Wiktionary

model

See also: Model, modeł, modèl, and módel

EnglishEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

From Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, diminutive form of modulus (“measure, standard”), diminutive of modus (“measure”); see mode, and compare module, modulus, mould, mold.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

model (plural models)

  1. A person who serves as a subject for artwork or fashion, usually in the medium of photography but also for painting or drawing.
    The beautiful model had her face on the cover of almost every fashion magazine imaginable.
  2. A person, usually an attractive male or female that is hired to show items or goods to the public, such as items that are given away as prizes on a TV game show.
  3. A representation of a physical object, usually in miniature.
    The boy played with a model of a World War II fighter plane.
  4. A simplified representation used to explain the workings of a real world system or event.
    The computer weather model did not correctly predict the path of the hurricane.
    • 2007 November 1, Jeff Goodell, quoting James Lovelock, “James Lovelock, the Prophet”, in Rolling Stone‎[1]:
      The trouble is, all those well-intentioned scientists who are arguing that we’re not in any imminent danger are basing their arguments on computer models. I’m basing mine on what’s actually happening.
    • 2013 June 29, Leo Montada, “Coping with Life Stress”, in Herman Steensma; Riël Vermunt, editors, Social Justice in Human Relations Volume 2: Societal and Psychological Consequences of Justice and Injustice‎[2], Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 26:
      The fourth model is called the enlightment model: Actors are seen to be responsible for problems but unable or unwilling to provide solutions. They are believed to need discipline provided by authoritative guidance. The Alcoholic Anonymous[sic] groups are considered prototypical for this model.
  5. A style, type, or design.
    He decided to buy the turbo engine model of the sports car.
    This year's model features four doors instead of two.
  6. The structural design of a complex system.
    The team developed a sound business model.
  7. A successful example to be copied, with or without modifications.
    He was a model of eloquence and virtue.
    British parliamentary democracy was seen as a model for other countries to follow.
    • 1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 714:
      Above all, the 48-page timetables of the new service, which have been distributed free at every station in the scheme, are a model to the rest of B.R. For the first time on British Railways, so far as we are aware, a substantial timetable has been produced, not only without a single footnote but also devoid of all wearisome asterisks, stars, letter suffixes and other hieroglyphics.
    • 2013 June 22, “Engineers of a different kind”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 70:
      Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. […] Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today.
  8. (logic) An interpretation function which assigns a truth value to each atomic proposition.
  9. (logic) An interpretation which makes a set of sentences true, in which case that interpretation is called a model of that set.
  10. (medicine) An animal that is used to study a human disease or pathology.
  11. Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.
  12. (software architecture) In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that manage the data.

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Hyponyms of "model"

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DescendantsEdit

  • → Cebuano: model
  • → Chinese: 模特兒／模特儿 (mótèr), 模特 (mótè), 麻豆 (mádòu), 摩度 (Cantonese)
  • → Swahili: modeli

TranslationsEdit

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AdjectiveEdit

model (not comparable)

  1. Worthy of being a model; exemplary.
    • 1898, John Thorburn, The St. Andrew's Society of Ottawa: 1846-1897 : sketch, page 40:
      [...] from the land of your origin, because you demand the claims of those who believe it more model than yours, [...]
    • 1932, Nora Fugger, James Austin Galaston (translator), The Glory of the Habsburgs: the Memoirs of Princess Fugger, page 35:
      Methods of game-preservation in their extensive and well-stocked hunting-grounds were as model as the huntsmanlike management of the hunts.
    • 1934, Charles Ryle Fay, Imperial economy and its place in the formation of economic doctrine, 1600-1932, page 143:
      [...] and we press with special severity on one small country whose agriculture is as model as is her way of rural life.
    • 1956, Stephen Rynne, All Ireland, page 54:
      True, it is an untidy county; the farmhouses are much more model than the farms (when we reach Antrim we shall find that the farms are more model than the farmhouses).
    • 1961, Blackwood's Magazine, volume 289, page 525:
      At our approach the animals made so much noise that the owners of the hut peered round the door to see what was the matter; outwardly rather less model than the farm, there appeared two ancient Basques, emblematically black-bereted, gnarled [...]
    • 1968, American County Government, volume 33, page 19:
      But not all the exchanges were as model as the sergeant. Some of the exchangees showed a rigidity and reluctance to adapt.
    • 1999, Michael D. Williams, Acquisition for the 21st century: the F-22 Development Program, page 113:
      It is as model as you can get.
    • 2002, Uma Anand Segal, A framework for immigration: Asians in the United States, page 308:
      While Asians have been perceived as the model minority, it is increasingly clear that some Asian groups are more model than are others, and even within these model groups, a division exists [...]
    • 2010, Eleanor Coppola, Notes on a Life, page 140:
      All were neat and well kept which added to the sense that they were more model than real.
    Synonym: ideal

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VerbEdit

model (third-person singular simple present models, present participle (UK) modelling or (US) modeling, simple past and past participle (UK) modelled or (US) modeled)

  1. (transitive) to display for others to see, especially in regard to wearing clothing while performing the role of a fashion model
    She modelled the shoes for her friends to see.
  2. (transitive) to use as an object in the creation of a forecast or model
    They modelled the data with a computer to analyze the experiment’s results.
  3. (transitive) to make a miniature model of
    He takes great pride in his skill at modeling airplanes.
  4. (transitive) to create from a substance such as clay
    The sculptor modelled the clay into the form of a dolphin.
  5. (intransitive) to make a model or models
  6. (intransitive) to be a model of any kind
    The actress used to model before being discovered by Hollywood.

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AlbanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Ultimately from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, diminutive form of modulus (“measure, standard”).

NounEdit

model m (indefinite plural modele, definite singular modeli, definite plural modelet)

  1. pattern
  2. example
    Synonyms: shembull, mostër

DeclensionEdit

Declension of model
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative model modele modeli modelet
accusative model modele modelin modelet
genitive modeli modeleve modelit modelevet
dative modeli modeleve modelit modelevet
ablative modeli modelesh modelit modelevet

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CatalanEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

model m (plural models)

  1. model

NounEdit

model m or f (plural models)

  1. model (person)

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

CebuanoEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • Hyphenation: mo‧del

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from English model, from Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, diminutive form of Latin modulus (“measure, standard”), diminutive of modus (“measure”).

NounEdit

model

  1. fashion model
  2. model, poser; someone who poses for a photograph or painting
  3. framework
  4. example

VerbEdit

model

  1. to model
  2. to become or work as a fashion model
  3. to pose
SynonymsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From the Cebuano phrase mo-deliver ug lunggon (“someone who delivers coffins”).

NounEdit

model

  1. (colloquial, humorous) a funeral home worker; a funeral director or funeral attendant See usage notes.
Usage notesEdit
  • Used to poke fun at a good-looking or well-dressed person.

Crimean TatarEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French modèle (“model”).

NounEdit

model

  1. model

DeclensionEdit

Declension of model
nominative model
genitive modelniñ
dative modelge
accusative modelni
locative modelde
ablative modelden

ReferencesEdit

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[3], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

CzechEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From German Modell.

NounEdit

model m inan

  1. model
    Máte jiný model? ― Do you have another model?
DeclensionEdit
Declension of model
singular plural
nominative model modely
genitive modelu modelů
dative modelu modelům
accusative model modely
vocative modele modely
locative modelu, modele modelech
instrumental modelem modely

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

NounEdit

model f

  1. genitive plural of modla

Further readingEdit

  • model in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • model in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • model in Internetová jazyková příručka

DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, diminutive form of modulus.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

model n (plural modellen, diminutive modelletje n)

  1. model (type, design)
  2. model (someone or something serving as an artistic subject)
  3. model (simplified representation)
  4. model (miniature)
  5. model (prototype)
  6. shape, the proper arrangement of something

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DescendantsEdit

IndonesianEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

From Dutch model, from Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, diminutive form of modulus. Doublet of mode, modern, modul, and modus.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈmodɛl]
  • Hyphenation: mo‧dèl

NounEdit

modèl (first-person possessive modelku, second-person possessive modelmu, third-person possessive modelnya)

  1. model,
    1. a style, type, or design.
    2. a person who serves as a subject for artwork or fashion, usually in the medium of photography but also for painting or drawing.
    3. a person, usually an attractive female, hired to show items or goods to the public, such as items given away as prizes on a TV game show.
    4. a representation of a physical object, usually in miniature.
  2. (psychology) role model, a person who serves as an example, whose behavior is emulated by others

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PolishEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French modèle, from Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, from Latin modulus.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

model m inan (diminutive modelik)

  1. model (miniature)
    Synonym: makieta
  2. model (simplified representation)
  3. model (style)
    Synonyms: fason, typ
  4. model (structural design)
    Synonyms: paradygmat, szablon, wzorzec, wzór

DeclensionEdit

Declension of model
singular plural
nominative model modele
genitive modelu modeli/modelów
dative modelowi modelom
accusative model modele
instrumental modelem modelami
locative modelu modelach
vocative modelu modele

NounEdit

model m pers (feminine modelka)

  1. model (person who serves as a subject for artwork)
  2. model (person who serves as a subject for fashion)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of model
singular plural
nominative model modele
genitive modela modeli/modelów
dative modelowi modelom
accusative modela modeli/modelów
instrumental modelem modelami
locative modelu modelach
vocative modelu modele

Derived termsEdit

adjective
noun
verbs

Related termsEdit

adverb
noun

Further readingEdit

  • model in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • model in Polish dictionaries at PWN

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French modèle or Italian modello.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /moˈdel/
  • Rhymes: -el
  • Hyphenation: mo‧del

NounEdit

model n (plural modele)

  1. a template

DeclensionEdit

Declension of model
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) model modelul (niște) modele modelele
genitive/dative (unui) model modelului (unor) modele modelelor
vocative modelule modelelor

Serbo-CroatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From German Modell or French modèle, from Italian modello, from Latin modellus.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /mǒdel/
  • Hyphenation: mo‧del

NounEdit

mòdel m (Cyrillic spelling мо̀дел)

  1. model (clarification of this definition is needed)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of model
singular plural
nominative mòdel modeli
genitive modèla modela
dative modelu modelima
accusative model modele
vocative modele modeli
locative modelu modelima
instrumental modelom modelima

ReferencesEdit

  • “model” in Hrvatski jezični portal

TurkishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French modèle.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /moˈdel/
  • Hyphenation: mo‧del

NounEdit

model (definite accusative modeli, plural modeller)

  1. model (clarification of this definition is needed)

DeclensionEdit

Inflection
Nominative model
Definite accusative modeli
Singular Plural
Nominative model modeller
Definite accusative modeli modelleri
Dative modele modellere
Locative modelde modellerde
Ablative modelden modellerden
Genitive modelin modellerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular modelim modellerim
2nd singular modelin modellerin
3rd singular modeli modelleri
1st plural modelimiz modellerimiz
2nd plural modeliniz modelleriniz
3rd plural modelleri modelleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular modelimi modellerimi
2nd singular modelini modellerini
3rd singular modelini modellerini
1st plural modelimizi modellerimizi
2nd plural modelinizi modellerinizi
3rd plural modellerini modellerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular modelime modellerime
2nd singular modeline modellerine
3rd singular modeline modellerine
1st plural modelimize modellerimize
2nd plural modelinize modellerinize
3rd plural modellerine modellerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular modelimde modellerimde
2nd singular modelinde modellerinde
3rd singular modelinde modellerinde
1st plural modelimizde modellerimizde
2nd plural modelinizde modellerinizde
3rd plural modellerinde modellerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular modelimden modellerimden
2nd singular modelinden modellerinden
3rd singular modelinden modellerinden
1st plural modelimizden modellerimizden
2nd plural modelinizden modellerinizden
3rd plural modellerinden modellerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular modelimin modellerimin
2nd singular modelinin modellerinin
3rd singular modelinin modellerinin
1st plural modelimizin modellerimizin
2nd plural modelinizin modellerinizin
3rd plural modellerinin modellerinin
Predicative forms
Singular Plural
1st singular modelim modellerim
2nd singular modelsin modellersin
3rd singular model
modeldir 		modeller
modellerdir
1st plural modeliz modelleriz
2nd plural modelsiniz modellersiniz
3rd plural modeller modellerdir

WelshEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English model, from Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

model m or f (plural modelau)

  1. model

MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
model fodel unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further readingEdit

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “model”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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