replica

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   An exact copy.

   The statue on the museum floor is an authentic replica.

2. 2
   noun

   A copy made at a smaller scale than the original.

   He collected replicas of old cars.

3. 3
   noun

   copy that is not the original

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian replica, derived from Latin replicare (“to fold or bend back; to reply”). Doublet of reply and replicate.