imitation

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

91 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: تَقْلِيد (taqlīd) — act of imitating
• Asturian: imitación — act of imitating
• Belarusian: іміта́цыя (imitácyja) — act of imitating
• Bulgarian: имитация (imitacija) — act of imitating
• Catalan: imitació — act of imitating
• Chinese Mandarin: 模擬 /模拟 (mónǐ) — act of imitating
• Chinese Mandarin: 模仿 (mófǎng) — act of imitating
• Czech: napodobení — act of imitating
• Czech: imitace — act of imitating
• Danish: imitation — act of imitating
• Danish: efterligning — act of imitating
• Dutch: navolging — act of imitating
• Dutch: imitatie — act of imitating
• Esperanto: imito — act of imitating
• Esperanto: imitado — act of imitating
• Finnish: jäljittely — act of imitating
• Finnish: imitaatio — act of imitating
• French: imitation — act of imitating
• Galician: imitación — act of imitating
• German: Imitation — act of imitating
• German: Nachahmung — act of imitating
• Ancient Greek: μίμησις (mímēsis) — act of imitating
• Hebrew: חִקּוּי (ẖiqqúy) — act of imitating
• Hindi: अनुकृति करना (anukŕti karnā) — act of imitating
• Hindi: अनुकरण करना (anukraṇ karnā) — act of imitating
• Hungarian: utánzás — act of imitating
• Indonesian: peniruan — act of imitating
• Indonesian: taklid — act of imitating
• Japanese: 模倣 (mohō) — act of imitating
• Japanese: 真似 (mane) — act of imitating
• Latin: imitatio — act of imitating
• Norwegian: herming — act of imitating
• Norwegian Bokmål: imitasjon — act of imitating
• Norwegian Nynorsk: imitasjon — act of imitating
• Old English: onhyring — act of imitating
• Persian: تقلید (taqlid) — act of imitating
• Polish: imitacja — act of imitating
• Polish: imitatorstwo — act of imitating
• Polish: naśladownictwo — act of imitating
• Portuguese: imitação — act of imitating
• Portuguese: arremedo — act of imitating
• Romanian: imitare — act of imitating
• Russian: имита́ция (imitácija) — act of imitating
• Russian: подража́ние (podražánije) — act of imitating
• Spanish: imitación — act of imitating
• Telugu: అనుకరణ (anukaraṇa) — act of imitating
• Turkish: taklit — act of imitating
• Turkish: öykünme — act of imitating
• Turkish: öyküntü — act of imitating
• Ukrainian: іміта́ція (imitácija) — act of imitating
• Asturian: imitación — copy
• Bulgarian: копие (kopie) — copy
• Catalan: imitació — copy
• Crimean Tatar: taqlit — copy
• Czech: napodobenina — copy
• Czech: imitace — copy
• Danish: imitation — copy
• Danish: efterligning — copy
• Dutch: imitatie — copy
• Esperanto: kopio — copy
• Finnish: kopio — copy
• Finnish: jäljitelmä — copy
• French: imitation — copy
• Galician: imitación — copy
• German: Kopie — copy
• German: Imitat — copy
• Ancient Greek: μίμησις (mímēsis) — copy
• Ancient Greek: μίμημα (mímēma) — copy
• Hebrew: חִקּוּי (ẖiqqúy) — copy
• Hindi: अनुकृति (anukŕti) — copy
• Hindi: अनुकरण (anukraṇ) — copy
• Hindi: प्रतिलिपि (pratilipi) — copy
• Hungarian: utánzat — copy
• Hungarian: mű- — copy
• Italian: imitazione — copy
• Japanese: 模造品 (mozōhin) — copy
• Latin: imitamentum — copy
• Norwegian: herming — copy
• Norwegian Bokmål: imitasjon — copy
• Norwegian Nynorsk: imitasjon — copy
• Polish: imitacja — copy
• Polish: kopia — copy
• Portuguese: imitação — copy
• Romanian: imitare — copy
• Romanian: imitație — copy
• Slovak: imitácia — copy
• Spanish: imitación — copy
• Turkish: taklit — copy
• Turkish: öykünme — copy
• Turkish: öyküntü — copy
• Turkish: imitasyon — copy