exemplar
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old French exemplaire, from Late Latin exemplarium, from Latin exemplum. Doublet of exemplary.
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɛɡˈzɛm.plə/, /ɪkˈzɛm.plə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɛɡˈzɛm.plɑɹ/, /ɪɡˈzɛm.plɚ/
Audio (GA) (file) - Hyphenation: ex‧em‧plar
NounEdit
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.
TranslationsEdit
something fit to be imitated
role model — see role model
something typical or representative of a class
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handwritten manuscript
Etymology 2Edit
From French exemplaire, and its source, Latin exemplāris.
AdjectiveEdit
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 946730821:
- In our age we have no patterne of motherly affection more exemplare, than yours.
Further readingEdit
- exemplar (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “exemplar”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
exemplar m (plural exemplars)
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
Compare of exemplāris.
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ekˈsem.plar/, [ɛkˈs̠ɛmpɫ̪är]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ekˈsem.plar/, [eɡˈzɛmplär]
NounEdit
exemplar n (genitive exemplāris); third declension
DeclensionEdit
Third-declension noun (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 |
SynonymsEdit
- (copy): exemplāris
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Catalan: exemplar
- English: exemplar
- French: exemplaire
- German: Exemplar
- Russian: экземпля́р (ekzempljár)
- Portuguese: exemplar
- Spanish: ejemplar
ReferencesEdit
- “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
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin exemplāris.
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: e‧xem‧plar
AdjectiveEdit
exemplar m or f (plural exemplares)
NounEdit
exemplar m (plural exemplares)
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French exemplaire, from Latin exemplarium.
NounEdit
exemplar n (plural exemplare)
DeclensionEdit
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 |
SwedishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Late Latin exemplarium, from Latin exemplum.
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
NounEdit
exemplar n
DeclensionEdit
Declension of exemplar | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | exemplar | exemplaret | exemplar | exemplaren |
Genitive | exemplars | exemplarets | exemplars | exemplarens |