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