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English
Etymology 1
From Latin exemplar, from Latin exemplum. Doublet of exemplary.
Pronunciation
Noun
exemplar (plural exemplars)
- Something fit to be imitated; an ideal, a model.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus: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.
- 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.
Translations
something fit to be imitated
something typical or representative of a class
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.
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin exemplāris.
Adjective
exemplar m or f (masculine and feminine plural exemplars)
- exemplary
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin exemplar.
Noun
exemplar m (plural exemplars)
- copy; edition
Further reading
Latin
Etymology
Compare of exemplāris.
Pronunciation
Noun
exemplar n (genitive exemplāris); third declension
- model, pattern, example, original or ideal
- copy
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).
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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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Occitan
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin exemplar.
Pronunciation
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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
Adjective
exemplar m or f (plural exemplares)
- exemplary
Noun
exemplar m (plural exemplares)
- example, exemplar
Further reading
- “exemplar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French exemplaire, from Latin exemplarium.
Pronunciation
Noun
exemplar n (plural exemplare)
- copy
Declension
Further reading
Swedish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Late Latin exemplarium, from Latin exemplum.
Pronunciation
Noun
exemplar n
- a copy, a specimen (one of many identical artifacts)
Declension
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