"copycat" meaning in Anglais

See copycat in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

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

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

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

Inflected forms

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    },
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    },
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    },
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    "Composé de copy et de cat (« personne »), littéralement « copieur »."
  ],
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    {
      "form": "copycats",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈkɑ.piˌkæts\\"
      ],
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "copy cat"
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      "form": "copy-cat"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
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        },
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          "kind": "other",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Copieur, imitateur, faussaire."
      ],
      "id": "fr-copycat-en-noun-ZrLmrc7i",
      "tags": [
        "familiar"
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    },
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Pirated Architecture: Chinese Copies of Famous Buildings, 2013.",
          "text": "Consider what Le Corbusier would think if he were alive to see his famous church in France duplicated as a Chinese barbecue restaurant. Or imagine what an Austrian village must feel about its entire township being copied to a lake in China. But more on that later – first: Zaha Hadid now is experiencing it all in real time, as she races to complete her original before its copycat takes shape."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Copie, imitation."
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "familiar"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Copycat."
      ],
      "id": "fr-copycat-en-noun-4jN8A0DY"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈkɑ.piˌkæt\\"
    }
  ],
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    "Composé de copy et de cat (« personne »), littéralement « copieur »."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more copycat",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˌmɔɹ ˈkɑpiˌkæt\\",
        "\\ˌmɔː ˈkɑpiˌkæt\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most copycat",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˌmoʊst ˈkɑpiˌkæt\\",
        "\\ˌməʊst ˈkɑpiˌkæt\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "copy cat"
    },
    {
      "form": "copy-cat"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "pos_title": "Adjectif",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en anglais",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Imitatif, sans originalité."
      ],
      "id": "fr-copycat-en-adj-tnXLwDm-"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈkɑpiˌkæt\\"
    }
  ],
  "word": "copycat"
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    "Composé de copy et de cat (« personne »), littéralement « copieur »."
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    {
      "form": "to copycat",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈkɑpiˌkæt\\"
      ],
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        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "copycats",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈkɑpiˌkæts\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "copycatted",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈkɑpiˌkæt.ɪd\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "copycatted",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈkɑpiˌkæt.ɪd\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "form": "copycatting",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈkɑpiˌkæt.ɪŋ\\"
      ],
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        "present"
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    },
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      "form": "copy-cat"
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        "Copier, imiter."
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      "ipa": "\\ˈkɑpiˌkæt\\"
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    "Composé de copy et de cat (« personne »), littéralement « copieur »."
  ],
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    {
      "form": "copycats",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈkɑ.piˌkæts\\"
      ],
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        "Copieur, imitateur, faussaire."
      ],
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        "familiar"
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        "Exemples en anglais",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Copie, imitation."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "familiar"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Copycat."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈkɑ.piˌkæt\\"
    }
  ],
  "word": "copycat"
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    "anglais"
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  "etymology_texts": [
    "Composé de copy et de cat (« personne »), littéralement « copieur »."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more copycat",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˌmɔɹ ˈkɑpiˌkæt\\",
        "\\ˌmɔː ˈkɑpiˌkæt\\"
      ],
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        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most copycat",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˌmoʊst ˈkɑpiˌkæt\\",
        "\\ˌməʊst ˈkɑpiˌkæt\\"
      ],
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        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "copy cat"
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      "form": "copy-cat"
    }
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        "Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en anglais"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Imitatif, sans originalité."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈkɑpiˌkæt\\"
    }
  ],
  "word": "copycat"
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    "Composé de copy et de cat (« personne »), littéralement « copieur »."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "to copycat",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈkɑpiˌkæt\\"
      ],
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        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "copycats",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈkɑpiˌkæts\\"
      ],
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    },
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        "\\ˈkɑpiˌkæt.ɪd\\"
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      "form": "copycatted",
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        "\\ˈkɑpiˌkæt.ɪd\\"
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      ]
    },
    {
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        "\\ˈkɑpiˌkæt.ɪŋ\\"
      ],
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "copy-cat"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
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  "pos": "verb",
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      ],
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        "Copier, imiter."
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      "ipa": "\\ˈkɑpiˌkæt\\"
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