Czech replika
  • replikaexact copy
Esperanto repliko
  • replikoexact copy
Finnish jäljennös, kopio
  • jäljennösexact copy
  • kopioexact copy
  • pienoismallismaller-scale model
French réplique, copie exacte
  • répliqueexact copy
  • copie exacteexact copy
German Nachbildung, exakte Kopie
  • Nachbildungexact copy
  • exakte Kopieexact copy
Greek αντίγραφο
  • αντίγραφο (antígrafo)exact copy
Hindi अनुकृति, प्रतिलिपि
  • अनुकृति (anukŕti)exact copy
  • प्रतिलिपि (pratilipi)exact copy
  • प्रतिरूप (pratirūp)smaller-scale model
Icelandic eftirmynd, eftirlíking
  • eftirmyndexact copy
  • eftirlíkingexact copy
Irish macasamhail
  • macasamhailexact copy
Italian replica, copia esatta
  • replicaexact copy
  • copia esattaexact copy
Japanese 複製, 写し
  • 複製 (fukusei)exact copy
  • 写し (utsushi)exact copy
  • 模造品 (mozōhin)exact copy
  • レプリカ (repurika)exact copy
Lithuanian kopija, replika
  • kopijaexact copy
  • replikaexact copy
Māori kape
  • kapeexact copy
Polish kopia, replika
  • kopiaexact copy
  • replikaexact copy
Portuguese réplica, cópia exata
  • réplicaexact copy
  • cópia exataexact copy
Romanian copie, copii
  • copieexact copy
  • copiiexact copy
  • replicăexact copy
  • reproducereexact copy
Russian то́чная ко́пия, репроду́кция
  • то́чная ко́пия (tóčnaja kópija)exact copy
  • репроду́кция (reprodúkcija)exact copy
  • ре́плика (réplika)exact copy
  • муля́ж (muljáž)exact copy
  • модель (modelʹ)smaller-scale model
Spanish réplica, trasunto
  • réplicaexact copy
  • trasuntoexact copy
Swedish replika
  • replikaexact copy
Turkish kopya, replika
  • kopyaexact copy
  • replikaexact copy

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

caliperearclippicarel
Cite this entry
APA

replica. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/replica

MLA

“replica.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/replica. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “replica,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/replica.

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