imitative

English

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Etymology

From Latin imitātīvus.

Adjective

imitative (comparative more imitative, superlative most imitative)

  1. Imitating; copying; not original.
  2. Modelled after another thing.
  3. (linguistics) sound-symbolic or onomatopoeic

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Italian

Adjective

imitative

  1. feminine plural of imitativo

Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

imitātīve

  1. vocative masculine singular of imitātīvus