mannequin
See also: Mannequin
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the French mannequin, from the Dutch manneken (“little man”), diminutive of Dutch man (“man”), equivalent to man + -kin; compare ramequin/ramekin. More at man, -kin.
Pronunciation
Noun
mannequin (plural mannequins)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Indian_mannequin2.jpg/220px-Indian_mannequin2.jpg)
- 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
Derived terms
Translations
model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes
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model of human body used by artists
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model of human body used for teaching
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a person who models clothes
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See also
Danish
Etymology
Noun
mannequin c (singular definite mannequinen, plural indefinite mannequiner)
Declension
Declension of mannequin
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | mannequin | mannequinen | mannequiner | mannequinerne |
genitive | mannequins | mannequinens | mannequiners | mannequinernes |
References
Dutch
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Asrlar_Sadosi_2009b.jpg/220px-Asrlar_Sadosi_2009b.jpg)
Etymology
Borrowed from French mannequin, from Dutch manneken.
Pronunciation
Noun
mannequin m (plural mannequins)
Hypernyms
Related terms
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
mannequin m (plural mannequins)
- (fashion) model
- 2016 September 9, "Un mannequin défiguré à l’acide défile à la Fashion Week de New York", Le Monde.
- Elle était conviée à défiler pour le collectif de jeunes créateurs italiens FTL Moda, qui a régulièrement fait parler de lui ces dernières saisons, plus pour ses choix de mannequins que pour ses vêtements.
- She was invited to model for the Italian young designers' collective FTL Moda, that had regularly made itself the talk of the town during previous seasons, more for its choice of models than for its clothes.
- 2016 September 9, "Un mannequin défiguré à l’acide défile à la Fashion Week de New York", Le Monde.
- dummy, mannequin
- 2016 August 18, Matteo Maillard, "Être mère et prostituée au Mali", Le Monde.
- C’est pourquoi elle a garni le mur de sa chambre turquoise de perruques qu’elle a fabriquées sur une tête de mannequin, les nuits sans clients comme celle-ci.
- It is why she has decorated the wall of her turquoise room with wigs that she made on a mannequin's head on nights without clients, like this one.
- 2016 August 18, Matteo Maillard, "Être mère et prostituée au Mali", Le Monde.
Descendants
- → Catalan: maniquí
- → Dutch: mannequin
- → English: mannequin
- → Georgian: მანეკენი (maneḳeni)
- → German: Mannequin
- → Greek: μανεκέν (manekén)
- → Polish: manekin
- → Portuguese: manequim
- → Romanian: manechin
- → Russian: манекен (maneken)
- → Spanish: maniquí
- → Vietnamese: ma-nơ-canh
Further reading
- “mannequin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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