exemplar

See also Exemplar

English

Wikipedia

Etymology 1

From Latin exemplum, but respelled according to Latin exemplar.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɛɡˈzɛm.plə/, /ɪkˈzɛm.plə/
• (US) IPA: /ɛɡˈzɛm.plɑɹ/, /ɪɡˈzɛm.plɚ/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

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.
6. A copy of a book or writing.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Udall to this entry?)

Synonyms

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

Translations

something fit to be imitated

• Bulgarian: модел (bg) (model) m, образец (bg) (obrazec) m

• Macedonian: пример (mk) (prímer) m

something typical or representative of a class

• Bulgarian: образец (bg) (obrazec) m, пример (bg) (primer) m

• Macedonian: примерок (mk) (prímerok) m

a handwritten manuscript

• Bulgarian: екземпляр (bg) (ekzempljar) m
• Esperanto: ekzemplero (eo)

• French: exemple (fr) f
• Macedonian: примерок (mk) (prímer) m
• Russian: экземпляр (ru) (ekzempljar)

Etymology 2

From French exemplaire, and its source, Latin exemplāris.

Adjective

exemplar (comparative more exemplar, superlative most exemplar)

1. (obsolete) Exemplary.
   • 1603, John Florio, trans. Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.8:

     in our age we have no patterne of motherly affection more exemplare, than yours.

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Catalan

Etymology

Latin exemplar

Noun

exemplar m (plural exemplars)

1. copy; edition

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ekˈsem.plar/

Noun

exemplar (genitive exemplāris); n, third declension

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

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	exemplar	exemplāria
genitive	exemplāris	exemplārium
dative	exemplārī	exemplāribus
accusative	exemplar	exemplāria
ablative	exemplārī	exemplāribus
vocative	exemplar	exemplāria

Synonyms

• (copy): exemplāris

Related terms

• exemplāris
• exemplum

Descendants

• Catalan: exemplar
• English: exemplar
• French: exemplaire
• German: Exemplar
• Russian: экземпляр
• Spanish: ejemplar

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Portuguese

Adjective

exemplar m and f (plural exemplares; comparable)

1. exemplary

Noun

exemplar m (plural exemplares)

1. example, exemplar

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

exemplar n

1. a copy (one of many identical artifacts)

Declension

Declension of exemplar

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	exemplar	exemplaret	exemplar	exemplaren
genitive	exemplars	exemplarets	exemplars	exemplarens

Related terms

• exemplarframställning