imitated
真似した
解説 Definition
imitated は imitate（真似する、模倣する）の過去形・過去分詞です。人の動作や声、作品の様式などをまねたことを表します。
The past tense and past participle of imitate, meaning copied another person’s voice, actions, manner, or artistic style. It can describe deliberate mimicry, learning by copying, or producing something modeled on an existing example.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 imitate「まねる」に規則的な -d が付いた過去形・過去分詞で、imitate–imitated–imitated と変化します。語尾は /ɪd/ と発音します。imitate a voice/style/movement の組み合わせで、人の声・作風・動きを再現した場面を思い浮かべましょう。
Treat imitated as the completed form of imitate: imitate–imitated–imitated. Because the base verb ends in the /t/ sound, the final -ed is pronounced /ɪd/, giving an extra syllable. Link it with common objects such as “imitated a voice,” “imitated the teacher’s movements,” and “imitated an artist’s style.” The central image is not merely observing a model but reproducing one of its noticeable features. This also connects naturally with imitation, the noun for the act or result of copying.
例文
The child imitated his teacher's voice.
その子どもは先生の声をまねしました。
Many artists imitated the painter's early style.
多くの芸術家がその画家の初期の作風を模倣しました。
She imitated the dance steps after watching the video.
彼女は動画を見た後、そのダンスのステップをまねしました。
imitated の類義語・関連語
imitated の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語のimitari（模倣する）に由来し、語根imit-に動詞化接尾辞-ateが結合しました。もともと「対象の姿をそっくり写し取る」意味があり、自然に「真似した」と納得できます。同語根の関連語にimitation（模倣）があります。
Imitated is formed from imitate plus the regular past-tense and participial ending -d. Imitate entered English through Latin imitatus, the past participle of imitari, “to copy or represent.” The English verb was shaped with the familiar verb-forming ending -ate. Its related noun imitation preserves the same Latin base and refers to either the act of copying or a copied result.
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