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Webster 1913 Edition
Exemplar
Ex-em′plar
,Noun.
1.
A model, original, or pattern, to be copied or imitated; a specimen; sometimes; an ideal model or type, as that which an artist conceives.
Such grand
exemplar
as make their own abilities the sole measure of what is fit or unfit. South.
2.
A copy of a book or writing.
[Obs.]
Udall.
Ex-em′plar
,Adj.
Exemplary.
[Obs.]
The
exemplar
piety of the father of a family. Jer. Taylor.
Webster 1828 Edition
Exemplar
EXEM'PLAR
,Noun.
1.
A model, original or pattern, to be copies or imitated.2.
The idea or image of a thing, formed in the mind or an artist, by which he conducts his work; the ideal model which he attempts to imitate.Definition 2025
Exemplar
exemplar
exemplar
English
Pronunciation
Noun
exemplar (plural exemplars)
- Something fit to be imitated; see ideal and model.
- A role model.
- Something typical or representative of a class; see example.
- A pattern after which others should be made; see 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 writing.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Udall to this entry?)
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:model
- See also Wikisaurus:exemplar
Translations
something fit to be imitated
role model — see role model
something typical or representative of a class
a 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, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, II.8:
- in our age we have no patterne of motherly affection more exemplare, than yours.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, II.8:
Latin
Etymology
Neuter gender of exemplāris.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ekˈsem.plar/
Noun
exemplar n (genitive exemplāris); third declension
Inflection
Third declension neuter “pure” i-stem.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | exemplar | exemplāria |
| genitive | exemplāris | exemplārium |
| dative | exemplārī | exemplāribus |
| accusative | exemplar | exemplāria |
| ablative | exemplārī | exemplāribus |
| vocative | exemplar | exemplāria |
Synonyms
- (copy): exemplāris
Derived terms
Related terms
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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “exemplar”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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
From Latin exemplaris.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /i.ˈzẽ.plaɾ/
- Hyphenation: e‧xem‧plar
Adjective
exemplar m, f (plural exemplares, comparable)
Noun
exemplar m (plural exemplares)
Swedish
Etymology
from Late Latin exemplarium, from Latin exemplum.
Pronunciation
Noun
exemplar n
- a copy (one of many identical artifacts)
Declension
| Inflection of exemplar | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | exemplar | exemplaret | exemplar | exemplaren |
| Genitive | exemplars | exemplarets | exemplars | exemplarens |
Related terms
- exemplarframställning