different between exemplar vs mirror

English

Etymology 1

From Old French exemplaire, from Late Latin exemplarium, from Latin exemplum. Doublet of exemplary.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???z?m.pl?/, /?k?z?m.pl?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???z?m.pl??/, /???z?m.pl?/
• Hyphenation: ex?em?plar

Noun

exemplar (plural exemplars)

1. Something fit to be imitated; an ideal, a model.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:model

2. A role model.
3. Something typical or representative of a class; an example.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:exemplar

4. A pattern after which others should be made; an archetype.
5. A well known usage of a scientific theory.
6. A handwritten manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original copy of what gets multiply reproduced in a copy machine.
7. A copy of a book or piece of writing.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Nicholas Udall to this entry?)

Translations

Etymology 2

From French exemplaire, and its source, Latin exempl?ris.

Adjective

exemplar (comparative more exemplar, superlative most exemplar)

1. (obsolete) Exemplary.

Further reading

• exemplar (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “exemplar”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• exampler

Catalan

Etymology

Latin exemplar

Noun

exemplar m (plural exemplars)

1. copy; edition

Latin

Etymology

Compare of exempl?ris.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ek?sem.plar/, [?k?s??mp??är]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ek?sem.plar/, [???z?mpl?r]

Noun

exemplar n (genitive exempl?ris); third declension

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

Declension

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

Synonyms

• (copy): exempl?ris

Derived terms

• exempl?rium

Related terms

• exemplum

Descendants

• Catalan: exemplar
• English: exemplar
• French: exemplaire
• German: Exemplar
• Russian: ?????????? (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
• exemplar in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• exemplar in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin exemplaris.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.?z?.pla?/
• Hyphenation: e?xem?plar

Adjective

exemplar m or f (plural exemplares, comparable)

1. exemplary

Noun

exemplar m (plural exemplares)

1. example, exemplar

Romanian

Etymology

From French exemplaire, from Latin exemplarium.

Noun

exemplar n (plural exemplare)

1. copy

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

From Late Latin exemplarium, from Latin exemplum.

Pronunciation

Noun

exemplar n

1. a copy (one of many identical artifacts)

Declension

Related terms

• exemplarframställning

English

Alternative forms

• mirrour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English mirour, from Old French mireor, from mirer (“look at”), from Latin m?ror (“wonder at”), from m?rus (“wonderful”), from *smey- (“to laugh, to be glad”). Displaced native Old English s??awere (literally “watcher”), which was also the word for "spy."

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?.??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?mi?.?/, /?m??.?/, /?m??/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /?m?.??/
• Rhymes: -???(?), -??(?), -????(?)
• Homophone: mere (some accents)

Noun

mirror (plural mirrors)

1. A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it.

   I had a look in the mirror to see if the blood had come off my face.

   We could see the lorry in the mirror, so decided to change lanes.

2. (figuratively) An object, person, or event that reflects or gives a picture of another.

   His story is a mirror into the life of orphans growing up.

   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, Faerie Queene

     O goddess, heavenly bright, / Mirror of grace and majesty divine.

3. (computing, Internet) A disk, website or other resource that contains replicated data.

   Although the content had been deleted from his blog, it was still found on some mirrors.

4. A mirror carp.
5. (historical) A kind of political self-help book, advising kings, princes, etc. on how to behave.

Synonyms

• (reflecting surface): glass (old-fashioned), looking glass (old-fashioned)

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

mirror (third-person singular simple present mirrors, present participle mirroring, simple past and past participle mirrored)

1. (transitive) Of an event, activity, behaviour, etc, to be identical to, to be a copy of.

   He tried to mirror Elvis's life. He copied his fashion and his mannerisms, and he even went to live in Graceland.

2. (computing, transitive) To create something identical to (a web site, etc.).
3. (transitive) To reflect, as in a mirror.

Translations

See also

• cheval glass
• looking glass