exemplar
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Latin exemplar, from Latin exemplum (“example”). Doublet of exemplary.
==== Pronunciation ====
(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɛɡˈzɛm.plə/, /ɪkˈzɛm.plə/
(General American) IPA(key): /ɛɡˈzɛm.plɑɹ/, /ɪɡˈzɛm.plɚ/
Hyphenation: ex‧em‧plar
==== Noun ====
exemplar (plural exemplars)
Something fit to be imitated; an ideal, a worthy model or role model: a desirable example.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:model
Something typical or representative; an example that typifies its class.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:exemplar
A pattern after which others should be made; an archetype.
A well-known use of a scientific theory.
A manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original document to be reproduced in a copy machine.
A copy of a book or piece of writing.
===== Derived terms =====
===== Translations =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
From French exemplaire, and its source, Latin exemplāris. By surface analysis, example + -ar.
==== Adjective ====
exemplar (comparative more exemplar, superlative most exemplar)
(obsolete) Exemplary.
=== Further reading ===
exemplar (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
“exemplar”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
=== Anagrams ===
exampler
== Catalan ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Central) [əɡ.zəmˈplar]
IPA(key): (Balearic) [əɡ.zəmˈpla]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [eɡ.zemˈplaɾ]
=== Etymology 1 ===
Borrowed from Latin exemplāris.
==== Adjective ====
exemplar m or f (masculine and feminine plural exemplars)
exemplary
===== Derived terms =====
exemplarisme
===== Related terms =====
exemplaritat
=== Etymology 2 ===
Borrowed from Latin exemplar.
==== Noun ====
exemplar m (plural exemplars)
copy; edition
===== Derived terms =====
exemplar d'obsequi
=== Further reading ===
“exemplar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
“exemplar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“exemplar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“exemplar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
== Latin ==
=== Etymology ===
Substantivation of apocopated exemplāre, nominative neuter singular of exemplāris (“exemplary”) or directly from exemplum + -ar.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛkˈsɛm.pɫar]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eɡˈzɛm.plar]
=== Noun ===
exemplar n (genitive exemplāris); third declension
model, pattern, example, original or ideal
copy
==== Declension ====
Third-declension noun (neuter, pure i-stem).
==== Synonyms ====
(copy): exemplāris
==== Derived terms ====
exemplārium
==== Related terms ====
exemplum
==== Descendants ====
=== 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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
== Occitan ==
=== Alternative forms ===
exemplari (Provençal)
=== Etymology ===
From Latin exemplar.
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Adjective ===
exemplar m (feminine singular exemplara, masculine plural exemplars, feminine plural exemplaras)
exemplary
=== Noun ===
exemplar m (plural exemplars)
copy, specimen, example
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin exemplāris.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: e‧xem‧plar
=== Adjective ===
exemplar m or f (plural exemplares)
exemplary
=== Noun ===
exemplar m (plural exemplares)
example, exemplar
=== Further reading ===
“exemplar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“exemplar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
“exemplar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Romanian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from French exemplaire, from Latin exemplarium.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ek.semˈplar/
=== Noun ===
exemplar n (plural exemplare)
copy
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
“exemplar”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026
== Swedish ==
=== Alternative forms ===
ex
=== Etymology ===
From Late Latin exemplarium, from Latin exemplum.
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
exemplar n
a copy, a specimen (one of many identical artifacts)
==== Declension ====
==== Related terms ====
exemplarframställning