different between monokini vs bikini

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French monokini or simply mono- +? -kini, punningly reinterpreting the first syllable of "bikini" as the prefix bi-.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /m?n?(?)?ki?ni/

Noun

monokini (plural monokinis)

1. The lower part of a bikini without the upper part (i.e., topless).
   • 1965, "Topless Triumph", Time, 12 Mar 1965:

     All this so impressed the Appellate Court in Aix-en-Provence that it reversed the convictions. "Inasmuch as the spectacle of the nudity of the human body has nothing intrinsic in it that would outrage normal, even delicate decency, and since Claudine Durand concealed her sexual parts with a sufficiently opaque monokini, we acquit her."

   • 2009, Angelique Crisafis, "France Falls Out of Love with Topless Sunbathing", The Guardian, 22 Jul 09:

     French academics and historians have spent the early summer months pondering the sociological meaning of the demise of France's once-favourite piece of beachwear, the "monokini" – the bottom half of a bikini with no top.

   • 2016, David Allyn, Make Love, Not War: The Sexual Revolution: An Unfettered History ?ISBN

     In fact, the San Francisco Chronicle featured a photo of a woman in a monokini — her exposed breasts clearly visible — on its front page.

2. A one-piece swimsuit, which may cover both the chest and the crotch (as contrasted with a bikini, which consists of two pieces).
   • 2014, Joseph J. Darowski, The Ages of the X-Men: Essays on the Children of the Atom ?ISBN:

     [Psylocke is] wearing a mix between a monokini and cut-out swimwear, a wardrobe change[.]

Coordinate terms

• bikini

Related terms

• bikini
• trikini
• facekini

Translations

See also

• one-piece

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English mokokini, equivalent to mono- +? bikini.

Noun

monokini m (invariable)

1. monokini

Spanish

Alternative forms

• monoquini

Etymology

Borrowed from English monokini.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mono?kini/, [mo.no?ki.ni]

Noun

monokini m (plural monokinis)

1. monokini

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