English

Proper noun

Bikini

1. Bikini atoll.

Descendants

• French: Bikini

French

Etymology

From English Bikini, from earlier German Bikini, the colonial name of the atoll as part of German New Guinea, and this was derived from Marshallese Pikinni.

Proper noun

Bikini

1. Bikini atoll.

Descendants

• French: bikini

German

Etymology 1

From Marshallese Pikinni.

Proper noun

Bikini

1. Bikini atoll.

Descendants

• English: Bikini

Etymology 2

From French bikini, named after the place name Bikini, from the English 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. The name Bikini itself was originally the German colonial name of the atoll as part of German New Guinea, and this was derived from Marshallese Pikinni.

Noun

A Bikini

Bikini m ‎(genitive Bikinis, plural Bikinis)

1. A bikini, scanty two-piece bathing suit, named after the above island

Related terms

• Monokini

English

Noun

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. "

Synonyms

• two-piece

Coordinate terms

• monokini

Derived terms

Translations

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bi‧ki‧ni

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.

Noun

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

1. bikini

French

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

Noun

bikini m ‎(plural bikinis)

1. bikini

Descendants

• English: bikini

Italian

Noun

bikini m ‎(invariable)

1. bikini

Synonyms

• due pezzi

See also

• costume da bagno

Japanese

Romanization

bikini

1. rōmaji reading of ビキニ

Norman

Noun

bikini m ‎(plural bikinis)

1. (Jersey) bikini

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

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

1. a bikini

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

1. a bikini

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

bikini n ‎(indeclinable)

1. bikini

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowing from English bikini.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bìkīni m ‎(Cyrillic spelling бѝкӣни)

1. bikini

Declension

References

• “bikini” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from English bikini.

Alternative forms

• biquini

Noun

bikini m ‎(plural bikinis)

1. bikini

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowing from French bikini.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [biˈcini]

Noun

bikini ‎(definite accusative bikiniyi, plural bikiniler)

1. bikini

Declension

See also

• mayokini
• mayo