Bikini
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Bikini, the colonial name of the atoll as part of German New Guinea, and this was derived from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Marshallese Pikinni.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Bikini
- Bikini atoll.
Usage notes
While the word bikini, in reference to the swimsuit, usually has just one pronunciation stressed on the second syllable, the English place name Bikini has two pronunciations. /ˈbɪkɪni/ is the older pronunciation stressed on the first syllable, and is still widely used in English by those most familiar with the atoll. /bɪˈkiːni/ is a newer pronunciation stressed on the second syllable, influenced by the swimsuit term.
Descendants
- → French: Bikini
French
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English Bikini, from earlier (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Bikini, the colonial name of the atoll as part of German New Guinea, and this was derived from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Marshallese Pikinni.
Proper noun
Bikini ?
- Bikini atoll.
Descendants
- ⇒ French: bikini
German
Etymology 1
From Marshallese Pikinni.
Proper noun
Bikini
- Bikini atoll.
Descendants
- → English: Bikini
Etymology 2
From French bikini, named after the place name Bikini, from the German 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 an atom bomb. The name Bikini itself was originally the German colonial name of the atoll as part of German New Guinea, and this was derived from Marshallese Pikinni.
Noun
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Bikini m (genitive Bikinis, plural Bikinis)
- A bikini, scanty two-piece bathing suit, named after the above island
Related terms
Further reading
- “Bikini” in Duden online
- English terms derived from German
- English terms derived from Marshallese
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- French terms derived from English
- French terms derived from German
- French terms derived from Marshallese
- French lemmas
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- French terms spelled with K
- German terms borrowed from Marshallese
- German terms derived from Marshallese
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- German terms borrowed from French
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