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exemplar

See also: Exemplar and exemplář

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Etymology 1

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From Latin exemplar, from Latin exemplum (“example”). Doublet of exemplary.

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Noun

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exemplar (plural exemplars)

  2. Something fit to be imitated; an ideal, a worthy model or role model: a desirable example.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus: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.
  4. Something typical or representative; an example that typifies its class.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:exemplar
  6. A pattern after which others should be made; an archetype.
  8. A well-known use of a scientific theory.
  10. A manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original document to be reproduced in a copy machine.
  12. 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.
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Etymology 2

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From French exemplaire, and its source, Latin exemplāris. By surface analysis, example +‎ -ar.

Adjective

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exemplar (comparative more exemplar, superlative most exemplar)

  1. (obsolete) Exemplary.

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin exemplāris.

Adjective

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exemplar m or f (masculine and feminine plural exemplars)

  1. exemplary
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Latin exemplar.

Noun

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exemplar m (plural exemplars)

  1. copy; edition
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Latin

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Etymology

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Substantivation of apocopated exemplāre, nominative neuter singular of exemplāris (“exemplary”) or directly from exemplum +‎ -ar.

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exemplar n (genitive exemplāris); third declension

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

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Third-declension noun (neuter, pure i-stem).

singular plural
nominative exemplar exemplāria
genitive exemplāris exemplārium
dative exemplārī exemplāribus
accusative exemplar exemplāria
ablative exemplārī exemplāribus
vocative exemplar exemplāria

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References

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  • “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

Occitan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin exemplar.

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Adjective

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exemplar m (feminine singular exemplara, masculine plural exemplars, feminine plural exemplaras)

  1. exemplary

Noun

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exemplar m (plural exemplars)

  1. copy, specimen, example

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin exemplāris.

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  • Hyphenation: e‧xem‧plar

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exemplar m or f (plural exemplares)

  1. exemplary

Noun

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exemplar m (plural exemplares)

  1. example, exemplar

Further reading

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  • “exemplar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French exemplaire, from Latin exemplarium.

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Noun

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exemplar n (plural exemplare)

  1. copy

Declension

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Declension of exemplar
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative exemplar exemplarul exemplare exemplarele
genitive-dative exemplar exemplarului exemplare exemplarelor
vocative exemplarule exemplarelor

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Late Latin exemplarium, from Latin exemplum.

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exemplar n

  1. a copy, a specimen (one of many identical artifacts)

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Declension of exemplar
nominative genitive
singular indefinite exemplar exemplars
definite exemplaret exemplarets
plural indefinite exemplar exemplars
definite exemplaren exemplarens
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