different between bikini vs saltine

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^(key): /b??ki?ni/
• Rhymes: -i?ni

Noun

bikini (plural bikinis)

1. A brief two-piece bathing suit worn by women, especially one that exposes the midriff and navel.
   • 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.

Synonyms

• two-piece

Coordinate terms

• monokini

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• ????

Cebuano

Etymology

From English bikini.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bi?ki?ni

Noun

bikini

1. a monokini; the lower part of a bikini
2. a bikini; a two-piece

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:bikini.

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^(key): /bi?ki.ni/
• Hyphenation: bi?ki?ni
• Rhymes: -ini

Noun

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

1. bikini

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^(key): /bi.ki.ni/

Noun

bikini m (plural bikinis)

1. bikini

Descendants

• ? Dutch: bikini
• ? English: bikini
• ? German: Bikini
• ? Portuguese: biquíni
• ? Spanish: biquini

Further reading

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

Italian

Alternative forms

• bichini

Etymology

From French bikini.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi?ki.ni/

Noun

bikini m (invariable)

1. bikini

   Synonym: due pezzi

See also

• costume da bagno

Japanese

Romanization

bikini

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Norman

Etymology

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

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

Etymology

From English bikini, from French bikini.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?i?k?i.?i/

Noun

bikini n (indeclinable)

1. bikini

Derived terms

• (nouns) bikiniarz, bikiniara

Related terms

• (noun) bikiniarstwo
• (adjective) bikiniarski

Further reading

• bikini in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• bikini in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French bikini.

Noun

bikini n (uncountable)

1. bikini

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English bikini.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?ki?ni/
• Hyphenation: bi?ki?ni

Noun

bìk?ni m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. bikini

Declension

References

• “bikini” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Spanish

Alternative forms

• biquini

Etymology

Borrowed from English bikini.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi?kini/, [bi?ki.ni]

Noun

bikini m (plural bikinis)

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

Further reading

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

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??ki?n?/
• Rhymes: -i?n?

Noun

bikini c

1. bikini

Declension

References

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

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French bikini.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bi?cini]

Noun

bikini (definite accusative bikiniyi, plural bikiniler)

1. bikini

Declension

See also

• mayokini
• mayo

References

English

Etymology

Originally a US brand name in the late 1800s, presumably salt +? -ine.

Noun

saltine (plural saltines)

1. (Canada, US) A thin, crisp, salted, customarily white-colored cracker; a soda cracker; a soda biscuit.

Translations

Anagrams

• Latines, alestin, elastin, entails, nail set, nailest, nailset, salient, staniel, stealin', tselina