exemplar

See also: Exemplar and exemplář

English

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exemplar

Wikipedia

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/

• Audio (General American):

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• Hyphenation: ex‧em‧plar

Noun

exemplar (plural exemplars)

2. Something fit to be imitated; an ideal, a worthy model or role model: a desirable example.

   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.

4. Something typical or representative; an example that typifies its class.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:exemplar

6. A pattern after which others should be made; an archetype.
8. A well-known use of a scientific theory.
10. A manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original document to be reproduced in a copy machine.
12. 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.

Derived terms

• counterexemplar

Translations

something fit to be imitated

Arabic: أُسْوَة f (ʔuswa) Bulgarian: модел (bg) m (model), образец (bg) m (obrazec) Georgian: ნიმუში (nimuši), მოდელი (modeli), მაგალითი (magaliti) German: Vorbild (de) n, Vergleichstück n Irish: eiseamláir f Macedonian: пример m (primer) Maori: tauira (mi) Romanian: model (ro) n Russian: образе́ц (ru) m (obrazéc) Spanish: ejemplar (es) m

role model — see role model

something typical or representative of a class

Bulgarian: образец (bg) m (obrazec), пример (bg) m (primer) Georgian: ნიმუში (nimuši), მაგალითი (magaliti), ეგზემპლარი (egzemṗlari), მოდელი (modeli) German: Urbild (de) n, Urgestalt f Italian: esemplare (it) m, campione (it) m Latin: exemplar (la) n Macedonian: примерок m (primerok) Maori: tauaromahi Romanian: exemplar (ro) n Russian: образе́ц (ru) m (obrazéc) Spanish: ejemplar (es) m

handwritten manuscript

Bulgarian: екземпляр (bg) m (ekzempljar) Esperanto: ekzemplero French: exemple (fr) f German: Urschrift (de) f Latin: copia (la) f Macedonian: примерок m (primerok) Russian: экземпля́р (ru) (ekzempljár)

Etymology 2

From French exemplaire, and its source, Latin exemplāris. By surface analysis, example +‎ -ar.

Adjective

exemplar (comparative more exemplar, superlative most exemplar)

1. (obsolete) Exemplary.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 8, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

     In our age we have no patterne of motherly affection more exemplare, than yours.

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]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin exemplāris.

Adjective

exemplar m or f (masculine and feminine plural exemplars)

1. exemplary

Derived terms

• exemplarisme

Related terms

• exemplaritat

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin exemplar.

Noun

exemplar m (plural exemplars)

1. 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], 2007 April
• “exemplar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “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

1. model, pattern, example, original or ideal
2. copy

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, pure i-stem).

	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

• exemplārium

Related terms

• exemplum

Descendants

• → Catalan: exemplar (learned)
• → English: exemplar
• → French: exemplaire (learned)
• → German: Exemplar
• → Italian: esemplare (learned)
• → Middle Irish: eisimpláir
  • Irish: eiseamláir
• → Portuguese: exemplar (learned)
• → Russian: экземпля́р (ekzempljár)
• → Spanish: ejemplar (learned)

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

• exemplari (Provençal)

Etymology

From Latin exemplar.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adjective

exemplar m (feminine singular exemplara, masculine plural exemplars, feminine plural exemplaras)

1. exemplary

Noun

exemplar m (plural exemplars)

1. copy, specimen, example

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exemplāris.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.zẽˈplaʁ/ [e.zẽˈplah]

• (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/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.zẽˈplaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.zẽˈpla.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: e‧xem‧plar

Adjective

exemplar m or f (plural exemplares)

1. exemplary

Noun

exemplar m (plural exemplares)

1. 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

• IPA^(key): /ek.semˈplar/

Noun

exemplar n (plural exemplare)

1. copy

Declension

Declension of exemplar

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	exemplar	exemplarul		exemplare	exemplarele
genitive-dative	exemplar	exemplarului		exemplare	exemplarelor
vocative	exemplarule			exemplarelor

Further reading

• “exemplar”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Swedish

Alternative forms

• ex

Etymology

From Late Latin exemplarium, from Latin exemplum.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

exemplar n

1. a copy, a specimen (one of many identical artifacts)

Declension

Declension of exemplar

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	exemplar	exemplars
	definite	exemplaret	exemplarets
plural	indefinite	exemplar	exemplars
	definite	exemplaren	exemplarens

Related terms

• exemplarframställning