imitation

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English imitacioun, from Middle French imitacion, from Old French imitacion, from Latin imitatio. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ɪmɪˈteɪʃn̩/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Noun === imitation (countable and uncountable, plural imitations) The act of imitating. a pale imitation a realistic imitation in imitation of (attributive) A copy or simulation; something that is not the real thing. ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “act of imitating”): creation ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === From Middle French imitation, from Old French imitacion, from Latin imitātiōnem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /i.mi.ta.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === imitation f (plural imitations) imitation ==== Related terms ==== imiter ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: imitatieAfrikaans: imitasie→ Indonesian: imitasi === Further reading === “imitation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012