bikini

See also: Bikini

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French bikini, named after the place name Bikini, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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 (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.

Woman wearing a red bikini.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪˈkiːni/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -iːni

Noun

bikini (plural bikinis)

1. A brief two-piece bathing suit worn by women, especially one that exposes the midriff and navel.
   • 1950, "In the Swim", Time, 2 Oct 1950:

     Cole has little but scorn for France's famed Bikini bathing suits. Explains he: " French girls, have short legs. Swimsuits have to be hiked up at the sides to make their legs look longer. "

2. A brief bathing suit worn by men.
   • 2004, Cathy Crimmons How the Homosexuals Saved Civilization - p. 202

     We high-schoolers didn't understand why death came in the form of a gorgeous young man with muscles in a skimpy bikini.

Synonyms

• two-piece

Coordinate terms

• monokini

Derived terms

Derived terms

• bikini babe
• bikini bottom
• bikini briefs
• bikini line
• bikini wax
• flagkini

• mankini
• monokini
• tankini
• trikini

Translations

bathing suit

• Afrikaans: bikini
• Albanian: bikini (sq)
• Amharic: ቢኪኒ (bikini)
• Arabic: بِيكِينِي m (bīkīnī)
• Armenian: բիկինի (hy) (bikini)
• Azerbaijani: bikini
• Basque: bikini (eu)
• Belarusian: бікі́ні n (bikíni)
• Bengali: বিকিনি (bikini)
• Bulgarian: бики́ни n (bikíni)
• Catalan: biquini (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 三點式／三点式 (saam¹ dim² sik¹), 三点式 (saam¹ dim² sik¹), 比堅尼／比坚尼 (bei² gin¹ nei⁴), 比坚尼 (bei² gin¹ nei⁴)

  Mandarin: 比基尼 (zh) (bǐjīní)

• Czech: bikiny (cs) f pl
• Danish: bikini (da) c
• Dutch: bikini (nl)
• Esperanto: bikino
• Estonian: bikiinid pl
• Finnish: bikini (fi)
• French: bikini (fr) m
• Georgian: ბიკინი (biḳini)
• German: Bikini (de) m
• Greek: μπικίνι (el) n (bikíni)
• Hebrew: בִּיקִינִי (he) m (bikini)
• Hindi: बिकिनी f (bikinī)
• Hungarian: bikini (hu)
• Indonesian: bikini (id)
• Interlingue:
• Italian: bikini (it) m
• Japanese: ビキニ (bikini)
• Kazakh: бикини (bikini)
• Korean: 비키니 (ko) (bikini)
• Kyrgyz: бикини (bikini)
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• Latvian: bikini
• Lithuanian: bikinis m
• Macedonian: бики́ни n (bikíni)
• Malay: bikini
• Maltese: bikini
• Marathi: बिकिनी f (bikinī)
• Mongolian: бикини (bikini)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bikini m

  Nynorsk: bikini m

• Persian: بیکینی (fa) (bikini)
• Polish: bikini (pl) n
• Portuguese: biquíni (pt)
• Romanian: bikini (ro)
• Russian: бики́ни (ru) n (bikíni)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бикини m

  Roman: bikini (sh) m

• Slovak: bikiny f pl
• Slovene: bikini m
• Spanish: biquini (es) m
• Swedish: bikini (sv) c
• Tajik: бикини (bikini)
• Tamil: நீச்சலுடை (nīccaluṭai)
• Thai: บิกินี (bì-gì-nîi)
• Turkish: bikini (tr)
• Ukrainian: бікі́ні n (bikíni)
• Urdu: بکنی (bikinī)
• Uzbek: bikini
• Vietnamese: bikini (vi), áo tắm hai mảnh
• Volapük: bikinit, niblitül
• Welsh: bicini m, bicinis m pl
• Yiddish: ביקיני m (bikini)

See also

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Cebuano

Etymology

From English bikini.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bi‧ki‧ni

Noun

bikini

1. a monokini; the lower part of a bikini
2. a bikini; a two-piece

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:bikini.

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Dutch

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈki.ni/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: bi‧ki‧ni
• Rhymes: -ini

Noun

bikini m (plural bikini's, diminutive bikinietje n)

1. bikini

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French

Etymology

Named after the place name Bikini, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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 an atom bomb. This name was originally 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

• IPA^(key): /bi.ki.ni/

• Audio:

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Noun

bikini m (plural bikinis)

1. bikini

Descendants

• → Dutch: bikini
• → English: bikini
• → German: Bikini

Further reading

• “bikini”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Alternative forms

• bichini

Etymology

From French bikini.

Noun

bikini m (uncountable)

1. bikini

Synonyms

• due pezzi

See also

• costume da bagno

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Japanese

Romanization

bikini

1. Rōmaji transcription of ビキニ

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Norman

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bikini m (plural bikinis)

1. (Jersey) bikini

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

bikini m (definite singular bikinien, indefinite plural bikinier, definite plural bikiniene)

1. a bikini

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

bikini m (definite singular bikinien, indefinite plural bikiniar, definite plural bikiniane)

1. a bikini

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈki.ɲi/

• Audio:

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Noun

bikini n (indeclinable)

1. bikini

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English bikini.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǐkiːni/
• Hyphenation: bi‧ki‧ni

Noun

bìkīni m (Cyrillic spelling бѝкӣни)

1. bikini

Declension

Declension of bikini

	singular	plural
nominative	bikini	bikiniji
genitive	bikinija	bikinija
dative	bikiniju	bikinijima
accusative	bikini	bikinije
vocative	bikini	bikiniji
locative	bikiniju	bikinijima
instrumental	bikinijem	bikinijima

References

• “bikini” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• biquini

Etymology

Borrowed from English bikini.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈkini/ [biˈki.ni]

Noun

bikini m (plural bikinis)

1. bikini
2. (Catalonia) ham and cheese sandwich

Further reading

• “bikini”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Swedish

Etymology

From French bikini, after the placename Bikini, originally from Marshallese Pikinni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪˈkiːnɪ/
• Rhymes: -iːnɪ

Noun

bikini c

1. bikini

Declension

Declension of bikini
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	bikini	bikinin	bikinier, bikinis	bikiniernas
Genitive	bikinis	bikinins	bikiniers, bikinis	bikinirnas, bikiniernas

References

• bikini in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bikini in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

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Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French bikini.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [biˈcini]

Noun

bikini (definite accusative bikiniyi, plural bikiniler)

1. bikini

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	bikini
Definite accusative	bikiniyi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bikini	bikiniler
Definite accusative	bikiniyi	bikinileri
Dative	bikiniye	bikinilere
Locative	bikinide	bikinilerde
Ablative	bikiniden	bikinilerden
Genitive	bikininin	bikinilerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular bikinim bikinilerim 2nd singular bikinin bikinilerin 3rd singular bikinisi bikinileri 1st plural bikinimiz bikinilerimiz 2nd plural bikininiz bikinileriniz 3rd plural bikinileri bikinileri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular bikinimi bikinilerimi 2nd singular bikinini bikinilerini 3rd singular bikinisini bikinilerini 1st plural bikinimizi bikinilerimizi 2nd plural bikininizi bikinilerinizi 3rd plural bikinilerini bikinilerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular bikinime bikinilerime 2nd singular bikinine bikinilerine 3rd singular bikinisine bikinilerine 1st plural bikinimize bikinilerimize 2nd plural bikininize bikinilerinize 3rd plural bikinilerine bikinilerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular bikinimde bikinilerimde 2nd singular bikininde bikinilerinde 3rd singular bikinisinde bikinilerinde 1st plural bikinimizde bikinilerimizde 2nd plural bikininizde bikinilerinizde 3rd plural bikinilerinde bikinilerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular bikinimden bikinilerimden 2nd singular bikininden bikinilerinden 3rd singular bikinisinden bikinilerinden 1st plural bikinimizden bikinilerimizden 2nd plural bikininizden bikinilerinizden 3rd plural bikinilerinden bikinilerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular bikinimin bikinilerimin 2nd singular bikininin bikinilerinin 3rd singular bikinisinin bikinilerinin 1st plural bikinimizin bikinilerimizin 2nd plural bikininizin bikinilerinizin 3rd plural bikinilerinin bikinilerinin

See also

• mayokini
• mayo