copycat

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (derogatory, informal) One who imitates or plagiarizes others' work.
2. A criminal who imitates the crimes of another; specifically, a criminal who commits the same crime, especially a highly-publicized one, that has just or recently been committed by someone else.

Adj

Imitative; unoriginal.

Verb

To act as a copycat; to copy in a shameless or derivative way.

Concepts

imitateur

émule

émulation

singe

🐒

suiveur

d’imitation

du même genre

faussaire

copieur

copycat

émulateur

Synonymes

imitator

ape

🐒

aper

emulator

mimic

parrot

🦜

fake

forge

impersonate

me-too

mimicker

reproduce

cheater

copier

copy

counterfeit

duplicate

Traductions

Nachäffer

imitatore

naäper

Nachahmer

copión

copiona

copião

imitador

copione

emulador

macaquice

εξομοιωτής

Nachäfferin

Étymologie (Anglais)

Originally American English, from copy + cat (“former derogatory term for a person”).