exemplar

See also: Exemplar and exemplář

Contents

English

Etymology 1

From Old French exemplaire, from Late Latin exemplarium, from Latin exemplum. Doublet of exemplary.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɛɡˈzɛm.plə/, /ɪkˈzɛm.plə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɛɡˈzɛm.plɑɹ/, /ɪɡˈzɛm.plɚ/

• Audio (GA)

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ex‧em‧plar

Noun

exemplar (plural exemplars)

1. Something fit to be imitated; an ideal, a model.
2. A role model.
3. Something typical or representative of a class; an example.
4. A pattern after which others should be made; an archetype.
5. A well known usage of a scientific theory.
6. A handwritten manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original copy of what gets multiply reproduced in a copy machine.
7. A copy of a book or piece of writing.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Nicholas Udall to this entry?)

Synonyms

• (something fit to be imitated): see also Thesaurus:model
• (something typical or representative of a class): see also Thesaurus:exemplar

Translations

something fit to be imitated

• Arabic: أُسْوَة‎‎ f (ʾuswa)
• Bulgarian: модел (bg) m (model), образец (bg) m (obrazec)
• German: Vorbild (de) n, Vergleichstück n
• Macedonian: пример m (prímer)

• Maori: tauira
• Romanian: model (ro) n
• Russian: образе́ц (ru) m (obrazéc)

role model — see role model

something typical or representative of a class

• Bulgarian: образец (bg) m (obrazec), пример (bg) m (primer)
• German: Urbild (de) n, Urgestalt f
• Latin: exemplar (la) n

• Macedonian: примерок m (prímerok)
• Romanian: exemplar (ro) n
• Russian: образе́ц (ru) m (obrazéc)

handwritten manuscript

• Bulgarian: екземпляр (bg) m (ekzempljar)
• Esperanto: ekzemplero
• French: exemple (fr) f
• German: Vorlage (de) f

• Latin: copia (la) f
• Macedonian: примерок m (prímer)
• Russian: экземпля́р (ru) (ekzempljár)

Etymology 2

From French exemplaire, and its source, Latin exemplāris.

Adjective

exemplar (comparative more exemplar, superlative most exemplar)

1. (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

• exemplar (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• exampler

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Catalan

Etymology

Latin exemplar

Noun

exemplar m (plural exemplars)

1. copy; edition

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Latin

Etymology

Neuter gender of exemplāris.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ekˈsem.plar/, [ɛkˈsɛm.pɫar]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ekˈsem.plar/

Noun

exemplar n (genitive exemplāris); third declension

1. model, pattern, example, original or ideal
2. copy

Inflection

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

• (copy): exemplāris

Derived terms

• exemplārium

Related terms

• exemplum

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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin exemplaris.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.ˈzẽ.plaɾ/
• Hyphenation: e‧xem‧plar

Adjective

exemplar m, f (plural exemplares, comparable)

1. exemplary

Noun

exemplar m (plural exemplares)

1. example, exemplar

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Swedish

Etymology

From Late Latin exemplarium, from Latin exemplum.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

exemplar n

1. a copy (one of many identical artifacts)

Declension

Declension of exemplar
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	exemplar	exemplaret	exemplar	exemplaren
Genitive	exemplars	exemplarets	exemplars	exemplarens

Related terms

• exemplarframställning