different between mannequin vs manakin

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

Ultimately from Middle Dutch mannekijn. Compare French manakin, German Manakin; probably from the native name. See also manikin.

Pronunciation

• Homophones: manikin, mannequin

Noun

manakin (plural manakins)

1. Any of several small South American passerine birds of the family Pipridae.
2. Alternative form of manikin
   • 18??, James Napier, Folk Lore: Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland Within This Century

     After a time, he was surprised to see the hopper beginning to go, and, looking up, he saw a little manakin holding a little cappie in his hand and filling it at the hopper.

Derived terms

• See Pipridae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

See also

• manikin

Further reading

• manakin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pipridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Pipridae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Maninka