bikini

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.

Woman wearing a red bikini.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bɪˈkiːni/

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bikini (plural bikinis)

1. A brief two-piece bathing suit worn by women.
   • 1950, "In the Swim", Time, 2 Oct 1950:

     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. "

2. A brief bathing suit worn by men.
   • 2004, Cathy Crimmons How the Homosexuals Saved Civilization - p. 202

     We high-schoolers didn't understand why death came in the form of a gorgeous young man with muscles in a skimpy bikini.

• two-piece

• monokini

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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.

• IPA^(key): /biˈki.ni/

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• Hyphenation: bi‧ki‧ni

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

1. 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 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.

• IPA^(key): /bi.ki.ni/

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bikini m (plural bikinis)

1. bikini

• → Dutch: bikini
• → English: bikini
• → German: Bikini

• “bikini” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

bikini m (invariable)

1. bikini

• due pezzi

• costume da bagno

bikini

1. Rōmaji transcription of ビキニ

bikini m (plural bikinis)

1. (Jersey) bikini

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

1. a bikini

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

1. a bikini

• IPA^(key): /bʲiˈkʲi.ɲi/

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bikini n (indeclinable)

1. bikini

Borrowed from English bikini.

• IPA^(key): /bǐkiːni/
• Hyphenation: bi‧ki‧ni

bìkīni m (Cyrillic spelling бѝкӣни)

1. bikini

• “bikini” in Hrvatski jezični portal

• biquini

Borrowed from English bikini.

• IPA^(key): /biˈkini/

bikini m (plural bikinis)

1. bikini
2. (Catalonia) ham and cheese sandwich

• “bikini” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Borrowed from French bikini.

• IPA^(key): [biˈcini]

bikini (definite accusative bikiniyi, plural bikiniler)

1. bikini

• mayokini
• mayo