Dictionary

replica en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɹɛplɪkə/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. An exact copy.
   • The statue on the museum floor is an authentic replica.
   • Promontory's "last spike" ceremony was so significant to the USA's history that it is still regularly re-enacted today, using replica locomotives that nose up to each other just as the originals did. 2025 November 12, Tony Streeter, “All around the world”, in RAIL, number 1048, page 42:
2. A copy made at a smaller scale than the original.
   • He collected replicas of old cars.

Forms

Coordinates

scale model

Descendants

replika

Relateds

digital twin · replicant · simulacrum · replicate · reply · replication · simulation

Translations (55)

tr replika (exact copy) · fi pienoismalli (smaller-scale model) · ru то́чная ко́пия (exact copy) · ru модель (smaller-scale model) · ja 模造品 (exact copy) · ru репроду́кция (exact copy) · ru ре́плика (exact copy) · it copia esatta (exact copy) · cs replika (exact copy) · zh 仿製品 /仿制品 (exact copy) · ro replică (exact copy) · bg репродукция (exact copy) · de exakte Kopie (exact copy) · ar نُشْخَة (exact copy) · hi अनुकृति (exact copy) · es réplica (exact copy) · pt réplica (exact copy) · ja レプリカ (exact copy) · ja 写し (exact copy) · ro reproducere (exact copy) · pl replika (exact copy) · ca rèplica (exact copy) · bg реплика (smaller-scale model) · is eftirmynd (exact copy) · lt replika (exact copy) · mi kape (exact copy) · el αντίγραφο (exact copy) · pdt Aufbilt (exact copy) · eo repliko (exact copy) · it replica (exact copy) · ja 複製 (exact copy) · zh 複製品 /复制品 (exact copy) · fr copie exacte (exact copy) · ro copii (exact copy) · pl kopia (exact copy) · ru муля́ж (exact copy) · bg дубликат (exact copy) · es trasunto (exact copy) · tr kopya (exact copy) · de Nachbildung (exact copy) · vo samäd (exact copy) · lt kopija (exact copy) · ro copie (exact copy) · zh 袖珍模型 (smaller-scale model) · fi kopio (exact copy) · fi jäljennös (exact copy) · is eftirlíking (exact copy) · fr réplique (exact copy) · hi प्रतिलिपि (exact copy) · sv replika (exact copy) · ga macasamhail (exact copy) · pt cópia exata (exact copy) · ia replica (exact copy) · zh 縮小模型 /缩小模型 (smaller-scale model) · hi प्रतिरूप (smaller-scale model)