Other forms: imitations
An imitation is a copy of something, usually less good than the original. A poor imitation, imitation leather, do an imitation of him.
As a label it is honest rather than dishonest, since imitation leather is not pretending to be anything. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery is the standard consolation for being copied.
1nounimitationA copy of something, usually less good than the original.
“The painting in the hall is only an imitation; the original is in a museum.”
imitation is a copy.
Latin imitatio comes from imitari, to copy.
Latin
imitatio
Old French
imitacion
Middle French
imitacion
Middle English
imitacioun
English, today
imitation
From Middle English imitacioun, from Middle French imitacion, from Old French imitacion, from Latin imitatio.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA