exemplar

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 References 2 Latin 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Inflection 2.2.2 Synonyms 2.2.3 Related terms 2.2.4 Descendants

[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin exemplum, but respelled according to Latin exemplar.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɛgˈzɛm.plə/, /ɪkˈzɛm.plə/
• (US) IPA: /ɛgˈzɛm.plɑɹ/, /ɪgˈzɛm.plɚ/
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[edit] Noun

exemplar (plural exemplars)

1. Something fit to be imitated; see ideal and model.
2. Something typical or representative of a class; see example.
3. A pattern after which others should be made; see archetype.
4. A well known usage of a scientific theory.
5. A handwritten manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original copy of what gets multiply reproduced in a copy machine.

[edit] Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:model
• See also Wikisaurus:exemplar

[edit] Translations

[edit] References

• exemplar in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ekˈsem.plar/

[edit] Noun

exemplar (genitive exemplāris); n, third declension

1. model, pattern, example, original or ideal
2. copy

[edit] Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	exemplār	exemplaria
genitive	exemplaris	exemplarium
dative	exemplarī	exemplaribus
accusative	exemplār	exemplaria
ablative	exemplarī	exemplaribus
vocative	exemplār	exemplaria

[edit] Synonyms

• (copy): exemplāris

[edit] Related terms

• exemplāris
• exemplum

[edit] Descendants

• English: exemplar
• German: Exemplar
• Spanish: ejemplar