mannequin

See also Mannequin

English

Alternative forms

• manikin, mannikin

Etymology

From the French mannequin, from the Dutch (or Flemish) manneken (“little man”), diminutive of Dutch man (“man”), equivalent to man +‎ -kin. More at man, -kin.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmænəˌkɪn/
• Homophone: manakin

Noun

mannequin (plural mannequins)

1. A dummy, or life-size model of the human body, used for the fitting or displaying of clothes
2. A jointed model of the human body used by artists, especially to demonstrate the arrangement of drapery
3. An anatomical model of the human body for use in teaching of e.g. CPR
4. A person who models clothes

Translations

model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes

Chinese: Mandarin: 人體模型 (zh), 人体模型 (zh) (réntǐ móxíng) Dutch: mannequin (nl), paspop (nl) m. and f. Esperanto: manekeno (eo) Finnish: mallinukke (fi) French: mannequin (fr) m. German: Gliederpuppe (de) f., Modellpuppe (de) f., Schaufensterpuppe (de) f. Greek: ανδρείκελο (el) (anδríkelo) n., κούκλα (el) (koúkla) f.

Hungarian: próbababa (hu) Icelandic: gína (is) f. Italian: manichino (it) Japanese: マネキン人形 (ja) (manekin-ningyō) Romanian: manechin (ro) n. Russian: манекен (ru) (manekén) m. Spanish: maniquí (es) m.

model of human body used by artists

Esperanto: manekeno (eo) Finnish: mallinukke (fi) Greek: ανδρείκελο (el) (anδríkelo) n.

Russian: манекен (ru) (manekén) m. Spanish: dummy (es) m.

model of human body used for teaching

Finnish: mallinukke (fi)

Greek: ανδρείκελο (el) (anδríkelo) n.

a person who models clothes

Chinese: Mandarin: 模特 (zh) (mótè) Finnish: malli (fi), mannekiini (fi) German: Model (de) n., Mannequin (de) n. Greek: (obsolete) μανεκέν (el) (manekén) n., μοντέλο (el) (montélo) n.

Hungarian: manöken (hu) Japanese: モデル (ja) (moderu) Romanian: manechin (ro) n. Russian: манекенщик (ru) (manekénščik) m., манекенщица (ru) (manekénščica) f., модель (ru) (modél') m. and f.

See also

• Mannequin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Danish

Etymology

From French mannequin.

Noun

mannequin c. (singular definite mannequinen, plural indefinite mannequiner)

1. mannequin

Inflection

    Inflection of mannequin

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	mannequin	mannequinen	mannequiner	mannequinerne
genitive	mannequins	mannequinens	mannequiners	mannequinernes

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Dutch

Etymology

From French mannequin, from Dutch manneken.

Noun

mannequin m.

1. mannequin

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French

Etymology

From Dutch manneken.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /man.kɛ̃/

Noun

mannequin m. (plural mannequins)

1. (fashion) model
2. dummy, mannequin