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mannequin

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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
  • Swedish: fotomodell — a person who models clothes
  • Swedish: mannekäng — a person who models clothes