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.

• (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 October 2, “In the Swim”, in Time:

     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, page 202:

     We high-schoolers didn't understand why death came in the form of a gorgeous young man with muscles in a skimpy bikini.

3. Brief underpants or trousers that reach to the hips rather than the waist.
   • 1982, Ruth Tolman, Selling Men’s Fashion, page 124:

     Boxer shorts, knitted briefs, and bikinis are the most popular styles in shorts, formerly called “drawers.”

• two-piece

• microkini
• minikini
• monokini
• trikini
• burqini

• → Norwegian Bokmål: bikini

• 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbikini/, [ˈbik̟ini]
• Rhymes: -ikini
• Hyphenation^(key): bi‧ki‧ni

bikini

1. (only in compounds) nominative singular of bikinit

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/

• Audio:

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bikini m (plural bikinis)

1. bikini

• → Dutch: bikini
• → English: bikini
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: 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: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of 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

Borrowed 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 [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

• biquini

Borrowed from English bikini. For the sandwich, see Catalan biquini.

• IPA^(key): /biˈkini/ [biˈki.ni]

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

bikini m (plural bikinis)

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

   Synonyms: cubano, mixto

   • 2017 April 10, Aurora Segura, “¿Por qué lo llamas ‘bikini’ cuando quieres decir ‘mixto’?”, in La Vanguardia‎^[1]:

     Se sorprenden los catalanes cuando les miran con expresión rara al pedir un “bikini” en cualquier bar o cafetería fuera de la comunidad.

     Catalans are surprised when they get strange looks after asking for a "bikini" in any bar or cafeteria outside the autonomous community.

• “bikini”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Borrowed from English bikini.

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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

• bikinibrud
• bikinilinje
• bikinitrosa
• bikiniöverdel

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

Borrowed from English bikini, from bikini, from Bikini, from German Bikini, the colonial name of the atoll as part of German New Guinea, from Marshallese Pikinni.

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

bikini (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜃᜒᜈᜒ)

1. bikini

• “bikini”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Borrowed from French bikini.

• IPA^(key): [biˈcini]

bikini (definite accusative bikiniyi, plural bikiniler)

1. bikini

Inflection
Nominative	bikini
Definite accusative	bikiniyi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bikini	bikiniler
Definite accusative	bikiniyi	bikinileri
Dative	bikiniye	bikinilere
Locative	bikinide	bikinilerde
Ablative	bikiniden	bikinilerden
Genitive	bikininin	bikinilerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular bikinim bikinilerim 2nd singular bikinin bikinilerin 3rd singular bikinisi bikinileri 1st plural bikinimiz bikinilerimiz 2nd plural bikininiz bikinileriniz 3rd plural bikinileri bikinileri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular bikinimi bikinilerimi 2nd singular bikinini bikinilerini 3rd singular bikinisini bikinilerini 1st plural bikinimizi bikinilerimizi 2nd plural bikininizi bikinilerinizi 3rd plural bikinilerini bikinilerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular bikinime bikinilerime 2nd singular bikinine bikinilerine 3rd singular bikinisine bikinilerine 1st plural bikinimize bikinilerimize 2nd plural bikininize bikinilerinize 3rd plural bikinilerine bikinilerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular bikinimde bikinilerimde 2nd singular bikininde bikinilerinde 3rd singular bikinisinde bikinilerinde 1st plural bikinimizde bikinilerimizde 2nd plural bikininizde bikinilerinizde 3rd plural bikinilerinde bikinilerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular bikinimden bikinilerimden 2nd singular bikininden bikinilerinden 3rd singular bikinisinden bikinilerinden 1st plural bikinimizden bikinilerimizden 2nd plural bikininizden bikinilerinizden 3rd plural bikinilerinden bikinilerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular bikinimin bikinilerimin 2nd singular bikininin bikinilerinin 3rd singular bikinisinin bikinilerinin 1st plural bikinimizin bikinilerimizin 2nd plural bikininizin bikinilerinizin 3rd plural bikinilerinin bikinilerinin

• mayokini
• mayo