English
Etymology
From mimic -ry
Pronunciation
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Noun
mimicry (countable and uncountable plural mimicries
The act or ability to simulate the appearance of someone or something else.
They say that mimicry is the sincerest form of flattery, but I still think I'm being mocked when he acts just like me. When animal mimicry goes really wrong they don't just look like something that a predator would ignore, they look like lunch.
Translations
the act or ability to simulate the appearance of someone or something else
Chinese:
Mandarin: 擬態 ／ 拟态 (zh) ( nǐtài ) , 拟态 (zh) ( nǐtài ) , 模仿 (zh) ( mófǎng )
Finnish: mimikry mimiikka (fi) , jäljittely (fi)
French: mimétisme (fr) m mimique (fr) f
German: Mimikry (de) f Nachahmung (de) f
Hindi: अनुकरण (hi) m ( anukraṇ )
Irish: aithriseoireacht f athmhagadh m
Italian: mimetismo (it) m scimmiottatura f scimmiottamento m mimica (it) f ( zoology, botany ) mimetizzazione f
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Japanese: 擬態 (ja) ( ぎたい, gitai )
Korean: 흉내 (ko) ( hyungnae ) , 입내 ( imnae )
Persian: میمیک (fa) ( mimik )
Portuguese: mímica (pt) f mimetismo (pt) m ( biology )
Russian: подража́ние (ru) n ( podražánije ) , мими́крия (ru) f ( mimíkrija )
Swedish: mimikry (sv) c
Tagalog: gagad
Turkish: öyküntü (tr) , taklit (tr)
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