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Pronunciation / Transliteration: biquíni
"Ela comprou um biquíni novo para o verão."
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A two-piece swimsuit for women.
"She packed a bright red bikini for her beach vacation."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived in 1946 from Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, where atomic bomb tests were conducted, with the French designer Louis Réard naming the revealing two-piece swimsuit after the explosive impact it would have on fashion. It was formed by analogy with the prefix bi- combined with 'kini', mistakenly parsed as a root from 'bikini'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Bikini" is said worldwide
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bikini
Transliteration: bikini
"Elle porte un beau bikini à la plage."
Bikini
Transliteration: Bikini
"Sie hat einen neuen Bikini für den Sommer gekauft."
bikini
Transliteration: bikini
"Ha comprato un bikini nuovo per andare al mare."
bikini
Transliteration: bikini
"Lleva un bikini azul en la playa."
biquíni
Transliteration: biquíni
"Ela comprou um biquíni novo para o verão."
bikini
Transliteration: bikini
"Usne samudra tat par ek sundar bikini pahni thi."
比基尼
Transliteration: bǐjīní
"她在海滩上穿了一件红色的比基尼。"
비키니
Transliteration: bikini
"그녀는 해변에서 예쁜 비키니를 입었다."
ビキニ
Transliteration: bikini
"彼女はビーチで赤いビキニを着ています。"
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