template

For templates on Wiktionary, see Wiktionary:Templates.

English

 template on Wikipedia

Etymology

Alteration of templet, probably from French templet, diminutive of temple (“a weaver's stretcher”), variant of tempe, from Latin tempora (“temple”). Alteration of second syllable due to analogy with plate. Cognate with Faroese tamba (“to stretch out, relax”), Icelandic þamb (“a stretched, bloated, or extended belly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛm.plɪt/, /ˈtɛm.plət/
• (spelling pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛm(ˌ)pleɪt/, /tɛmˈpleɪt/
• (Hong Kong) IPA^(key): /tɛmˈpleɪt/, [tʰɛmˈpʰleɪ̯t̚]

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

template (plural templates)

1. A physical object whose shape is used as a guide to make other objects.
2. A generic model or pattern from which other objects are based or derived.
3. (computing) A file or document serving as a basis for others.
4. (molecular biology) A macromolecule which provides a pattern for the synthesis of another molecule.
   • 2002, S. Lottin et al., “Thioredoxin post-transcriptional regulation by H19 provides a new function to mRNA-like non-coding RNA”, in Nature‎, volume 21, number 10:

     Classically, the functional product of coding genes is a protein whose synthesis is directed by an mRNA-template.

5. (object-oriented programming) A partially defined class or function, that can be instantiated in a variety of ways depending on the instantiation arguments.
6. A strip of metal used in boiler-making, pierced with a series of holes, and serving as a guide in marking out a line of rivet-holes.
7. (weaving) Synonym of temple.
   • 1987, Paula Simmons, Spinning and weaving with wool, published 1977, →ISBN, page 180:

     The template length is adjusted to the proper fabric width. Then the sharp pins in the template ends are hooked into the selvedge edges (with the template open).

Derived terms

• curiously recurring template pattern
• expression template
• template metaprogramming
• template method
• template method pattern
• template strand
• templating (computing)

Translations

physical object

Albanian: stampë (sq) f Arabic: قَالَب m (qālab) Armenian: կաղապար (hy) (kaġapar), շաբլոն (hy) (šablon) Assamese: চানেকি (saneki) Azerbaijani: şablon Belarusian: шабло́н m (šablón) Bulgarian: шабло́н (bg) m (šablón) Burmese: အတိုင်း (my) (a.tuing:) Catalan: model (ca) m, patró (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 模板 (zh) (múbǎn), 型板 (zh) (xíngbǎn) Czech: šablona (cs) f Danish: skabelon (da) c Dutch: sjabloon (nl) n, malplaatje n Esperanto: ŝablono (eo) Estonian: mall (et), šabloon (et) Finnish: malline (fi), sapluuna (fi) French: gabarit (fr) m, calibre (fr) m, patron (fr) m, réglette (fr) f, modèle (fr) Galician: modelo (gl) m Georgian: თარგი (ka) (targi), შაბლონი (šabloni) German: Vorlage (de) f, Schablone (de) f Greek: πρότυπο (el) n (prótypo) Hebrew: תַּבְנִית (he) f (tavnít) Hindi: साँचा (hi) m (sā̃cā) Hungarian: sablon (hu) Ido: shablono (io) Indonesian: templat Interlingua: patrono Irish: teimpléad m Italian: mascherina (it) f, sagoma (it) f, modello (it) m, stampo (it) m, calibro (it) m Japanese: 型板 (かたばん, kataban), 雛形 (ja) (ひながた, hinagata), テンプレート (ja) (tenpurēto) Kazakh: үлгі (ülgı) Korean: 템플렛 (tempeullet), 샘플 (saempeul), 틀 (ko) (teul) Kyrgyz: калып (ky) (kalıp) Lao: ແມ່ແບບ (mǣ bǣp), ແບບ (bǣp) Latvian: veidne f Lithuanian: šablonas (lt) m Luxembourgish: Schabloun (lb) f Macedonian: предлошка f (predloška), шабло́н m (šablón) Malay: templat (ms) Maori: matua, tāhua, paparangi Middle Persian: h'mgwn Mongolian: Cyrillic: загвар (mn) (zagvar) Navajo: bee álnééhé Norwegian: Bokmål: mal (no) m, sjablong m Nynorsk: mal m, sjablong m Persian: قالِب (fa) (qâleb), شابلون (fa) (šâblon) Polish: szablon (pl) m Portuguese: modelo (pt) m, predefinição (pt) f, molde (pt) m, gabarito (pt) m Romanian: model (ro) n, format (ro) n, șablon (ro) n Russian: шабло́н (ru) m (šablón) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: шаблон m, по̏длога f Roman: šablon (sh) m, pȍdloga (sh) f Slovak: šablóna f Slovene: predloga f Spanish: plantilla (es) f Swedish: mall (sv) c, schablon (sv) c, mönster (sv) n (textiles) Tagalog: suleras Thai: แม่แบบ (th) (mɛ̂ɛ-bɛ̀ɛp) Turkish: şablon (tr) Ukrainian: шабло́н (uk) m (šablón) Venetan: modèl m Vietnamese: bản mẫu, khuôn mẫu (vi) Walloon: modele (wa) m, patron m Welsh: templed (cy) m, patrymlun (cy) m

generic model

Armenian: կաղապար (hy) (kaġapar), շաբլոն (hy) (šablon) Assamese: চানেকি (saneki) Belarusian: шабло́н m (šablón) Chinese: Mandarin: 模板 (zh) (múbǎn), 範本 / 范本 (zh) (fànběn) Czech: šablona (cs) f Danish: forlæg n, mønster (da) n, model c Esperanto: ŝablono (eo) Finnish: malli (fi) French: modèle (fr) m German: Vorlage (de) f Hebrew: תַּבְנִית (he) f (tavnít) Hungarian: séma (hu), sablon (hu), minta (hu), templátum Irish: múnla m Italian: modello (it) m, paradigma (it) m Macedonian: предлошка f (predloška), шабло́н m (šablón) Malayalam: മാതൃക (ml) (mātr̥ka) Maori: tauira (mi), papatauira Norwegian: Bokmål: mønster (no) n Polish: schemat (pl) m, szablon (pl) m Romanian: șablon (ro) n Russian: шабло́н (ru) m (šablón) Slovak: šablóna f Spanish: patrón (es) m Swedish: mall (sv) c Turkish: şablon (tr) Ukrainian: шабло́н (uk) m (šablón) Venetan: modèl m

computing: document template

Finnish: aloituspohja, malli (fi), mallipohja, pohjatiedosto French: modèle (fr) m, modèles (fr) m pl Hungarian: sablon (hu), dokumentumsablon Spanish: plantilla (es) m, plantillas (es) m pl Swedish: mall (sv) c

molecular biology: macromolecule with patterns

Finnish: templaatti French: matrice (fr) m, matrices (fr) m pl Hungarian: templát Spanish: molécula patrón f, moléculas patrón f pl

object-oriented programming: partially defined class/function

Belarusian: шабло́н m (šablón) Danish: skabelon (da) c Dutch: template (nl) Finnish: malli (fi), malline (fi) French: template (fr) m Macedonian: предлошка f (predloška), шабло́н m (šablón) Portuguese: template (pt) m Romanian: șablon (ro) n Russian: шабло́н (ru) m (šablón) Spanish: plantilla (es) f Ukrainian: шабло́н (uk) m (šablón) Vietnamese: bản mẫu, khuôn mẫu (vi)

strip of metal

French: gabarit (fr) m, gabarits (fr) m pl Romansch: schablon m, schablona f Spanish: plantilla (es) m, plantillas (es) m pl

See also

• boilerplate
• cookie cutter
• generics
• macro
• schema (and scheme)
• stencil

Verb

template (third-person singular simple present templates, present participle templating, simple past and past participle templated)

1. To set up or mark off using a template.
   • 1994, Howard I. Chapelle, Boatbuilding‎, →ISBN, page 368:

     Only that part of the floor timber that bears on the planking and keel need be templated; […]

2. To provide a template or pattern for.
   • 2003, Yu Wang et al., “Synthesis and characterization of a new layered gallium phosphate templated by cobalt complex”, in Journal of Solid State Chemistry, volume 170, number 1, →DOI:

     Metal phosphates that are templated by transition-metal complexes are rare.

3. (molecular biology, transitive) To synthesize by means of a template.

Derived terms

• templater

Anagrams

• palmette

French

Etymology

Anglicism (English template). Possibly a doublet of templet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛm.plɛt/, /tɑ̃.plɛt/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

Noun

template m (plural templates)

1. (object-oriented programming) template

Spanish

Verb

template

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of templar combined with te