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English

Alternative forms

• modell

Etymology

From Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, diminutive form of modulus (“measure, standard”), diminutive of modus (“measure”); see mode, and compare module, modulus, mould, mold.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m?dl?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?m?dl?/, [?m?.??]
• • Homophone: mottle
• Hyphenation: mod?el
• Rhymes: -?d?l

Noun

model (plural models)

1. A person who serves as a subject for artwork or fashion, usually in the medium of photography but also for painting or drawing.

2. A person, usually an attractive female, hired to show items or goods to the public, such as items given away as prizes on a TV game show.
3. A representation of a physical object, usually in miniature.
   • You have here the models of several ancient temples, though the temples and the gods are perished.

4. A simplified representation used to explain the workings of a real world system or event.
5. A style, type, or design.

6. The structural design of a complex system.

7. A successful example to be copied, with or without modifications.

   He was a model of eloquence and virtue.

8. (logic) An interpretation function which assigns a truth value to each atomic proposition.
9. (logic) An interpretation which makes a set of sentences true, in which case that interpretation is called a model of that set.
10. (medicine) An animal that is used to study a human disease or pathology.
11. Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.
12. (software architecture) In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that manage the data.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:model

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Descendants

• ? Cebuano: model

Adjective

model (not comparable)

1. Worthy of being a model; exemplary.
   • 1898, John Thorburn, The St. Andrew's Society of Ottawa: 1846-1897 : sketch, page 40:

     [...] from the land of your origin, because you demand the claims of those who believe it more model than yours, [...]

   • 1932, Nora Fugger, James Austin Galaston (translator), The Glory of the Habsburgs: the Memoirs of Princess Fugger, page 35:

     Methods of game-preservation in their extensive and well-stocked hunting-grounds were as model as the huntsmanlike management of the hunts.

   • 1934, Charles Ryle Fay, Imperial economy and its place in the formation of economic doctrine, 1600-1932, page 143:

     [...] and we press with special severity on one small country whose agriculture is as model as is her way of rural life.

   • 1956, Stephen Rynne, All Ireland, page 54:

     True, it is an untidy county; the farmhouses are much more model than the farms (when we reach Antrim we shall find that the farms are more model than the farmhouses).

   • 1961, Blackwood's Magazine, volume 289, page 525:

     At our approach the animals made so much noise that the owners of the hut peered round the door to see what was the matter; outwardly rather less model than the farm, there appeared two ancient Basques, emblematically black-bereted, gnarled [...]

   • 1968, American County Government, volume 33, page 19:

     But not all the exchanges were as model as the sergeant. Some of the exchangees showed a rigidity and reluctance to adapt.

   • 1999, Michael D. Williams, Acquisition for the 21st century: the F-22 Development Program, page 113:

     It is as model as you can get.

   • 2002, Uma Anand Segal, A framework for immigration: Asians in the United States, page 308:

     While Asians have been perceived as the model minority, it is increasingly clear that some Asian groups are more model than are others, and even within these model groups, a division exists [...]

   • 2010, Eleanor Coppola, Notes on a Life, page 140:

     All were neat and well kept which added to the sense that they were more model than real.

   Synonym: ideal

Translations

Verb

model (third-person singular simple present models, present participle (UK) modelling or (US) modeling, simple past and past participle (UK) modelled or (US) modeled)

1. (transitive) to display for others to see, especially in regard to wearing clothing while performing the role of a fashion model

2. (transitive) to use as an object in the creation of a forecast or model

3. (transitive) to make a miniature model of

4. (transitive) to create from a substance such as clay

5. (intransitive) to make a model or models
6. (intransitive) to be a model of any kind

Synonyms

• modelise, US modelize

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• model in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• model in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• model on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• LModE, molde

Albanian

Etymology

Ultimately from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, diminutive form of modulus (“measure, standard”).

Noun

model m (indefinite plural modele, definite singular modeli, definite plural modelet)

1. pattern
2. example

   Synonyms: shembull, mostër

Declension

Derived terms

• modeloj
• modelim

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /mo?d?l/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /mu?d?l/

Noun

model m (plural models)

1. model

model m or f (plural models)

1. model (person)

Related terms

• modelar

Further reading

• “model” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “model” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “model” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “model” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mo?del

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English model, from Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, diminutive form of Latin modulus (“measure, standard”), diminutive of modus (“measure”),

Noun

model

1. fashion model
2. model, poser; someone who poses for a photograph or painting
3. framework
4. example

Verb

model

1. to model
2. to become or work as a fashion model
3. to pose

Synonyms

• modelo

Etymology 2

From the Cebuano phrase mo-deliver ug lunggon (“someone who delivers coffins”).

Noun

model

1. (colloquial, humorous) a funeral home worker; a funeral director or funeral attendant See usage notes.

Usage notes

• Used to poke fun at a good-looking or well-dressed person.

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From French modèle (“model”).

Noun

model

1. model

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?^[2], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?mod?l]

Noun

model f

1. genitive plural of modla

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, diminutive form of modulus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo??d?l/
• Hyphenation: mo?del
• Rhymes: -?l

Noun

model n (plural modellen, diminutive modelletje n)

1. model (type, design)
2. model (someone or something serving as an artistic subject)
3. model (simplified representation)
4. model (miniature)
5. model (prototype)
6. shape, the proper arrangement of something

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: model
• ? Indonesian: model
• ? West Frisian: model

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch model, from Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, diminutive form of modulus. Doublet of mode, modern, modul, and modus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?mod?l]
• Hyphenation: mo?dèl

Noun

model or modèl

1. model,
   1. a style, type, or design.
   2. a person who serves as a subject for artwork or fashion, usually in the medium of photography but also for painting or drawing.
   3. a person, usually an attractive female, hired to show items or goods to the public, such as items given away as prizes on a TV game show.
   4. a representation of a physical object, usually in miniature.
2. (psychology) role model, a person who serves as an example, whose behavior is emulated by others

Affixations

Further reading

• “model” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Polish

Etymology

From French modèle, from Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, from Latin modulus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?.d?l/

Noun

model m inan (diminutive modelik)

1. model (miniature)

   Synonym: makieta

2. model (simplified representation)
3. model (style)

   Synonyms: fason, typ

4. model (structural design)

   Synonyms: paradygmat, szablon, wzorzec, wzór

Declension

Noun

model m pers (feminine modelka)

1. model (person who serves as a subject for artwork)
2. model (person who serves as a subject for fashion)

Declension

Derived terms

• (verbs) modelowa?, wymodelowa?
• (noun) modelownia
• (adjective) modelowy

Related terms

• (noun) modeling
• (adverb) modelowo

Further reading

• model in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• model in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo?del/
• Rhymes: -el
• Hyphenation: mo?del

Noun

model n (plural modele)

1. a template

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Modell or French modèle, from Italian modello, from Latin modellus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?del/
• Hyphenation: mo?del

Noun

mòdel m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. model (clarification of this definition is needed)

Declension

References

• “model” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French modèle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo?del/
• Hyphenation: mo?del

Noun

model (definite accusative modeli, plural modeller)

1. model (clarification of this definition is needed)

Declension

English

Etymology

From Middle English brand, from Old English brand (“fire; flame; burning; torch; sword”), from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“flame; flaming; fire-brand; torch; sword”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?renu- (“to bubble forth; brew; spew forth; burn”). Cognate with Scots brand, West Frisian brân (“fire”), Dutch brand, German Brand, Swedish brand (“blaze, fire”), Icelandic brandur, French brand (< Germanic). Parallel to e.g. Proto-Slavic *gor?ti (“to burn”) from Proto-Indo-European *b?renu- (“to bubble forth; brew; spew forth; burn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?ænd/
• Rhymes: -ænd

Noun

brand (plural brands)

1. (obsolete, rare) A conflagration; a flame.
   • 1559, Jasper Heywood (translator), Troas

     Goe to prepare the maryages what neede the torchis light? be holde the towres of troy do shyne with brandes that blase full bright.

   • 1559, Jasper Heywood (translator), Troas

     Is yet againe thy brest enflamde,
     with brande of venus might

2. (archaic or poetic) A piece of burning wood or peat, or a glowing cinder.
   • 1513, Gavin Douglas, The Eneados

     The fearful brands and bleezes of het fire.

   • 1859-1890, John Gorham Palfrey, History of New England to the Revolutionary War

     Snatching a live brand from a wigwam, Mason threw it on a matted roof.

   • 1559, Jasper Heywood (translator), Troas

     Or when amid the Grecians shippes,
     he threw the brandes of fyre.

3. (Scotland, Northern England) A torch used for signaling.
4. (archaic) A sword.
   • ?, Alfred Tennyson, Sir Galahad

     The shattering trumpet shrilleth high,
     The hard brands shiver on the steel,
     The splinter'd spear-shafts crack and fly,
     The horse and rider reel

5. A mark or scar made by burning with a hot iron, especially to mark cattle or to classify the contents of a cask.
6. A branding iron.
7. The symbolic identity, represented by a name and/or a logo, which indicates a certain product or service to the public.
8. A specific product, service, or provider so distinguished.

9. (by extension) Any specific type or variety of something; a distinct style or manner.
10. The public image or reputation and recognized, typical style of an individual or group.
    • 2011, Tom Bevan, Carl M. Cannon, Election 2012: The Battle Begins, Crown (?ISBN)

      The Obama brand had taken a hit two months earlier, when he campaigned for Creigh Deeds in Virginia and Jon Corzine in New Jersey, only to see them both lose.

    • 2012, Start Your Own Personal Concierge Service, Entrepreneur Press (?ISBN), page 104:

      Her brand is edgy, cosmopolitan, and out-of-the-box, so blogging is the perfect, ever-changing match for her.

    • 2019, Sally Thorne, 99 Percent Mine: A Novel, HarperCollins (?ISBN):

      He unplugged my umbilical cord to take a leisurely swig, smirking, watching me turn blue before giving it back. My cardiologist told me that was impossible, but I'm still convinced. That's very on-brand for [my twin] Jamie.

11. A mark of infamy; stigma.
12. Any minute fungus producing a burnt appearance in plants.

Synonyms

• (distinguishing name, symbol or logo): trademark, logo, brand name, marque, tradename, proprietary name
• (reputation): repute, name, good name

Hyponyms

• (mark made by burning a human): badge

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

brand (third-person singular simple present brands, present participle branding, simple past and past participle branded)

1. (transitive) To burn the flesh with a hot iron, either as a marker (for criminals, slaves etc.) or to cauterise a wound.

   When they caught him, he was branded and then locked up.

2. (transitive) To mark (especially cattle) with a brand as proof of ownership.

   The ranch hands had to brand every new calf by lunchtime.

3. (transitive) To make an indelible impression on the memory or senses.

   Her face is branded upon my memory.

4. (transitive) To stigmatize, label (someone).

   He was branded a fool by everyone that heard his story.

   • I had never defrauded a man of a farthing, nor called him knave behind his back. But now the last rag that covered my nakedness had been torn from me. I was branded a blackleg, card-sharper, and murderer.
5. (transitive, marketing) To associate a product or service with a trademark or other name and related images.

   They branded the new detergent "Suds-O", with a nature scene inside a green O on the muted-colored recycled-cardboard box.

Translations

Derived terms

Related terms

• brand new
• rebrand

See also

References

• brand at OneLook Dictionary Search
• brand in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• brand in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brant/

Etymology 1

From Dutch brand, from Middle Dutch brant, from Old Dutch *brand, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz.

Noun

brand (plural brande, diminutive brandjie)

1. destructive, catastrophic fire (such as a house fire)

Etymology 2

From Dutch branden, from Middle Dutch branden.

Verb

brand (present brand, present participle brandende, past participle gebrand)

1. (ergative) to burn

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Danish brand, from Old Norse brandr, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz, compare with Swedish brand, English brand, German Brand.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bran?/, [?b???n?]
• Homophone: brænd

Noun

brand c (singular definite branden, plural indefinite brande)

1. fire (large, destructive fire, as in a building)
2. smut (plant disease)

Inflection

References

• “brand,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English brand, cognate with the former word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bra?nd/, [?b??æ?nd?]

Noun

brand n (singular definite brandet, plural indefinite brands)

1. brand (public image)
2. brand (a specific product)

Inflection

References

• “brand,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bra?nd/, [?b??æ?nd?]

Verb

brand

1. imperative of brande

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /br?nt/
• Hyphenation: brand
• Rhymes: -?nt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch brant, from Old Dutch *brand, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz.

Noun

brand m (plural branden, diminutive brandje n)

1. destructive, catastrophic fire (such as a house fire)

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: brand

See also

• rook
• vuur

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

brand

1. first-person singular present indicative of branden
2. imperative of branden

French

Etymology

From Middle French brand, from Old French brant, from Frankish *brand (“firebrand, flaming sword”), from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“firebrand, torch, sword”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?renu- (“to burn”). Cognate with Old High German brant (“fire, firebrand, burning iron”), Old English brand (“fire, flame, brand, torch, sword, weapon”), Old Norse brandr (“fire, firebrand, sword”). More at English brand.

Noun

brand m (plural brands)

1. (archaic) a sword

Further reading

• “brand” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Icelandic

Noun

brand

1. indefinite accusative singular of brandur

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English brand.

Noun

brand m (invariable)

1. brand (product symbol)

Middle English

Alternative forms

• braund, brend, brond, broond

Etymology

From Old English brand, from Proto-West Germanic *brand, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brand/, /bra?nd/
• (from OE brond) IPA^(key): /br?nd/, /br??nd/

Noun

brand (plural brandes)

1. fire, flame
2. burning wood or coal
3. torch (lit stick)
4. sword, blade

Related terms

Descendants

• English: brand
• Scots: brand
• Yola: broan

References

• “br??nd, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse brandr. Doublet of brann.

Noun

brand m (definite singular branden, indefinite plural brandar, definite plural brandane)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
2. form removed with the spelling reform of 1938; superseded by brann; fire

References

• “brand” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brand/

Noun

brand m (plural brands)

1. (nautical) pitch (movement around the beam axis)

Old Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse brandr.

Noun

brand

1. fire (occurrence of fire in a certain place)

Descendants

• Danish: brand

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *brand, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz.

Alternative forms

• brond

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /br?nd/

Noun

brand m

1. firebrand; torch
2. a sword (poetic)

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: brand, brond
  • English: brand
  • Scots: brand

Old Norse

Noun

brand

1. indefinite accusative singular of brandr

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish brander, from Old Norse brandr, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz, from Proto-Indo-European *b?renu-. A derivative of brinna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brand/, [bran??d?]
• Rhymes: -and

Noun

brand c

1. accidental, uncontrollable fire, conflagration

Declension

Derived terms

• bilbrand
• brandbomb
• brandfara
• brandfarlig
• brandfilt
• brandförsäkring
• brandkår
• brandlarm
• brandrea
• brandrisk
• brandskada
• brandsläckare
• gräsbrand
• husbrand
• mordbrand
• skogsbrand
• zombiebrand

See also

References

• brand in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “brand”, in Online Etymology Dictionary