different between imitate vs imitable

English

Etymology

From Latin imitatus, past participle of imito (“to copy, portray, imitate”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??m?te?t/

Verb

imitate (third-person singular simple present imitates, present participle imitating, simple past and past participle imitated)

1. To follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:imitate

Antonyms

• create

Related terms

• imitation
• imitative
• imitable
• imitator

Translations

Further reading

• imitate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• imitate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Esperanto

Adverb

imitate

1. present adverbial passive participle of imiti

Italian

Verb

imitate

1. second-person plural present indicative of imitare
2. second-person plural imperative of imitare
3. feminine plural of imitato

Anagrams

• ematiti

Latin

Participle

imit?te

1. vocative masculine singular of imit?tus

English

Etymology

From French imitable, from Latin imit?bilis. See imitate

Adjective

imitable (comparative more imitable, superlative most imitable)

1. Capable of being imitated or copied.
2. Worthy of imitation.

Antonyms

• inimitable

Related terms

• imitate
• imitation

Translations

French

Adjective

imitable (plural imitables)

1. imitable

Antonyms

• inimitable

Further reading

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