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English

Etymology

From module + -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɒdjʊlə(ɹ)/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Adjective

modular (not comparable)

  1. Consisting of separate modules; especially where each module performs or fulfills some specified function and could be replaced by a similar module for the same function, independently of the other modules.
    • 2023 July 18, Joe Middleton, “Shapps announces £157m in grants at launch of new UK nuclear body”, in The Guardian:
      It is hoped that a competition to develop small modular reactors (SMRs) will drive billions of pounds of investment into the technology, which the government hopes will be cheaper and quicker to build than traditional large nuclear power plants.
  2. (chiefly mathematics) Of or relating to a module or modules.
  3. Relating to mode or modulation.

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of consisting of separate modules): monolithic

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Catalan

Etymology 1

From mòdul + -ar.

Pronunciation

Adjective

modular m or f (masculine and feminine plural modulars)

  1. modular

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin modulārī.

Pronunciation

Verb

modular (first-person singular present modulo, first-person singular preterite modulí, past participle modulat)

  1. to modulate
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Galician

Verb

modular (first-person singular present modulo, first-person singular preterite modulei, past participle modulado)

  1. to modulate

Conjugation

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German

Pronunciation

Adjective

modular (strong nominative masculine singular modularer, comparative modularer, superlative am modularsten)

  1. modular

Declension

  • modularisieren

Further reading

  • modular” in Duden online
  • modular” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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Interlingua

Verb

modular

  1. to modulate

Conjugation

More information infinitive, participle ...
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Portuguese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

 
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mu.duˈlaɾ/ [mu.ðuˈlaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /mu.duˈla.ɾi/ [mu.ðuˈla.ɾi]

Adjective

modular m or f (plural modulares)

  1. modular (consisting of modules)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

 
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mu.duˈlaɾ/ [mu.ðuˈlaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /mu.duˈla.ɾi/ [mu.ðuˈla.ɾi]

Verb

modular (first-person singular present modulo, first-person singular preterite modulei, past participle modulado)

  1. (transitive) to modulate (to regulate, adjust or adapt)
  2. (transitive, music) to modulate (to change the pitch, intensity or tone of one’s voice or of a musical instrument)
  3. (transitive, electronics) to modulate (to vary the amplitude, frequency or phase of a carrier wave)
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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French modulaire or English modular. By surface analysis, modul + -ar.

Adjective

modular m or n (feminine singular modulară, masculine plural modulari, feminine and neuter plural modulare)

  1. modular

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moduˈlaɾ/ [mo.ð̞uˈlaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: mo‧du‧lar

Adjective

modular m or f (masculine and feminine plural modulares)

  1. modular

Verb

modular (first-person singular present modulo, first-person singular preterite modulé, past participle modulado)

  1. to modulate

Conjugation

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