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 the word 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.

• → 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):

  (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.

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