supermodel

English

Etymology

First written example dates from 1942 in the English language, in common use since the late 1980s.[1] Sometimes incorrectly attributed to supermodel Janice Dickinson.

Pronunciation

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Noun

supermodel (plural supermodels)

A highly paid, famous fashion model.
(dated) A technological improvement over an invention's previous model.

Related terms

model

Translations

famous fashion model

Armenian: սուպերմոդել (supermodel)
Belarusian: супермадэ́ль f (supjermadélʹ), топ-мадэ́ль f (top-madélʹ)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 超級名模／超级名模 (chāojí míngmó)
Czech: topmodelka f, supermodelka f
Danish: supermodel c
Dutch: supermodel (nl)
Estonian: supermodell
Finnish: huippumalli, supermalli
French: top model (fr) m or f, top-modèle (fr) f
Galician: supermodelo m or f
Georgian: სუპერმოდელი (suṗermodeli)
German: Supermodel f
Hungarian: szupermodell (hu)
Indonesian: supermodel, adiperagawan
Italian: supermodel
Japanese: スーパーモデル (sūpāmoderu)
Korean: 슈퍼모델 (syupeomodel)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: supermodell m
Persian: سوپرمدل‎ (supermodel)
Polish: supermodelka (pl) f
Portuguese: supermodelo m or f
Romanian: super-modelă f
Russian: супермоде́ль (ru) f (supermodɛ́lʹ), топ-моде́ль (ru) f (top-modɛ́lʹ)
Slovak: topmodelka f
Spanish: supermodelo m or f
Swedish: supermodell (sv) c
Ukrainian: супермоде́ль f (supermodélʹ), топ-моде́ль f (top-modélʹ)
Vietnamese: siêu mẫu

References

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