mímesis
Spanish, noun
mímesis is spelled M-Í-M-E-S-I-S (7 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish, the 122,511th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mímesis is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “alternative spelling of mimesis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, mimesis is a different word: “mimesis”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Imitación de la naturaleza como fin esencial del arte”.
What does mímesis mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealternative spelling of mimesis
noun
- 1
femininemimesis
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante de mímesis.
noun: 1. Imitación de la naturaleza como fin esencial del arte. 2. Imitación de las características gestuales, de habla, costumbres etc de una persona.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
English words that translate to mímesis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mímesis in Spanish?
mímesis appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).