different between simulacrum vs replica

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin simul?crum (“image, likeness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?simj??le?k??m/

Noun

simulacrum (plural simulacrums or simulacra)

1. An image or representation.
2. A faint trace or semblance.

Translations

Further reading

• simulacrum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Etymology

From simul? +? -crum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /si.mu?la?.krum/, [s??m????ä?k????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /si.mu?la.krum/, [simu?l??k?um]

Noun

simul?crum n (genitive simul?cr?); second declension

1. an image, likeness

   Synonyms: effigies, im?g?, statua

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Descendants

• ? English: simulacrum
• ? French: simulacre
• ? Spanish: simulacro

References

• simulacrum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• simulacrum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• simulacrum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• simulacrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.

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.