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Adjective [Anglais]

IPA: \ˈkɑpiˌkæt\ Forms: more copycat [comparative], most copycat [superlative], copy cat, copy-cat
  1. Imitatif, sans originalité.
    Sense id: fr-copycat-en-adj-tnXLwDm- Categories (other): Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun [Anglais]

IPA: \ˈkɑ.piˌkæt\ Forms: copycats [plural], copy cat, copy-cat
  1. Copieur, imitateur, faussaire. Tags: familiar
    Sense id: fr-copycat-en-noun-ZrLmrc7i Categories (other): Termes familiers en anglais, Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en anglais
  2. Copie, imitation. Tags: familiar
    Sense id: fr-copycat-en-noun-THYD8XGN Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire, Termes familiers en anglais
  3. Copycat.
    Sense id: fr-copycat-en-noun-4jN8A0DY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb [Anglais]

IPA: \ˈkɑpiˌkæt\ Forms: to copycat [infinitive], copycats [present, third-person, singular], copycatted [preterite], copycatted [participle, past], copycatting [participle, present], copy-cat
  1. Copier, imiter.
    Sense id: fr-copycat-en-verb-ywQcq59j Categories (other): Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun [Français]

IPA: \ko.pi.kat\ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-copycat.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-copycat.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-copycat.wav Forms: copycats [plural]
  1. Tueur imitant le modus operandi d'un serial killer. Tags: Anglicism
    Sense id: fr-copycat-fr-noun-O1247Qik Categories (other): Anglicismes en français, Exemples en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations: copycat (Anglais), مقلد (moqalléd) (Persan iranien)

Inflected forms

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      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-copycat.wav",
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    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-copycat.wav",
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    "masculine"
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "copycat"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Persan iranien",
      "lang_code": "pes",
      "roman": "moqalléd",
      "word": "مقلد"
    }
  ],
  "word": "copycat"
}

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