Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To imitate, especially in order to ridicule.

    nachahmen, nachäffen

    имити́роватьimitírovatʹ

  2. (transitive)To take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage.

    имити́роватьimitírovatʹ

    імітува́тиimituváty

More definitions
  • imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect

Examples

19 sentences

  1. A parrot can mimic a person's voice.

    ruПопугаи могут имитировать человеческий голос. — sharptoothed

    deEin Papagei kann die menschliche Stimme nachmachen. — raggione

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  2. They say windogos can mimic voices.

    Amastan · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. The xenomorphs evolved to mimic humans.

    Amastan · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  4. The alien was trying to mimic a human being.

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  5. He began to mimic the speech and gait of persons in the street.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
biology: to take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage:
Русский
By meaning 1
to imitate, especially in order to ridicule:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to imitate, especially in order to ridicule:

Origin

From Latin mīmicus, from Ancient Greek μῑμικός (mīmikós, “belonging to mimes”), from μῖμος

From Latin mīmicus, from Ancient Greek μῑμικός (mīmikós, “belonging to mimes”), from μῖμος (mîmos, “imitator, actor”); see mime.

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Forms

mimics, mimicking, mimicked, mimicked
Base formmimic · to mimic
3rd person singularmimics
Present participlemimicking
Past simplemimicked
Past participlemimicked

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymimic
he, she, itmimics

Past simpleLesson

all personsmimicked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave mimicked
he, she, ithas mimicked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill mimic

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect:mime

Word family

1 related words
Relatedmimicker

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
millstonemilomimemimicrymin

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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