imitative

English

Etymology

From Latin imitātīvus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

imitative (comparative more imitative, superlative most imitative)

1. Imitating; copying; not original.
2. Modelled after another thing.
3. (linguistics) sound-symbolic or onomatopoeic

Synonyms

• epigonic

Antonyms

• creative
• inventive
• original

Derived terms

• counterimitative
• imitative harmony
• imitatively
• imitativeness
• nonimitative
• overimitative
• preimitative
• unimitative

Translations

imitating, not original

• Bulgarian: имитиращ (bg) (imitirašt), подражаващ (bg) (podražavašt)
• Catalan: imitatiu
• Esperanto: imita
• French: imitatif (fr)
• Icelandic: hermi-
• Irish: aithriseach
• Japanese: 模倣的な (mohōteki na), 二番煎じの (nibansenji no)
• Latin: imitativus
• Polish: odtwórczy
• Spanish: imitativo

modelled after another thing

• Esperanto: imita

Italian

Adjective

imitative

1. feminine plural of imitativo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪ.mɪ.taːˈtiː.wɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [i.mi.taˈtiː.ve]

Adjective

imitātīve

1. vocative masculine singular of imitātīvus