# imitative

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #77,792

## Definitions
1. Imitating; copying; not original.
2. Modelled after another thing.
3. sound-symbolic or onomatopoeic

## Etymology
From Latin imitātīvus.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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