Imitate vs Italianism - What's the difference?
imitate | italianism |
To follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of.
* 1870 , Shirley Hibberd, Rustic Adornments for Homes of Taste (page 170)
To copy.
A loanword from the Italian language
A characteristic of Italy or the Italian people
A tendency to assimilate or imitate the culture or customs of Italy
As a verb imitate
is to follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of.As a noun italianism is
a loanword from the italian language.imitate
English
Verb
(imitat)- Another bird quickly learned to imitate the song of a canary that was mated with it, but as the parrakeet improved in the performance the canary degenerated, and came at last to mingle the other bird's harsh chitterings with its own proper music.
