identikit
English
Etymology
Blend of identification + kit, originally a trademark.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /aɪˈdɛntɪkɪt/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US, weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /aɪˈdɛntəkɪt/
Noun
identikit (plural identikits)
- A picture of a person, reconstructed from strips showing facial features selected to match witnesses' descriptions; used by the police to build a likeness of a person sought for a crime.
- Synonyms: police sketch, composite sketch, facial composite, photofit
Translations
facial composite
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Adjective
identikit (not comparable) (UK)
- (informal, chiefly derogatory) Indistinguishable from each other; mass-produced or mass marketed.
- 2006, J. Christopher Holloway, Neil Taylor, The business of tourism, page 211:
- These identikit destinations have been developed through the activities of multinational tourism organizations.
- 2010, Christine White, Directors and Designers, page 172:
- These identikit productions do not require specific performers to bring a new interpretation but require the repetition of the successful event for the paying audience.
- 2012, Hannah Richell, The Secrets of the Tides, →ISBN, page 363:
- She guesses it is only a few years old; one of seven identikit mock-Tudor mansions built on a recent cul-de-sac development just outside Chichester.
- 2022 December 4, Phil McNulty, “England 3-0 Senegal”, in BBC Sport:
- Bellingham is the identikit modern midfield player and the manner in which he combined with Foden for England's second goal, completed by a rousing finish from Kane, was a glimpse into a golden future.
Synonyms
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.den.tiˈkit/, /iˈdɛn.ti.kit/[1]
- Rhymes: -it, -ɛntikit
- Hyphenation: i‧den‧ti‧kìt, i‧dèn‧ti‧kit
References
- identikit in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /identiˈkit/ [i.ð̞ẽn̪.t̪iˈkit̪]
- Rhymes: -it
- Syllabification: i‧den‧ti‧kit
Noun
identikit m (plural identikits)
- (Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay) identikit, police sketch, composite sketch, facial composite
- Synonyms: (Spain) retrato robot, (Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela) retrato hablado
Further reading
- “identikit”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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