exemplar

See also: Exemplar and exemplář

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.
   • 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

2. A role model.
3. Something typical or representative of a class; an example that typifies.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:exemplar

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.
   • 1539, Richard Taverner, “Preface”, in Taverner's Bible:

     To amend the same [default] according to the true exemplars.

Translations

something fit to be imitated

• Arabic: أُسْوَة‎ f (ʾuswa)
• Bulgarian: модел (bg) m (model), образец (bg) m (obrazec)
• Georgian: ნიმუში (nimuši), მოდელი (modeli), მაგალითი (magaliti)
• German: Vorbild (de) n, Vergleichstück n
• Macedonian: пример m (primer)
• Maori: tauira (mi)
• 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)
• Georgian: ნიმუში (nimuši), მაგალითი (magaliti), ეგზემპლარი (egzemṗlari), მოდელი (modeli)
• German: Urbild (de) n, Urgestalt f
• Italian: esemplare (it) m, campione (it) m
• Latin: exemplar (la) n
• Macedonian: примерок m (primerok)
• Maori: tauaromahi
• 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 (primerok)
• 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, 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 reading

• exemplar (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “exemplar”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• exampler

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Catalan

Etymology

Latin exemplar

Noun

exemplar m (plural exemplars)

1. copy; edition

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Latin

Etymology

Compare of exemplāris.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

exemplar n (genitive exemplāris); third declension

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

Declension

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

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

Borrowed from Latin exemplāris.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.zẽˈplaʁ/ [e.zẽˈplah]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.zẽˈplaʁ/ [e.zẽˈplah]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /e.zẽˈplaɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /e.zẽˈplaʁ/ [e.zẽˈplaχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.zẽˈplaɻ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.zẽˈplaɾ/

• Hyphenation: e‧xem‧plar

Adjective

exemplar m or f (plural exemplares)

1. exemplary

Noun

exemplar m (plural exemplares)

1. example, exemplar

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Romanian

Etymology

From French exemplaire, from Latin exemplarium.

Noun

exemplar n (plural exemplare)

1. copy

Declension

Declension of exemplar

	singular		plural
	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

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Swedish

Alternative forms

• ex

Etymology

From Late Latin exemplarium, from Latin exemplum.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

exemplar n

1. a copy, a specimen (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