English Explanatory Dictionary

bikini

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A brief, often minimalistic two-piece bathing suit worn by women, especially one that exposes the midriff and navel.
  2. A brief bathing suit covering only the pelvis (equivalent to the bottom portion of a two-piece bikini), worn by any gender.
  3. Brief underpants or trousers that reach to the hips rather than the waist and have high cut leg holes.
name
  1. Bikini atoll.

Pronunciation

/bɪˈkiː.ni/ /bɪˈki.ni/ en-us-bikini.ogg /bɪˈki.ne/

Word forms

bikini bikinis

Etymology

Etymology tree Marshallese pik Marshallese ni Marshallese Pikinnibor. German Bikinibor. English Bikinibor. French Bikini French bikinibor. English bikini From French bikini, named after the place name Bikini, from English Bikini, the name of the atoll where the United States tested nuclear weapons in July 1946; it was reckoned that the bathing suit would cause as much excitement as a nuclear bomb. This name was originally from German Bikini, the colonial name of the atoll as part of German New Guinea, and this was derived from Marshallese Pikinni.

Synonyms

two-piece

Related words

swim briefs

Derived words

bandikini bandini bandkini Beijing bikini bikini babe bikini bar bikini beach bikini body bikini bottom bikini bridge bikini briefs bikini contest bikinied bikini jeans bikiniless bikinilike bikini line bikini line incision bikini panties bikini top bikini wax bikini waxing burqini burkini camikini cheekini facekini fatkini full bikini wax halterini halterkini mankini microbikini microkini monokini pubikini seekini skirtini sling bikini slingkini string bikini stringkini tankini trikini bikini Bikini gauge

Translations

Afrikaans: bikini Albanian: bikini Amharic: ቢኪኒ Arabic: بِيكِينِي Armenian: բիկինի Azerbaijani: bikini Basque: bikini Belarusian: бікі́ні Bengali: বিকিনি Bulgarian: бики́ни Catalan: biquini Chinese Cantonese: 三點式 /三点式 Chinese Cantonese: 比堅尼 /比坚尼 Chinese Mandarin: 比基尼 Czech: bikiny Danish: bikini Dutch: bikini Esperanto: bikino Estonian: bikiinid Finnish: bikinit French: bikini Georgian: ბიკინი German: Bikini Greek: μπικίνι Hebrew: בִּיקִינִי Hindi: बिकिनी Hungarian: bikini Indonesian: bikini Italian: bikini Japanese: ビキニ Kazakh: бикини Korean: 비키니 Kyrgyz: бикини Latvian: bikini Lithuanian: bikinis Macedonian: бики́ни Malay: bikini Maltese: bikini Marathi: बिकिनी Mongolian: бикини Norwegian Bokmål: bikini
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