replica

English Online Dictionary. What means replica‎? What does replica mean?

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian replica, derived from Latin replicare (“to fold or bend back; to reply”). Doublet of reply and replicate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛplɪkə/

Noun

replica (plural replicas or (rare) repliche)

1. An exact copy.

2. A copy made at a smaller scale than the original.

   Coordinate term: scale model

Related terms

• replicant
• replicate
• replication
• reply

Descendants

• → Turkish: replika

Translations

See also

Anagrams

• caliper, earclip

Catalan

Verb

replica

1. inflection of replicar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian replica.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: rep‧li‧ca

Noun

replica f (plural replica's, diminutive replicaatje n)

1. replica (exact copy)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ.pli.ka/
• Rhymes: -ɛplika
• Hyphenation: rè‧pli‧ca

Etymology 1

Deverbal from replicare +‎ -a.

Noun

replica f (plural repliche)

1. reply, answer
2. objection
3. repetition
4. replica, copy
5. (television) rerun

Descendants

• → Crimean Tatar: replika
• → Dutch: replica
• → English: replica
• → Finnish: replika
• → French: réplique (see there for further descendants)
• → Polish: replika
• → Romanian: replică
• → Serbo-Croatian: rèplika
• → Turkish: replika

Etymology 2

Verb

replica

1. inflection of replicare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• capirle, caprile

Latin

Verb

replicā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of replicō

References

• "replica", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: re‧pli‧ca

Verb

replica

1. inflection of replicar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French répliquer, Latin replico, replicare.

Verb

a replica (third-person singular present replică, past participle replicat) 1st conjugation

1. to replicate

Conjugation

Derived terms

• replicare

Related terms

• replică
• replicație

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈplika/ [reˈpli.ka]
• Rhymes: -ika
• Syllabification: re‧pli‧ca

Verb

replica

1. inflection of replicar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative