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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old French exemplaire, from Late Latin exemplarium, from Latin exemplum. Doublet of exemplary.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɛɡˈzɛm.plə/, /ɪkˈzɛm.plə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɛɡˈzɛm.plɑɹ/, /ɪɡˈzɛm.plɚ/
Audio (GA) (file) - Hyphenation: ex‧em‧plar
Noun[edit]
exemplar (plural exemplars)
- Something fit to be imitated; an ideal, a model.
- A role model.
- Something typical or representative of a class; an example.
- 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.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Nicholas Udall to this entry?)
Synonyms[edit]
- (something fit to be imitated): see also Thesaurus:model
- (something typical or representative of a class): see also Thesaurus:exemplar
Translations[edit]
something fit to be imitated
role model — see role model
something typical or representative of a class
handwritten manuscript
Etymology 2[edit]
From French exemplaire, and its source, Latin exemplāris.
Adjective[edit]
exemplar (comparative more exemplar, superlative most exemplar)
- (obsolete) Exemplary.
- 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, chapter 8, in The Essayes, […], book II, printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
- In our age we have no patterne of motherly affection more exemplare, than yours.
Further reading[edit]
exemplar (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
exemplar m (plural exemplars)
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Neuter gender of exemplāris.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
exemplar n (genitive exemplāris); third declension
Inflection[edit]
Third declension neuter “pure” i-stem.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | exemplar | exemplāria |
| Genitive | exemplāris | exemplārium |
| Dative | exemplārī | exemplāribus |
| Accusative | exemplar | exemplāria |
| Ablative | exemplārī | exemplāribus |
| Vocative | exemplar | exemplāria |
Synonyms[edit]
- (copy): exemplāris
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Catalan: exemplar
- English: exemplar
- French: exemplaire
- German: Exemplar
- Russian: экземпля́р (ekzempljár)
- Portuguese: exemplar
- Spanish: ejemplar
References[edit]
- 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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin exemplaris.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
exemplar m, f (plural exemplares, comparable)
Noun[edit]
exemplar m (plural exemplares)
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin exemplarium, from Latin exemplum.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
exemplar n
- a copy (one of many identical artifacts)
Declension[edit]
| Declension of exemplar | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | exemplar | exemplaret | exemplar | exemplaren |
| Genitive | exemplars | exemplarets | exemplars | exemplarens |
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