Bikini

From German Bikini, the colonial name of the atoll as part of German New Guinea, and this was derived from Marshallese Pikinni.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɪˈkiː.ni/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /bɪˈki.ni/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -iːni
• Homophone: bikini

Bikini

1. Bikini atoll.

While bikini, in reference to the swimsuit, usually has just one pronunciation stressed on the second syllable, the English place name Bikini has two pronunciations. /ˈbɪkɪni/ is the older pronunciation stressed on the first syllable, and is still widely used in English by those most familiar with the atoll. /bɪˈkiːni/ is a newer pronunciation stressed on the second syllable, influenced by the swimsuit term.

• bikini
• Bikini gauge

• → French: Bikini
  • ⇒ French: bikini
    • → Dutch: bikini
    • → English: bikini
      • → Norwegian Bokmål: bikini
    • → German: Bikini
    • → Portuguese: biquíni
    • → Spanish: biquini

From English Bikini, from earlier German Bikini, the colonial name of the atoll as part of German New Guinea, and this was derived from Marshallese Pikinni.

• IPA^(key): /bi.ki.ni/

Bikini ?

1. Bikini atoll

• ⇒ French: bikini
  • → Dutch: bikini
  • → English: bikini
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: bikini
  • → German: Bikini
  • → Portuguese: biquíni
  • → Spanish: biquini

• IPA^(key): /biˈkiːni/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Borrowed from Marshallese Pikinni.

Bikini

1. Bikini (an atoll in the Marshall Islands)

• → English: Bikini
  • → French: Bikini
    • ⇒ French: bikini
      • → Dutch: bikini
      • → English: bikini
        • → Norwegian Bokmål: bikini
      • → German: Bikini
      • → Portuguese: biquíni
      • → Spanish: biquini

Borrowed from French bikini, itself from German Bikini.

Bikini m or (Switzerland) n (strong, genitive Bikinis, plural Bikinis)

1. a bikini (two-piece swimsuit)

• Monokini

• “Bikini” in Duden online

Bikini

1. Rōmaji transcription of ビキニ