identikit

English

Etymology

Blend of identification + kit, originally a trademark.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /aɪˈdɛntɪkɪt/
  • (file)
  • (US, weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /aɪˈdɛntəkɪt/

Noun

identikit (plural identikits)

  1. 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

Adjective

identikit (not comparable) (UK)

  1. (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

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English identikit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i.den.tiˈkit/, /iˈdɛn.ti.kit/[1]
  • Rhymes: -it, -ɛntikit
  • Hyphenation: i‧den‧ti‧kìt, i‧dèn‧ti‧kit

Noun

identikit m (invariable)

  1. identikit

References

  1. identikit in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English identikit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /identiˈkit/ [i.ð̞ẽn̪.t̪iˈkit̪]
  • Rhymes: -it
  • Syllabification: i‧den‧ti‧kit

Noun

identikit m (plural identikits)

  1. (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

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