identikit
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
Blend of identification + kit, originally a trademark.
=== Pronunciation ===
(UK) IPA(key): /aɪˈdɛntɪkɪt/
(US, weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /aɪˈdɛntəkɪt/
=== Noun ===
identikit (plural identikits)
(law enforcement, criminology) A picture of a person, reconstructed from strips showing facial features selected to match witnesses' descriptions; used by the police to construct a likeness of a person sought for a crime.
Synonyms: police sketch, composite sketch, facial composite, photofit
==== Translations ====
=== Adjective ===
identikit (not comparable) (UK)
(informal, chiefly derogatory) Indistinguishable from each other; mass-produced or mass marketed.
Synonym: cookie-cutter
== Italian ==
=== Etymology ===
Unadapted borrowing from English identikit.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /i.den.tiˈkit/, /iˈdɛn.ti.kit/
Rhymes: -it, -ɛntikit
Hyphenation: i‧den‧ti‧kìt, i‧dèn‧ti‧kit
=== Noun ===
identikit m (invariable)
identikit
=== References ===
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from English identikit.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /identiˈkit/ [i.ð̞ẽn̪.t̪iˈkit̪]
Rhymes: -it
Syllabification: i‧den‧ti‧kit
=== Noun ===
identikit m (plural identikits)
(Andes, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Rioplatense) identikit
Synonyms: (Spain) retrato robot, (Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela) retrato hablado
(Chile) species profile
=== Further reading ===
“identikit”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025