exemplar
English
Etymology 1
From Old French exemplaire, from Late Latin exemplarium, from Latin exemplum. Doublet of exemplary.
Pronunciation
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Audio (GA): (file) - Hyphenation: ex‧em‧plar
Noun
exemplar (plural exemplars)
- Something fit to be imitated; an ideal, a model.
- 2020 August 26, Nigel Harris, “Comment Special: Catastrophe at Carmont”, in Rail, page 4:
- A ray of light amid all this nonsense was Gwyn Topham's piece in the Guardian, which was timely, measured, accurate and of appropriate tone. That this single report stood out so clearly as an exemplar is a scathing comment in itself on the volumes of drivel surrounding it.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:model
- A role model.
- Something typical or representative of a class; an example that typifies.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:exemplar
- A pattern after which others should be made; an 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.
- A copy of a book or piece of writing.
- 1539, Richard Taverner, “Preface”, in Taverner's Bible:
- To amend the same [default] according to the true exemplars.
Translations
something fit to be imitated
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role model — see role model
something typical or representative of a class
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handwritten manuscript
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Etymology 2
From French exemplaire, and its source, Latin exemplāris.
Adjective
exemplar (comparative more exemplar, superlative most exemplar)
- (obsolete) Exemplary.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 8, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
- In our age we have no patterne of motherly affection more exemplare, than yours.
Further reading
- exemplar (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “exemplar”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Noun
exemplar m (plural exemplars)
Latin
Etymology
Compare of exemplāris.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ekˈsem.plar/, [ɛkˈs̠ɛmpɫ̪är]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ekˈsem.plar/, [eɡˈzɛmplär]
Noun
exemplar n (genitive exemplāris); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | exemplar | exemplāria |
Genitive | exemplāris | exemplārium |
Dative | exemplārī | exemplāribus |
Accusative | exemplar | exemplāria |
Ablative | exemplārī | exemplāribus |
Vocative | exemplar | exemplāria |
Synonyms
- (copy): exemplāris
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Catalan: exemplar
- English: exemplar
- French: exemplaire
- German: Exemplar
- Russian: экземпля́р (ekzempljár)
- Portuguese: exemplar
- Spanish: ejemplar
References
- “exemplar”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “exemplar”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- exemplar in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- exemplar in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin exemplaris.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: e‧xem‧plar
Adjective
exemplar m or f (plural exemplares)
Noun
exemplar m (plural exemplares)
Romanian
Etymology
From French exemplaire, from Latin exemplarium.
Noun
exemplar n (plural exemplare)
Declension
Declension of exemplar
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) exemplar | exemplarul | (niște) exemplare | exemplarele |
genitive/dative | (unui) exemplar | exemplarului | (unor) exemplare | exemplarelor |
vocative | exemplarule | exemplarelor |
Swedish
Etymology
From Late Latin exemplarium, from Latin exemplum.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
exemplar n
- a copy (one of many identical artifacts)
Declension
Declension of exemplar | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | exemplar | exemplaret | exemplar | exemplaren |
Genitive | exemplars | exemplarets | exemplars | exemplarens |
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