REPLICA


Meaning of REPLICA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈre-pli-kə ]

noun

Etymology: Italian, repetition, from replicare to repeat, from Late Latin, from Latin, to fold back — more at reply

Date: 1824

1. : an exact reproduction (as of a painting) executed by the original artist

a replica of this was painted…this year — Constance Strachey

2. : a copy exact in all details

DNA makes a replica of itself

sailed a replica of the Viking ship

broadly : copy

this faithful, pathetic replica of a Midwestern suburb — G. F. Kennan

Synonyms: see reproduction

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.