different between imitative vs imitate

English

Etymology

From Latin imit?t?vus.

Adjective

imitative (comparative more imitative, superlative most imitative)

1. Imitating; copying; not original.
2. Modelled after another thing.

Synonyms

• epigonic

Antonyms

• creative
• inventive
• original

Derived terms

Translations

Italian

Adjective

imitative

1. feminine plural of imitativo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /i.mi.ta??ti?.u?e/, [?m?t?ä??t?i?u??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /i.mi.ta?ti.ve/, [imit???t?i?v?]

Adjective

imit?t?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of imit?t?vus

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