noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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măn′ĭ-kĭn
India, Received-Pronunciation, Scotland, contemporary:/ˈman.ɪ.kɪn/
/ˈmæn.ɪ.kɪn/conservative Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, Australian
New-Zealand:/ˈmɛn.ə.kən/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
rhymes with -ænɪkɪn
homophone: manakin
homophone: manikin
CMU ARPABET:M AE1 N AH0 K IH0 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A dummy, or life-size model of the human body, used for martial arts training or the fitting or displaying of clothes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A jointed model of the human body used by artists, especially to demonstrate the arrangement of drapery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
An anatomical model of the human body for use in teaching of e.g. CPR.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A person who models clothes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fashion model
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
a life-size dummy used to display clothes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: manikin, mannikin, manakin, form
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dummy
6
noun
Meaning 6
a woman who wears clothes to display fashions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
she was too fat to be a mannequin
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: manikin, mannikin, manakin, fashion model, model
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: assistant, helper, help, supporter
Narrower terms: supermodel
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French mannequin, derived from Old French [Term?] (“little man, figurine”), derived from Middle Dutch mannekin (“little man”) or mannekijn (see English manikin), diminutive of man (“man”). By surface analysis, man + -kin. Compare ramequin/ramekin. Doublet of manakin and manikin.
Across languages
Translations
117 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
manekin
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Arabic:
مِثَالَة
(miṯāla)
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Arabic:
مَانِيكَان
(mānīkān)
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Arabic:
مَانُوكَان
(mānūkān)
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Armenian:
մանեկեն
(maneken)
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Azerbaijani:
maneken
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Belarusian:
манеке́н
(manjekjén)
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Bulgarian:
манеке́н
(manekén)
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Bulgarian:
манеке́нка
(manekénka)
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Burmese:
ဟန်ပြမယ်
(hanpra.mai)
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Catalan:
maniquí
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Chinese Mandarin:
人體模型 /人体模型
(réntǐ móxíng)
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Czech:
figurína
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Czech:
krejčovská panna
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Czech:
manekýn
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Czech:
manekýnka
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Danish:
mannequin
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Dutch:
mannequin
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Dutch:
paspop
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Esperanto:
manekeno
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Estonian:
mannekeen
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Finnish:
mallinukke
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
French:
mannequin
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Galician:
manequín
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Georgian:
მანეკენი
(maneḳeni)
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
German:
Schaufensterpuppe
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
German:
Schaufensterfigur
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
German:
Gliederpuppe
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
German:
Modellpuppe
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Greek:
ανδρείκελο
(andreíkelo)
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Hindi:
पुतला
(putlā)
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Hungarian:
próbababa
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Icelandic:
gína
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Ido:
manekino
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Indonesian:
maneken
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Irish:
mainicín
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Italian:
manichino
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Japanese:
マネキン人形
(manekin ningyō)
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Khmer:
ម៉ាន់នឺកាំង
(mannɨɨkang)
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Korean:
마네킹
(maneking)
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Lao:
ນາງແບບ
(nāng bǣp)
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Lao:
ຫຸ່ນ
(hun)
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Latvian:
manekens
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Lithuanian:
manekenas
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Macedonian:
и́зложна ку́кла
(ízložna kúkla)
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Macedonian:
манеке́н
(manekén)
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Macedonian:
манеке́нка
(manekénka)
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Malay:
boneka pakaian
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Māori:
ropi pū(w)eru
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Mongolian:
манекен
(maneken)
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Norwegian Bokmål:
mannekeng
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Iranian Persian:
مانْکَن
(mânkan)
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Polish:
manekin
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Portuguese:
manequim
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Romanian:
manechin
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Russian:
манеке́н
(manekén)
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Slovak:
manekýn
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Slovak:
manekýnka
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Spanish:
maniquí
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Swedish:
skyltdocka
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Swedish:
mannekäng
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Tagalog:
maoy
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Thai:
นางแบบ
(naang-bɛ̀ɛp)
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Thai:
ตุ๊กตา
(dtúk-gà-dtaa)
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Tibetan:
མིའི་གསོབ
(mi'i gsob)
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Turkish:
manken
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Ukrainian:
манеке́н
(manekén)
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Uzbek:
maneken
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Vietnamese:
manocanh
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Vietnamese:
ma-nơ-canh
— model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
Bulgarian:
манеке́н
(manekén)
— model of human body used by artists
Catalan:
maniquí
— model of human body used by artists
Czech:
figurína
— model of human body used by artists
Esperanto:
manekeno
— model of human body used by artists
Finnish:
mallinukke
— model of human body used by artists
French:
mannequin
— model of human body used by artists
Galician:
manequín
— model of human body used by artists
Georgian:
მანეკენი
(maneḳeni)
— model of human body used by artists
German:
lebensgroße Puppe
— model of human body used by artists
German:
Puppenfigur
— model of human body used by artists
Greek:
ανδρείκελο
(andreíkelo)
— model of human body used by artists
Ido:
manekino
— model of human body used by artists
Indonesian:
maneken
— model of human body used by artists
Irish:
mainicín
— model of human body used by artists
Macedonian:
манеке́н
(manekén)
— model of human body used by artists
Russian:
манеке́н
(manekén)
— model of human body used by artists
Spanish:
maniquí
— model of human body used by artists
Ukrainian:
манеке́н
(manekén)
— model of human body used by artists
Czech:
figurína
— model of human body used for teaching
Finnish:
mallinukke
— model of human body used for teaching
French:
mannequin
— model of human body used for teaching
Galician:
manequín
— model of human body used for teaching
Greek:
ανδρείκελο
(andreíkelo)
— model of human body used for teaching
Indonesian:
maneken
— model of human body used for teaching
Irish:
mainicín
— model of human body used for teaching
Chinese Mandarin:
模特
(mótè)
— a person who models clothes
Czech:
manekýn
— a person who models clothes
Finnish:
malli
— a person who models clothes
Finnish:
mannekiini
— a person who models clothes
French:
mannequin
— a person who models clothes
Galician:
manequín
— a person who models clothes
German:
Model
— a person who models clothes
German:
Mannequin
— a person who models clothes
Greek:
μοντέλο
(montélo)
— a person who models clothes
Hungarian:
manöken
— a person who models clothes
Indonesian:
peragawati
— a person who models clothes
Indonesian:
maneken
— a person who models clothes
Irish:
mainicín
— a person who models clothes
Japanese:
モデル
(moderu)
— a person who models clothes
Macedonian:
манеке́н
(manekén)
— a person who models clothes
Macedonian:
манеке́нка
(manekénka)
— a person who models clothes
Romanian:
manechin
— a person who models clothes
Russian:
манеке́нщик
(manekénščik)
— a person who models clothes
Russian:
манеке́нщица
(manekénščica)
— a person who models clothes
Russian:
моде́ль
(modɛ́lʹ)
— a person who models clothes