exemplar
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin exemplum, but respelled according to Latin exemplar.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
exemplar (plural exemplars)
- Something fit to be imitated; see ideal and model.
- Something typical or representative of a class; see example.
- A pattern after which others should be made; see archetype.
- A well known usage of a scientific theory.
- 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
a handwritten manuscript
[edit] References
- exemplar in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[edit] Catalan
[edit] Etymology
Latin exemplar
[edit] Noun
exemplar m. (plural exemplars)
[edit] Latin
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
exemplar (genitive exemplāris); n, third declension
[edit] Inflection
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | exemplar | exemplāria |
| genitive | exemplāris | exemplārium |
| dative | exemplārī | exemplāribus |
| accusative | exemplar | exemplāria |
| ablative | exemplārī | exemplāribus |
| vocative | exemplar | exemplāria |
[edit] Synonyms
- (copy): exemplāris
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[edit] Descendants
- Catalan: exemplar
- English: exemplar
- French: exemplaire
- German: Exemplar
- Russian: экземпляр
- Spanish: ejemplar
[edit] Swedish
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[edit] Noun
exemplar n.
- a copy (one of many identical artifacts)
[edit] Declension
Declension of exemplar
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neuter | indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite |
| nominative | exemplar | exemplaret | exemplar | exemplaren |
| genitive | exemplars | exemplarets | exemplars | exemplarens |
