# exemplar
## English
### Etymology 1

From Latin exemplar, from Latin exemplum (“example”). Doublet of exemplary.

#### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɛɡˈzɛm.plə/, /ɪkˈzɛm.plə/
* (General American) IPA: /ɛɡˈzɛm.plɑɹ/, /ɪɡˈzɛm.plɚ/
* Audio (General American):(file)
* Hyphenation: ex‧em‧plar

#### Noun

exemplar (plural exemplars)
* 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.
* Something typical or representative; an example that typifies its class.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:exemplar
* A pattern after which others should be made; an archetype.
* A well-known use of a scientific theory.
* A manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original document to be 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.

##### Derived terms

* counterexemplar
* exemplarary

##### Translations
### 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.
** 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: (Central) [əɡ.zəmˈplar]
* IPA: (Balearic) [əɡ.zəmˈpla]
* IPA: (Valencia) [eɡ.zemˈplaɾ]
* Audio (Barcelona):(file)

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin exemplāris.

#### Adjective

exemplar m or f (masculine and feminine plural exemplars)
* exemplary

##### Derived terms

* exemplarisme

##### Related terms

* exemplaritat

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin exemplar.

#### Noun

exemplar m (plural exemplars)
* copy; edition

##### Derived terms

* exemplar d'obsequi

### Further reading

* “exemplar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “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: /ekˈsem.plar/, [ɛkˈs̠ɛmpɫ̪är]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ekˈsem.plar/, [eɡˈzɛmplär]

### Noun

exemplar n (genitive exemplāris); third declension
* model, pattern, example, original or ideal
* copy

#### Declension

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

#### Synonyms

* (copy): exemplāris

#### Derived terms

* exemplārium

#### Related terms

* exemplum

#### Descendants

* → Catalan: exemplar (learned)
* → English: exemplar
* → French: exemplaire (learned)
* → German: Exemplar
* → 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:(file)
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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

* (Brazil) IPA: /e.zẽˈplaʁ/ [e.zẽˈplah]
* (Brazil) IPA: /e.zẽˈplaʁ/ [e.zẽˈplah]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /e.zẽˈplaɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /e.zẽˈplaʁ/ [e.zẽˈplaχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /e.zẽˈplaɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /i.zẽˈplaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /i.zẽˈplaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /i.zẽˈpla.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: e‧xem‧plar

### 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

* IPA: /ek.semˈplar/

### Noun

exemplar n (plural exemplare)
* copy

#### Declension
### Further reading

* exemplar in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Swedish
### Alternative forms

* ex

### Etymology

From Late Latin exemplarium, from Latin exemplum.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

exemplar n
* a copy, a specimen (one of many identical artifacts)

#### Related terms

* exemplarframställning