template

For templates on Wiktionary, see Wiktionary:Index to templates.

English

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Etymology

Alteration of templet, probably from French templet, diminutive of temple (“a weaver's stretcher”), from Latin templum (“a small timber, tie-beam, a purlin”), from Proto-Indo-European *temp- (“to pull, stretch”). Alteration of second syllable due to analogy with plate. Cognate with Faroese tamba (“to stretch out, relax”), Icelandic þamb (“a stretched, bloated, or extended belly”).

Pronunciation

• (Canada, UK, US) IPA: /ˈtɛmp.leɪt/, /ˈtɛmp.lət/, SAMPA: /"tEmp.l@t/, "tEmp.leIt/

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Noun

template (plural templates)

1. A physical object whose shape is used as a guide to make other objects
2. A generic model or pattern from which other objects are based or derived
3. (molecular biology) A macromolecule which provides a pattern for the synthesis of another molecule
   • 2002, S. Lottin et al., “Thioredoxin post-transcriptional regulation by H19 provides a new function to mRNA-like non-coding RNA”^[1], Nature, volume 21, number 10: 

     Classically, the functional product of coding genes is a protein whose synthesis is directed by an mRNA-template.

Translations

a model or pattern used for making multiple copies of a single object

Arabic: قالب (ar) (qaalib) m. Bosnian: šablon (bs) m., podloga (bs) f. Catalan: plantilla (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 模板 (cmn) (múbǎn), 型板 (cmn) (xíngbǎn) Czech: šablona (cs) f. Danish: skabelon (da) c. Dutch: sjabloon (nl) n., malplaatje (nl) n. Esperanto: ŝablono (eo) Finnish: malline (fi), sapluuna (fi) French: gabarit (fr) m., calibre (fr) m., patron (fr) m., réglette (fr) f., modèle (fr) Galician: modelo (gl) m. German: Vorlage (de) f., Schablone (de) f. Greek: πρότυπο (el) n. Hungarian: sablon (hu) Ido: shablono (io) Interlingua: patrono (ia) Italian: mascherina (it) f. Japanese: 型板 (ja) (かたばん, kataban), 雛形 (ja) (ひながた, hinagata)

Korean: 템플렛 (ko) (tempeullet), 샘플 (ko) (saem-peul) Lithuanian: šablonas (lt) m. Luxembourgish: Schabloun (lb) f. Macedonian: шаблон (mk) m. Navajo: bee álnééhé Norwegian: Bokmål: mal (nb) m., sjablong (nb) m. Nynorsk: mal (nn) m., sjablong (nn) m. Polish: szablon (pl) m. Portuguese: modelo (pt) m., predefinição (pt) f., molde (pt) m., gabarito (pt) m. Romanian: model (ro) n., format (ro) n. Russian: шаблон (ru) (šablón) m. Serbian: Cyrillic: шаблон (sr) m., подлога (sr) f. Roman: šablon m., podloga f. Spanish: plantilla (es) f. Swedish: mall (sv) c., schablon (sv) c., mönster (sv) n. (textiles) Vietnamese: bản mẫu (vi) Welsh: templed (cy) m., patrymlun (cy) m.

See also

• boilerplate
• macro
• stencil
• cookie cutter
• Wiktionary:Index to templates

Verb

template (third-person singular simple present templates, present participle templating, simple past and past participle templated)

1. To set up or mark off using a template
   • 1994, Howard I. Chapelle, Boatbuilding^[2], ISBN 0393035549, page 368:

     Only that part of the floor timber that bears on the planking and keel need be templated; […]

2. To provide a template or pattern for
   • 2003, Yu Wang et al., “Synthesis and characterization of a new layered gallium phosphate templated by cobalt complex”, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, volume 170, number 1, DOI:10.1016/S0022-4596(02)00060-9: 

     Metal phosphates that are templated by transition-metal complexes are rare.

Derived terms

• templater