# bikini
## English
### Etymology

From French bikini, named after the place name Bikini, from English Bikini, the name of the atoll where the United States tested nuclear weapons in July 1946; it was reckoned that the bathing suit would cause as much excitement as a nuclear bomb. This name was originally from German Bikini, the colonial name of the atoll as part of German New Guinea, and this was derived from Marshallese Pikinni.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /bɪˈkiːni/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -iːni

### Noun

bikini (plural bikinis)
* A brief two-piece bathing suit worn by women, especially one that exposes the midriff and navel.
** 1950 October 2, “In the Swim”, in Time:Cole has little but scorn for France's famed Bikini bathing suits. Explains he: " French girls, have short legs. Swimsuits have to be hiked up at the sides to make their legs look longer. "
* A brief bathing suit worn by men.
** 2004, Cathy Crimmons, How the Homosexuals Saved Civilization, page 202:We high-schoolers didn't understand why death came in the form of a gorgeous young man with muscles in a skimpy bikini.
* Brief underpants or trousers that reach to the hips rather than the waist.
** 1982, Ruth Tolman, Selling Men’s Fashion, page 124:Boxer shorts, knitted briefs, and bikinis are the most popular styles in shorts, formerly called “drawers.”

#### Synonyms

* two-piece

#### Coordinate terms

* microkini
* minikini
* monokini
* trikini
* burqini

#### Derived terms

* bandikini
* bandini
* bandkini
* Beijing bikini
* bikini babe
* bikini bar
* bikini beach
* bikini body
* bikini bottom
* bikini bridge
* bikini briefs
* bikini contest
* bikinied
* bikini jeans
* bikiniless
* bikinilike
* bikini line
* bikini line incision
* bikini panties
* bikini top
* bikini wax
* burkini
* camikini
* cheekini
* facekini
* fatkini
* full bikini wax
* halterini
* halterkini
* mankini
* microbikini
* monokini
* pubikini
* seekini
* skirtini
* sling bikini
* slingkini
* string bikini
* stringkini
* tankini
* trikini

#### Descendants

* → Norwegian Bokmål: bikini

#### See also

* swim briefs

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From English bikini.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: bi‧ki‧ni

### Noun

bikini
* a monokini; the lower part of a bikini
* a bikini; a two-piece

## Dutch
### Etymology

From French bikini, named after the place name Bikini, from English Bikini, the name of the atoll where the United States tested nuclear weapons in July 1946; it was reckoned that the bathing suit would cause as much excitement as a nuclear bomb. This name was originally from German Bikini, the colonial name of the atoll as part of German New Guinea, and this was derived from Marshallese Pikinni.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /biˈki.ni/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: bi‧ki‧ni
* Rhymes: -ini

### Noun

bikini m (plural bikini's, diminutive bikinietje n)
* bikini

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbikini/, [ˈbik̟ini]
* Rhymes: -ikini
* Hyphenation: bi‧ki‧ni

### Noun

bikini
* (only in compounds) nominative singular of bikinit

## French
### Etymology

Named after the place name Bikini, from Bikini, the name of the atoll where the United States tested nuclear weapons in July 1946; it was reckoned that the bathing suit would cause as much excitement as an atom bomb. This name was originally from German Bikini, the colonial name of the atoll as part of German New Guinea, and this was derived from Marshallese Pikinni.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bi.ki.ni/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

bikini m (plural bikinis)
* bikini

#### Descendants

* → Dutch: bikini
* → English: bikini
** → Norwegian Bokmål: bikini
* → German: Bikini
* → Portuguese: biquíni
* → Spanish: biquini

### Further reading

* “bikini”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From French bikini (literally “name of the atoll where the United States tested nuclear weapons”), from German Bikini, the colonial name of the atoll as part of German New Guinea, and this was derived from Marshallese Pikinni (literally “surface of coconuts”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /biˈkini/
* Hyphenation: bi‧ki‧ni

### Noun

bikini (plural bikini-bikini)
* bikini
    Synonym: amplek

### Further reading

* “bikini” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Italian
### Alternative forms

* bichini

### Etymology

Borrowed from French bikini.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /biˈki.ni/
* Rhymes: -ini
* Hyphenation: bi‧kì‧ni

### Noun

bikini m (invariable)
* bikini
    Synonym: due pezzi

#### See also

* costume da bagno

## Japanese
### Romanization

bikini
* Rōmaji transcription of ビキニ

## Norman
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

bikini m (plural bikinis)
* (Jersey) bikini

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

bikini m (definite singular bikinien, indefinite plural bikinier, definite plural bikiniene)
* a bikini

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

bikini m (definite singular bikinien, indefinite plural bikiniar, definite plural bikiniane)
* a bikini

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bikini, from French bikini. First attested in 1959.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /biˈki.ɲi/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -iɲi
* Syllabification: bi‧ki‧ni

### Noun

bikini n (indeclinable)
* bikini
    Coordinate term: monokini

#### Derived terms

* bikiniarski
* bikiniara
* bikiniarstwo
* bikiniarz

### Further reading

* bikini in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* bikini in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French bikini.

### Noun

bikini n (uncountable)
* bikini

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English bikini.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bǐkiːni/
* Hyphenation: bi‧ki‧ni

### Noun

bìkīni m (Cyrillic spelling бѝкӣни)
* bikini

#### Declension
### References

* “bikini”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* biquini

### Etymology

Borrowed from English bikini. For the sandwich, see Catalan biquini.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /biˈkini/ [biˈki.ni]
* Audio (Venezuela):(file)
* Rhymes: -ini
* Syllabification: bi‧ki‧ni

### Noun

bikini m (plural bikinis)
* bikini
* (Catalonia) ham and cheese sandwich
    Synonyms: cubano, mixto
** 2017 April 10, Aurora Segura, “¿Por qué lo llamas ‘bikini’ cuando quieres decir ‘mixto’?”, in La Vanguardia‎:Se sorprenden los catalanes cuando les miran con expresión rara al pedir un “bikini” en cualquier bar o cafetería fuera de la comunidad.Catalans are surprised when they get strange looks after asking for a "bikini" in any bar or cafeteria outside the autonomous community.

### Further reading

* “bikini”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swahili
### Etymology

Borrowed from English bikini.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

bikini class IX (plural bikini class X)
* bikini

## Swedish
### Etymology

From French bikini, after the placename Bikini, originally from Marshallese Pikinni.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɪˈkiːnɪ/
* Rhymes: -iːnɪ

### Noun

bikini c
* bikini

#### Derived terms

* bikinibrud
* bikinilinje
* bikinitrosa
* bikiniöverdel

### References

* bikini in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* bikini in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from English bikini, from bikini, from Bikini, from German Bikini, the colonial name of the atoll as part of German New Guinea, from Marshallese Pikinni.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /biˈkini/ [bɪˈxiː.n̪ɪ]
* Rhymes: -ini
* Syllabification: bi‧ki‧ni

### Noun

bikini (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜃᜒᜈᜒ)
* bikini

### Further reading

* “bikini”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

## Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French bikini.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [biˈcini]

### Noun

bikini (definite accusative bikiniyi, plural bikiniler)
* bikini

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
bikini
bikiniler
definite accusative
bikiniyi
bikinileri
dative
bikiniye
bikinilere
locative
bikinide
bikinilerde
ablative
bikiniden
bikinilerden
genitive
bikininin
bikinilerin
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
bikinim
bikinilerim
2nd singular
bikinin
bikinilerin
3rd singular
bikinisi
bikinileri
1st plural
bikinimiz
bikinilerimiz
2nd plural
bikininiz
bikinileriniz
3rd plural
bikinileri
bikinileri
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
bikinimi
bikinilerimi
2nd singular
bikinini
bikinilerini
3rd singular
bikinisini
bikinilerini
1st plural
bikinimizi
bikinilerimizi
2nd plural
bikininizi
bikinilerinizi
3rd plural
bikinilerini
bikinilerini
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
bikinime
bikinilerime
2nd singular
bikinine
bikinilerine
3rd singular
bikinisine
bikinilerine
1st plural
bikinimize
bikinilerimize
2nd plural
bikininize
bikinilerinize
3rd plural
bikinilerine
bikinilerine
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
bikinimde
bikinilerimde
2nd singular
bikininde
bikinilerinde
3rd singular
bikinisinde
bikinilerinde
1st plural
bikinimizde
bikinilerimizde
2nd plural
bikininizde
bikinilerinizde
3rd plural
bikinilerinde
bikinilerinde
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
bikinimden
bikinilerimden
2nd singular
bikininden
bikinilerinden
3rd singular
bikinisinden
bikinilerinden
1st plural
bikinimizden
bikinilerimizden
2nd plural
bikininizden
bikinilerinizden
3rd plural
bikinilerinden
bikinilerinden
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
bikinimin
bikinilerimin
2nd singular
bikininin
bikinilerinin
3rd singular
bikinisinin
bikinilerinin
1st plural
bikinimizin
bikinilerimizin
2nd plural
bikininizin
bikinilerinizin
3rd plural
bikinilerinin
bikinilerinin :

#### See also

* mayokini
* mayo