mannequin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Borrowed from French mannequin, derived from Old French [Term?] (“little man, figurine”), derived from Middle Dutch mannekin (“little man”) or mannekijn (see English manikin), diminutive of man (“man”). By surface analysis, man + -kin. Compare ramequin/ramekin. Doublet of manakin and manikin.
Inflected forms:
form: mannequins
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: manikin
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: mannikin
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: manequin
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: A dummy, or life-size model of the human body, used for the fitting or displaying of clothes.
pos: noun
examples: At the same time, Mr. Bolton was intrigued by Mr. Sundsbo’s proposal to make models look like mannequins because it spoke to the blurring of boundaries — between good and evil, angels and demons, nature and technology, permanence and decay — that was a consistent theme of the McQueen collections.
There was a time when a mannequin was the sculptural equivalent of fashion model. Like a fashion model, the mannequin was intended to reflect our social, professional and aesthetic aspirations.
With the idea that guests may feel lonely eating at a restaurant that can only reach 50% capacity[…]the restaurant will be placing mannequins throughout its dining rooms.
gloss: A jointed model of the human body used by artists, especially to demonstrate the arrangement of drapery.
pos: noun
gloss: An anatomical model of the human body for use in teaching of e.g. CPR.
pos: noun
gloss: A person who models clothes.
pos: noun
tags: dated
examples: She screamed out direction to various mannequins. "Clothilde, Virginie, quickly, my little ones, the little tailleur gris clair and the robe de soirée ‘soupir d'automne.’ Marcelle, my child, the little mimosa suit of crêpe de chine." It was a charming morning. Marcelle, Clothilde, Virginie, bored and scornful, passed slowly round, squirming and wriggling in the time-honoured fashion of mannequins.
[…]all of which made a perfect neutral background for the mannequins who moved around swiftly, gracefully, exhibiting one glorious creation after another.
Related words: little man
Derived words: mannequinlike
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: manekin
lang: Arabic
word: مِثَالَة
roman: miṯāla
lang: Arabic
word: مَانِيكَان
roman: mānīkān
lang: Arabic
word: مَانُوكَان
roman: mānūkān
lang: Armenian
word: մանեկեն
roman: maneken
lang: Azerbaijani
word: maneken
lang: Belarusian
word: манеке́н
roman: manjekjén
lang: Bulgarian
word: манеке́н
roman: manekén
lang: Bulgarian
word: манеке́нка
roman: manekénka
lang: Burmese
word: ဟန်ပြမယ်
roman: hanpra.mai
lang: Catalan
word: maniquí
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 人體模型 /人体模型
roman: réntǐ móxíng
lang: Czech
word: figurína
lang: Czech
word: krejčovská panna
lang: Czech
word: manekýn
lang: Czech
word: manekýnka
lang: Danish
word: mannequin
lang: Dutch
word: mannequin
lang: Dutch
word: paspop
lang: Esperanto
word: manekeno
lang: Estonian
word: mannekeen
lang: Finnish
word: mallinukke
lang: French
word: mannequin
lang: Galician
word: manequín
lang: Georgian
word: მანეკენი
roman: maneḳeni
lang: German
word: Schaufensterpuppe
lang: German
word: Schaufensterfigur
lang: German
word: Gliederpuppe
lang: German
word: Modellpuppe
lang: Greek
word: ανδρείκελο
roman: andreíkelo
lang: Hindi
word: पुतला
roman: putlā
lang: Hungarian
word: próbababa
lang: Icelandic
word: gína
lang: Ido
word: manekino
lang: Indonesian
word: maneken
lang: Irish
word: mainicín
lang: Italian
word: manichino
lang: Japanese
word: マネキン人形
roman: manekin ningyō
lang: Khmer
word: ម៉ាន់នឺកាំង
roman: mannɨɨkang
lang: Korean
word: 마네킹
roman: maneking
lang: Lao
word: ນາງແບບ
roman: nāng bǣp
lang: Lao
word: ຫຸ່ນ
roman: hun
lang: Latvian
word: manekens
lang: Lithuanian
word: manekenas
lang: Macedonian
word: и́зложна ку́кла
roman: ízložna kúkla
lang: Macedonian
word: манеке́н
roman: manekén
lang: Macedonian
word: манеке́нка
roman: manekénka
lang: Malay
word: boneka pakaian
lang: Māori
word: ropi pū(w)eru
lang: Mongolian
word: манекен
roman: maneken
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: mannekeng
lang: Iranian Persian
word: مانْکَن
roman: mânkan
lang: Polish
word: manekin
lang: Portuguese
word: manequim
lang: Romanian
word: manechin
lang: Russian
word: манеке́н
roman: manekén
lang: Slovak
word: manekýn
lang: Slovak
word: manekýnka
lang: Spanish
word: maniquí
lang: Swedish
word: skyltdocka
lang: Swedish
word: mannekäng
lang: Tagalog
word: maoy
lang: Thai
word: นางแบบ
roman: naang-bɛ̀ɛp
lang: Thai
word: ตุ๊กตา
roman: dtúk-gà-dtaa
lang: Tibetan
word: མིའི་གསོབ
roman: mi'i gsob
lang: Turkish
word: manken
lang: Ukrainian
word: манеке́н
roman: manekén
lang: Uzbek
word: maneken
lang: Vietnamese
word: manocanh
lang: Vietnamese
word: ma-nơ-canh
lang: Czech
word: figurína
lang: Finnish
word: mallinukke
lang: French
word: mannequin
lang: Galician
word: manequín
lang: Greek
word: ανδρείκελο
roman: andreíkelo
lang: Indonesian
word: maneken
lang: Irish
word: mainicín