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mock-up

noun · 3 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈmɒkˌʌp/
  • US: /ˈmɑkˌʌp/
  • mŏkˈ-ŭpˌ
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A scale or full-size model of a design or device which is not fully functional, used for teaching, demonstration, design evaluation, promotion, or other purposes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A prototype, usually low-fidelity, such as a paper illustration, screenshot, or simple screen configuration with limited interaction.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

full-scale working model of something built for study or testing or display

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: model, simulation

History

Etymology

First use appears c. 1915–1920, deverbal from mock up (verb), by imitation of French maquette.

Across languages

Translations

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: маке́т (makjét) — scale or full-size model
  • Belarusian: мадэ́ль (madélʹ) — scale or full-size model
  • Bulgarian: маке́т (makét) — scale or full-size model
  • Bulgarian: моде́л (modél) — scale or full-size model
  • Catalan: maqueta — scale or full-size model
  • Catalan: prototip — scale or full-size model
  • Chinese Mandarin: 樣機 /样机 (yàngjī) — scale or full-size model
  • Chinese Mandarin: 模型 (móxíng) — scale or full-size model
  • Czech: model — scale or full-size model
  • Czech: maketa — scale or full-size model
  • Finnish: malli — scale or full-size model
  • Finnish: mallikappale — scale or full-size model
  • Finnish: maketti — scale or full-size model
  • French: maquette — scale or full-size model
  • French: modèle — scale or full-size model
  • German: Modell — scale or full-size model
  • German: Mockup — scale or full-size model
  • German: Nachbildung — scale or full-size model
  • German: Vorführmodell — scale or full-size model
  • Greek: μακέτα (makéta) — scale or full-size model
  • Hungarian: modell — scale or full-size model
  • Hungarian: mintadarab — scale or full-size model
  • Hungarian: makett — scale or full-size model
  • Indonesian: maket — scale or full-size model
  • Indonesian: tiruan — scale or full-size model
  • Irish: samhail — scale or full-size model
  • Irish: samhailghaireas — scale or full-size model
  • Irish: balbhshamhail — scale or full-size model
  • Italian: modello — scale or full-size model
  • Italian: simulacro — scale or full-size model
  • Japanese: 木型 (kigata) — scale or full-size model
  • Japanese: モックアップ (mokkuappu) — scale or full-size model
  • Japanese: 模型 (mokei) — scale or full-size model
  • Korean: 목업 (mogeop) — scale or full-size model
  • Korean: 모형 (mohyeong) — scale or full-size model
  • Polish: makieta — scale or full-size model
  • Portuguese: modelo — scale or full-size model
  • Portuguese: maquete — scale or full-size model
  • Romanian: machetă — scale or full-size model
  • Romanian: model — scale or full-size model
  • Russian: маке́т (makét) — scale or full-size model
  • Russian: моде́ль (modɛ́lʹ) — scale or full-size model
  • Russian: бутафо́рия (butafórija) — scale or full-size model
  • Spanish: maqueta — scale or full-size model
  • Spanish: prototipo — scale or full-size model
  • Swedish: attrapp — scale or full-size model
  • Turkish: model — scale or full-size model
  • Turkish: numune — scale or full-size model
  • Turkish: örnek — scale or full-size model
  • Ukrainian: маке́т (makét) — scale or full-size model
  • Ukrainian: моде́ль (modélʹ) — scale or full-size model