different between replicant vs replica

English

Etymology

From Latin replic?ns, present participle of replic?. The science fiction sense was coined by David Peoples in the 1982 film Blade Runner.

Adjective

replicant (comparative more replicant, superlative most replicant)

1. replicative

Noun

replicant (plural replicants)

1. (science fiction) A robot or artificial being that is an exact copy of a genuine lifeform, especially a human.
2. (archaic) One who replies.

Catalan

Verb

replicant

1. present participle of replicar

Latin

Verb

replicant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of replic?

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian replica, derived from Latin replicare (“to copy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???pl?k?/

Noun

replica (plural replicas)

1. An exact copy.

   The statue on the museum floor is an authentic replica.

2. A copy made at a smaller scale than the original.

   He collected replicas of old cars.

Related terms

• replicant
• replicate
• replication
• reply

Translations

Anagrams

• caliper, earclip

Catalan

Verb

replica

1. third-person singular present indicative form of replicar
2. second-person singular imperative form of replicar

Italian

Verb

replica

1. third-person singular present of replicare
2. second-person singular imperative of replicare

Noun

replica f (plural repliche)

1. reply, answer
2. objection
3. repetition
4. replica, copy

Anagrams

• capirle

Latin

Verb

replic?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of replic?

References

• replica in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?e.?pli.k?/

Verb

replica

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of replicar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of replicar

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French répliquer, Latin replico, replicare.

Verb

a replica (third-person singular present replic?, past participle replicat) 1st conj.

1. to replicate

Conjugation

Derived terms

• replicare

Related terms

• replic?
• replica?ie

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re?plika/, [re?pli.ka]

Verb

replica

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of replicar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of replicar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of replicar.