bikini

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.

Woman wearing a red bikini.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bɪˈkiːni/

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• Rhymes: -iːni

bikini (plural bikinis)

1. A brief two-piece bathing suit worn by girls and 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.

• two-piece

• microkini
• minikini
• monokini
• trikini

• swim briefs

From English bikini.

• Hyphenation: bi‧ki‧ni

bikini

1. a monokini; the lower part of a bikini
2. a bikini; a two-piece

For quotations using this term, see Citations:bikini.

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.

• IPA^(key): /biˈki.ni/

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• Hyphenation: bi‧ki‧ni
• Rhymes: -ini

bikini m (plural bikini's, diminutive bikinietje n)

1. bikini

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.

• IPA^(key): /bi.ki.ni/

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bikini m (plural bikinis)

1. bikini

• → Dutch: bikini
• → English: bikini
• → German: Bikini
• → Portuguese: biquíni
• → Spanish: biquini

• “bikini”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From French bikini (literally “name of the atoll where the United States tested nuclear weapons”), from German Bikini, the colonial name of the atoll as part of German New Guinea, and this was derived from Marshallese Pikinni (literally “surface of coconuts”).

• IPA^(key): /biˈkini/
• Hyphenation: bi‧ki‧ni

bikini (first-person possessive bikiniku, second-person possessive bikinimu, third-person possessive bikininya)

1. bikini

   Synonym: amplek

• “bikini” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

• bichini

Borrowed from French bikini.

• IPA^(key): /biˈki.ni/
• Rhymes: -ini
• Hyphenation: bi‧kì‧ni

bikini m (invariable)

1. bikini

   Synonym: due pezzi

• costume da bagno

bikini

1. Rōmaji transcription of ビキニ

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

bikini m (plural bikinis)

1. (Jersey) bikini

bikini m (definite singular bikinien, indefinite plural bikinier, definite plural bikiniene)

1. a bikini

bikini m (definite singular bikinien, indefinite plural bikiniar, definite plural bikiniane)

1. a bikini

Unadapted borrowing from English bikini, from French bikini. First attested in 1959.

• IPA^(key): /biˈki.ɲi/

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• Rhymes: -iɲi
• Syllabification: bi‧ki‧ni

bikini n (indeclinable)

1. bikini

   Coordinate term: monokini

• bikini in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• bikini in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From French bikini.

bikini n (uncountable)

1. bikini

Borrowed from English bikini.

• IPA^(key): /bǐkiːni/
• Hyphenation: bi‧ki‧ni

bìkīni m (Cyrillic spelling бѝкӣни)

1. bikini

• “bikini” in Hrvatski jezični portal

• biquini

Borrowed from English bikini.

• IPA^(key): /biˈkini/ [biˈki.ni]
• Rhymes: -ini
• Syllabification: bi‧ki‧ni

bikini m (plural bikinis)

1. bikini
2. (Catalonia) ham and cheese sandwich

• “bikini”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Borrowed from English bikini.

bikini (n class, plural bikini)

1. bikini

From French bikini, after the placename Bikini, originally from Marshallese Pikinni.

• IPA^(key): /bɪˈkiːnɪ/
• Rhymes: -iːnɪ

bikini c

1. bikini

• bikini in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bikini in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Borrowed from French bikini.

• IPA^(key): [biˈcini]

bikini (definite accusative bikiniyi, plural bikiniler)

1. bikini

• mayokini
• mayo