🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Nachbildung

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Nachbildung

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Replica/ˈrɛp.lɪ.kə/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Im Museum gibt es eine originalgetreue Nachbildung."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An exact copy or model of something, especially one on a smaller scale.

    "The museum displayed a detailed replica of the ancient sailing ship."
  2. 2

    A copy of a work of art produced by the maker of the original.

    "The painter created a fine replica of her most famous landscape canvas."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the late 19th century Italian word 'replica', meaning a repetition or copy, originating from the Latin verb 'replicare' (to fold back, reply). Initially used primarily in the fine arts to describe an artist's copy of their own work, the term eventually broadened to mean any close or exact imitation of an original object.

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