mannequin
English dictionary entry
Meanings
noun
- A dummy, or life-size model of the human body, used for the fitting or displaying of clothes.
- A jointed model of the human body used by artists, especially to demonstrate the arrangement of drapery.
- An anatomical model of the human body for use in teaching of e.g. CPR.
- A person who models clothes.
Pronunciation
măn′ĭ-kĭn
/ˈman.ɪ.kɪn/
/ˈmæn.ɪ.kɪn/
/ˈmɛn.ə.kən/
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Word forms
mannequin
mannequins
manikin
mannikin
manequin
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.
Translations
Albanian: manekin
Arabic: مِثَالَة
Arabic: مَانِيكَان
Arabic: مَانُوكَان
Armenian: մանեկեն
Azerbaijani: maneken
Belarusian: манеке́н
Bulgarian: манеке́н
Bulgarian: манеке́нка
Burmese: ဟန်ပြမယ်
Catalan: maniquí
Chinese Mandarin: 人體模型 /人体模型
Czech: figurína
Czech: krejčovská panna
Czech: manekýn
Czech: manekýnka
Danish: mannequin
Dutch: mannequin
Dutch: paspop
Esperanto: manekeno
Estonian: mannekeen
Finnish: mallinukke
French: mannequin
Galician: manequín
Georgian: მანეკენი
German: Schaufensterpuppe
German: Schaufensterfigur
German: Gliederpuppe
German: Modellpuppe
Greek: ανδρείκελο
Hindi: पुतला
Hungarian: próbababa
Icelandic: gína
Ido: manekino
Indonesian: maneken
Irish: mainicín
Italian: manichino
Japanese: マネキン人形
Khmer: ម៉ាន់នឺកាំង
Korean: 마네킹
Lao: ນາງແບບ
Lao: ຫຸ່ນ
Latvian: manekens
Lithuanian: manekenas
Macedonian: и́зложна ку́кла
Macedonian: манеке́н
Macedonian: манеке́нка
Malay: boneka pakaian
Māori: ropi pū(w)eru
Mongolian: манекен
Norwegian Bokmål: mannekeng
Iranian Persian: مانْکَن
Polish: manekin
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