different between mannequin vs effigy

English

Alternative forms

• manikin, mannikin, manequin

Etymology

From the French mannequin, from the Dutch manneken (“little man”), diminutive of Dutch man (“man”), equivalent to man +? -kin; compare ramequin/ramekin. Doublet of manikin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mæn??k?n/
• Homophone: manakin

Noun

mannequin (plural mannequins)

1. A dummy, or life-size model of the human body, used for the fitting or displaying of clothes
2. A jointed model of the human body used by artists, especially to demonstrate the arrangement of drapery
3. An anatomical model of the human body for use in teaching of e.g. CPR
4. A person who models clothes

Derived terms

• mannequinlike

Translations

See also

• mannequin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Etymology

From French mannequin.

Noun

mannequin c (singular definite mannequinen, plural indefinite mannequiner)

1. mannequin

Declension

Further reading

• “mannequin” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French mannequin, from Dutch manneken.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?.n??k??n/
• Hyphenation: man?ne?quin

Noun

mannequin m (plural mannequins)

1. A clothes model or fashion model, a mannequin.

Hypernyms

• model

Related terms

• man

French

Etymology

From Dutch manneken.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /man.k??/

Noun

mannequin m (plural mannequins)

1. (fashion) model
   • 2016 September 9, "Un mannequin défiguré à l’acide défile à la Fashion Week de New York", Le Monde.

2. dummy, mannequin
   • 2016 August 18, Matteo Maillard, "Être mère et prostituée au Mali", Le Monde.

Descendants

• ? Catalan: maniquí
• ? Czech: manekýn
• ? Danish: mannequin
• ? Dutch: mannequin
• ? English: mannequin
  • ? Japanese: ???? (manekin)
    • ? Korean: ??? (maneking)
• ? Georgian: ???????? (mane?eni)
• ? German: Mannequin
• ? Greek: ??????? (manekén)
• ? Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mannekeng
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mannekeng
• ? Hungarian: manöken
• ? Polish: manekin
• ? Portuguese: manequim
• ? Romanian: manechin
• ? Russian: ??????? (maneken)
• ? Swedish: mannekäng
• ? Spanish: maniquí
• ? Vietnamese: ma-n?-canh

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

From French effigie, from Latin effigi?s (“likeness, effigy”), from effing? (“represent, portray”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??f?d?i/

Noun

effigy (plural effigies)

1. A dummy or other crude representation of a person, group or object that is hated.
2. A likeness of a person.

Synonyms

• (a likeness of a person): figure, image, picture

Coordinate terms

• (crude representation of a person): caricature

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