imitate

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• US: /ˈɪmɪteɪt/
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Borrowed from Latin imitātus, perfect active participle of imitor (“to copy, portray, imitate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French imiter.

69 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: namaak — to follow as a model
• Afrikaans: naboots — to follow as a model
• Afrikaans: na-aap — to follow as a model
• Arabic: قَلَّدَ (qallada) — to follow as a model
• Arabic: قلد (ʔallid) — to follow as a model
• Arabic: قَلَّد (gallad) — to follow as a model
• Armenian: ընդօրինակել (əndōrinakel) — to follow as a model
• Asturian: imitar — to follow as a model
• Belarusian: перайма́ць (pjerajmácʹ) — to follow as a model
• Belarusian: імітава́ць (imitavácʹ) — to follow as a model
• Bulgarian: подража́вам (podražávam) — to follow as a model
• Bulgarian: имити́рам (imitíram) — to follow as a model
• Catalan: imitar — to follow as a model
• Chinese Mandarin: 模擬 /模拟 (mónǐ) — to follow as a model
• Maore Comorian: utiba — to follow as a model
• Czech: napodobit — to follow as a model
• Dutch: nabootsen — to follow as a model
• Dutch: imiteren — to follow as a model
• Esperanto: imiti — to follow as a model
• Estonian: matkima — to follow as a model
• Finnish: matkia — to follow as a model
• French: imiter — to follow as a model
• Galician: imitar — to follow as a model
• Galician: arremedar — to follow as a model
• German: imitieren — to follow as a model
• German: nachahmen — to follow as a model
• Hindi: अनुकृति करना (anukŕti karnā) — to follow as a model
• Hindi: अनुकरण करना (anukraṇ karnā) — to follow as a model
• Hungarian: utánoz — to follow as a model
• Hungarian: imitál — to follow as a model
• Italian: imitare — to follow as a model
• Japanese: 倣う (narau) — to follow as a model
• Japanese: 真似る (maneru) — to follow as a model
• Japanese: 模倣する (mohō suru) — to follow as a model
• Khmer: ត្រាប់ (trap) — to follow as a model
• Khmer: ធ្វើត្រាប់តាម (thvəə trap taam) — to follow as a model
• Korean: 흉내내다 (hyungnaenaeda) — to follow as a model
• Korean: 본뜨다 (bontteuda) — to follow as a model
• Latin: imitor — to follow as a model
• Malay: tiru — to follow as a model
• Māori: whakatau — to follow as a model
• Old English: onhyrian — to follow as a model
• Polish: naśladować — to follow as a model
• Polish: udawać — to follow as a model
• Polish: imitować — to follow as a model
• Portuguese: imitar — to follow as a model
• Russian: подража́ть (podražátʹ) — to follow as a model
• Russian: имити́ровать (imitírovatʹ) — to follow as a model
• Slovene: oponašati — to follow as a model
• Slovene: posnemati — to follow as a model
• Slovene: imitirati — to follow as a model
• Spanish: imitar — to follow as a model
• Swahili: iga — to follow as a model
• Swedish: imitera — to follow as a model
• Swedish: imitera — to follow as a model
• Swedish: härma — to follow as a model
• Telugu: అనుకరించు (anukariñcu) — to follow as a model
• Thai: เลียน (liian) — to follow as a model
• Thai: เลียนแบบ (liian-bɛ̀ɛp) — to follow as a model
• Turkish: taklit etmek — to follow as a model
• Turkish: öykünmek — to follow as a model
• Turkish: örnek almak — to follow as a model
• Ukrainian: удава́ти (udaváty) — to follow as a model
• Ukrainian: наслі́дувати (naslíduvaty) — to follow as a model
• Ukrainian: імітува́ти (imituváty) — to follow as a model
• Venetan: recavar — to follow as a model
• Vietnamese: nhái — to follow as a model
• Vietnamese: bắt chước — to follow as a model
• Vietnamese: theo đòi — to follow as a model