modèle
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, diminutive form of modulus (“measure, standard”), diminutive of modus (“measure”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
modèle m (plural modèles)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Bulgarian: моде́л (modél)
- → Chinese: → 模特兒/模特儿, → 模特 (mótè) (transliteration)
- → Serbo-Croatian: модел, mòdel
- → Vietnamese: mô-đen
See also edit
- mannequin (“fashion model”)
Verb edit
modèle
- inflection of modeler:
Further reading edit
- “modèle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.