"bikini" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /bɪˈkiːni/ [UK] Audio: en-us-bikini.ogg [US] Forms: bikinis [plural]
Rhymes: -iːni 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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|bikini}} French bikini, {{m|fr|Bikini}} Bikini, {{cog|en|Bikini}} English Bikini, {{der|en|de|Bikini}} German Bikini, {{der|en|mh|Pikinni}} Marshallese Pikinni Head templates: {{en-noun}} bikini (plural bikinis)
  1. A brief two-piece bathing suit worn by girls and women, especially one that exposes the midriff and navel. Categories (topical): Swimwear
    Sense id: en-bikini-en-noun-8W2IegZw Disambiguation of Swimwear: 49 30 21 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English genericized trademarks Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 41 21 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 35 40 25 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 36 40 24 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 36 40 25
  2. A brief bathing suit worn by men.
    Sense id: en-bikini-en-noun-eiDFjUnj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English genericized trademarks Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 41 21 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 35 40 25 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 36 40 24 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 36 40 25
  3. Brief underpants that reach to the hips rather than the waist.
    Sense id: en-bikini-en-noun-4WRiDpLx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English genericized trademarks Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 41 21 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 35 40 25 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 36 40 24 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 36 40 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: two-piece Related terms: swim briefs Coordinate_terms: microkini, minikini, monokini, trikini, burqini Translations (bathing suit): bikini (Afrikaans), bikini (Albanian), ቢኪኒ (bikini) (Amharic), بِيكِينِي (bīkīnī) [masculine] (Arabic), բիկինի (bikini) (Armenian), bikini (Azerbaijani), bikini (Basque), бікі́ні (bikíni) [neuter] (Belarusian), বিকিনি (bikini) (Bengali), бики́ни (bikíni) [neuter] (Bulgarian), biquini [masculine] (Catalan), 三點式 (Chinese Cantonese), 三点式 (saam¹ dim² sik¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 比堅尼 (Chinese Cantonese), 比坚尼 (bei² gin¹ nei⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 比基尼 (bǐjīní) (Chinese Mandarin), bikiny [feminine, plural] (Czech), bikini [common-gender] (Danish), bikini (Dutch), bikino (Esperanto), bikiinid [plural] (Estonian), bikinit [plural] (Finnish), bikini [masculine] (French), ბიკინი (biḳini) (Georgian), Bikini [masculine] (German), μπικίνι (bikíni) [neuter] (Greek), בִּיקִינִי (bikini) [masculine] (Hebrew), बिकिनी (bikinī) [feminine] (Hindi), bikini (Hungarian), bikini (Indonesian), bikini [masculine] (Italian), ビキニ (bikini) (Japanese), бикини (bikini) (Kazakh), 비키니 (bikini) (Korean), бикини (bikini) (Kyrgyz), bikini (Latvian), bikinis [masculine] (Lithuanian), бики́ни (bikíni) [neuter] (Macedonian), bikini (Malay), bikini (Maltese), बिकिनी (bikinī) [feminine] (Marathi), бикини (bikini) (Mongolian), bikini [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), bikini [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), بیکینی (bikini) (Persian), bikini [neuter] (Polish), biquíni (Portuguese), bikini (Romanian), бики́ни (bikíni) [neuter] (Russian), бикини [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), bikini [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), bikiny [feminine, plural] (Slovak), bikini [masculine] (Slovene), biquini [masculine] (Spanish), bikini [common-gender] (Swedish), бикини (bikini) (Tajik), நீச்சலுடை (nīccaluṭai) (Tamil), బికినీ (bikinī) (Telugu), บิกินี (bì-gì-nîi) (Thai), bikini (Turkish), бікі́ні (bikíni) [neuter] (Ukrainian), بکنی (bikinī) (Urdu), bikini (Uzbek), бикини (bikini) [Cyrillic] (Uzbek), bikini (Vietnamese), áo tắm hai mảnh (Vietnamese), bikinit (Volapük), niblitül (Volapük), bicini [masculine] (Welsh), bicinis [masculine, plural] (Welsh), ביקיני (bikini) [masculine] (Yiddish)

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      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "word": "áo tắm hai mảnh"
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      "code": "af",
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      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "word": "bikini"
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      "word": "bikini"
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      "word": "ቢኪኒ"
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      "sense": "bathing suit",
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      "word": "بِيكِينِي"
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      "roman": "bikini",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "word": "բիկինի"
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      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "word": "bikini"
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      "word": "bikini"
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      "sense": "bathing suit",
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      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "word": "বিকিনি"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bikíni",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "бики́ни"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "biquini"
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    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "word": "三點式"
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    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "saam¹ dim² sik¹",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "word": "三点式"
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    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "word": "比堅尼"
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    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "bei² gin¹ nei⁴",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "word": "比坚尼"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bǐjīní",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "word": "比基尼"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "bikiny"
    },
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
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      "word": "bikini"
    },
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "word": "bikino"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "bikiinid"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "bikinit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "bikini"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "biḳini",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "word": "ბიკინი"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Bikini"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "bikíni",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "μπικίνι"
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      "code": "he",
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      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "בִּיקִינִי"
    },
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "bikinī",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "बिकिनी"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
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      "word": "bikini"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "word": "bikini"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "bikini",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "word": "ビキニ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "bikini",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "word": "бикини"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bikini",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "word": "비키니"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "bikini",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "word": "бикини"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "word": "bikini"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bikinis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "bikíni",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "бики́ни"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "word": "bikini"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "word": "bikini"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "bikinī",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "बिकिनी"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "bikini",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "word": "бикини"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bikini"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bikini"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bikini",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "word": "بیکینی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bikini"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "word": "biquíni"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "word": "bikini"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bikíni",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "бики́ни"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бикини"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bikini"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "bikiny"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bikini"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "biquini"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bikini"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "bikini",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "word": "бикини"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "nīccaluṭai",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "word": "நீச்சலுடை"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "bikinī",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "word": "బికినీ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bì-gì-nîi",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "word": "บิกินี"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "word": "bikini"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bikíni",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "бікі́ні"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "bikinī",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "word": "بکنی"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "word": "bikini"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "roman": "bikini",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "бикини"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "word": "bikini"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "word": "áo tắm hai mảnh"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "word": "bikinit"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "word": "niblitül"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bicini"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "bicinis"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "bikini",
      "sense": "bathing suit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ביקיני"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "German New Guinea",
    "bikini"
  ],
  "word": "bikini"
}

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