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)
- 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
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- A role model.
- Something typical or representative of a class; an example that typifies.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:exemplar
- A pattern after which others should be made; an archetype.
- A well known usage of a scientific theory.
- A handwritten manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original copy of what gets multiply reproduced in a copy machine.
- 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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Translations
something fit to be imitated
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role model — see role model
something typical or representative of a class
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handwritten manuscript
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Etymology 2
From French exemplaire, and its source, Latin exemplāris.
Adjective
exemplar (comparative more exemplar, superlative most exemplar)
- (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.
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Further reading
- exemplar (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “exemplar”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Anagrams
- exampler
Catalan
Etymology
Latin exemplar
Noun
exemplar m (plural exemplars)
- copy; edition
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
- model, pattern, example, original or ideal
- copy
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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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, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin exemplāris.
Pronunciation
- (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)
- exemplary
Noun
exemplar m (plural exemplares)
- example, exemplar
Romanian
Etymology
From French exemplaire, from Latin exemplarium.
Noun
exemplar n (plural exemplare)
- copy
Declension
Declension of exemplar
singular | plural | |||
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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 |
Swedish
Alternative forms
- ex
Etymology
From Late Latin exemplarium, from Latin exemplum.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
exemplar n
- a copy, a specimen (one of many identical artifacts)
Declension
Declension of exemplar | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | exemplar | exemplaret | exemplar | exemplaren |
Genitive | exemplars | exemplarets | exemplars | exemplarens |
Related terms
- exemplarframställning