Main Entry: rep·li·ca

Pronunciation: \ˈre-pli-kə\

Function: noun

Etymology: Italian, repetition, from replicare to repeat, from Late Latin, from Latin, to fold back — more at reply

Date: 1824

1 : an exact reproduction (as of a painting) executed by the original artist <a replica of this was painted…this year — Constance Strachey>
2 : a copy exact in all details <DNA makes a replica of itself> <sailed a replica of the Viking ship>; broadly : copy <this faithful, pathetic replica of a Midwestern suburb — G. F. Kennan>

synonyms see reproduction