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Summary

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mimicry:
- décalque; copie; interprétation; calque; imitation de quelqu'un
Wiktionary:
- mimicry → mimique, mimétisme
- mimicry → mimétisme

English

Detailed Translations for mimicry from English to French

mimicry:

mimicry [the ~] nomen

the mimicry (impersonation; imitation)
le décalque; la copie; l'interprétation; le calque; l'imitation de quelqu'un
- décalque [le ~] nomen
- copie [la ~] nomen
- interprétation [la ~] nomen
- calque [le ~] nomen
- imitation de quelqu'un [la ~] nomen

Translation Matrix for mimicry:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
calque	imitation; impersonation; mimicry	layer
copie	imitation; impersonation; mimicry	Xerox; adulteration; copy; counterfeit; duplicate; example; fake; falsification; forgery; imitation; photocopy; refund; reimbursement; replica; restitution; restoration; retrocession; return; transcript; transcription
décalque	imitation; impersonation; mimicry
imitation de quelqu'un	imitation; impersonation; mimicry
interprétation	imitation; impersonation; mimicry	angle; aspect; attitude; better picture; closer description; conception; depiction; dogma; idea; interpretation; interpreting; notion; opinion; outlook; perspective; picture; point of view; portrayal; reading; religious doctrine; stand; tenet; version; view; vision; way of thinking
-	apery
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	facial gestures

Related Words for "mimicry":

mimicries

Synonyms for "mimicry":

apery; impersonation; personation
imitation

Related Definitions for "mimicry":

the act of mimicking; imitative behavior¹
the resemblance of an animal species to another species or to natural objects; provides concealment and protection from predators¹

Wiktionary Translations for mimicry:

mimicry

noun

the act or ability to simulate the appearance of someone or something else
- mimicry → mimique; mimétisme

mimicry

noun

action de mimer.
- mimique → mimicry
biologie|fr propriété que posséder ou paraissent posséder certains êtres vivants de se rendre semblables par l’apparence, et notamment par la couleur, au milieu où ils vivre.
- mimétisme → mimicry

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• mimicry	→ mimétisme	↔ Mimikry — Zoologie: evolutionäre Strategie einer Tierart, ihr Aussehen einer zweiten Tierart anzupassen, so dass sie von dritten Arten nicht erkannt oder gemieden wird

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University