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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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /m??d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /mo?d/
• Rhymes: -??d
• Homophone: mowed

Etymology 1

From Old French mode (masculine), from Latin modus (“measure, due measure, rhythm, melody”). Doublet of modus.

Noun

mode (plural modes)

1. (music) One of several ancient Greek scales.
2. (music) One of several common scales in modern Western music, one of which corresponds to the modern major scale and one to the natural minor scale.
3. A particular means of accomplishing something.
   • 1855, Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society (volume 9, page 205)

     An effectual and inexpensive mode of Protecting Wall-Trees from Spring-Frosts.

4. A particular state of being, or frame of mind.

   After a series of early setbacks, her political campaign is in crisis mode.

5. (statistics) The most frequently occurring value in a distribution
6. (mathematics, physics) A state of a system that is represented by an eigenfunction of that system.
7. (computing) One of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours.

   Hyponyms: emulation mode, immediate mode, local emulation mode, protected mode, real mode, retained mode, strict mode

8. (electronics) A series of settings on a device used for a specific purpose.

9. (video games) A variation in gameplay, such as a difficulty level.
10. (grammar) A verb form that depends on how its containing clause relates to the speaker’s or writer’s wish, intent, or assertion about reality.

    Synonyms: mood, grammatical mood

    Hyponyms: imperative mode, indicative mode, infinitive mode, subjunctive mode

11. (philosophy) That which exists only as a quality of substance.
12. (textiles) In lace-making, a small decorative piece inserted into a pattern.
13. (textiles) The openwork between the solid parts of a pattern.
14. (obsolete) A woman's mantle with a hood.

Derived terms

• (grammar): See also Thesaurus:grammatical mood
• (music): Aeolian mode, Dorian mode, Ionian mode, Locrian mode, Lydian mode, Mixolydian mode, Phrygian mode

Related terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From French mode (feminine).

Noun

mode (plural modes)

1. Style or fashion; popular trend.

   Her wardrobe is always in mode.

   • 1922, Edith Van Dyne, Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman (chapter 4)

     The dress she wore was no longer a cheap blue serge but a handsome tricolette, richly trimmed according to the prevailing mode.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• bimodal distribution
• median
• mean
• modal

Anagrams

• E.D. Mo., Edom, Medo-, demo, demo-, dome

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?m?.d?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?m?.de/

Noun

mode m (plural modes)

1. modus
2. way
3. (grammar) mood

Danish

Etymology

From French mode, from Latin modus (“manner, method”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo?d?/, [?mo?ð?]

Noun

mode c (singular definite moden, plural indefinite moder)

1. fashion

Inflection

Further reading

• mode on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French mode, from Latin modus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mo?.d?/
• Hyphenation: mo?de
• Rhymes: -o?d?

Noun

mode f (plural modes, diminutive modetje n)

1. fashion, trend

   Het staat je vrij om de mode te volgen in België en Nederland — You're free to follow fashion in Belgium and the Netherlands.

2. (obsolete) custom, tradition, manner

Derived terms

• burgermode
• damesmode
• haarmode
• herenmode
• kindermode
• modeartikel
• modebewust
• modeblad
• modegek
• modegril
• modekleur
• modekwaal
• modemaakster
• modemagazijn
• modenaaister
• modeontwerp
• modeontwerper
• modeplaat
• modepop
• modeshow
• modesnufje
• modetint
• modetrend
• modevak
• modeverschijnsel
• modewinkel
• modewoord
• modezaak
• modezot
• modezucht
• modieus

Descendants

• Afrikaans: mode
• ? Indonesian: mode
• ? West Frisian: moade

Anagrams

• doem, moed

Esperanto

Etymology

From modo +? -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mode/
• Hyphenation: mo?de
• Rhymes: -ode

Adverb

mode

1. fashionably
   • 1937, British Esperantist:

   • 2002, Julian Modest, "La glita kaj dan?era vojo," La Ondo de Esperanto:

   • 2003, Thierry Salomon, "La mondolingvo," Monato:

Synonyms

• la?mode

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mode/, [?mo?de?]
• Rhymes: -ode
• Syllabification: mo?de

Noun

mode

1. (colloquial) Synonym of moderaattori.

Declension

Anagrams

• Edmo, demo

French

Etymology

From Middle French mode, from Old French mode f, ultimately from Latin modus m. The masculine gender was reintroduced for some senses during the Middle French period under influence of the Latin. Doublet of mœuf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?d/

Noun

mode f (plural modes)

1. fashion, trend

Derived terms

• à la mode
• défilé de mode
• passé de mode
• tripes à la mode de Caen

Descendants

Noun

mode m (plural modes)

1. method, means, way, mode

2. (grammar) mode, mood

   Synonym: mœuf

3. (statistics) mode (most common value)

Derived terms

Anagrams

• démo, dôme

Further reading

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

Indonesian

Etymology

• From Dutch mode f, from Middle French mode f, from Latin modus m. Doublet of model, modern, modul, and modus.
• Semantic loan from English mode in electronics and computing sense.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?mo.d?]
• Hyphenation: mo?dê

Noun

modê (plural mode-mode, first-person possessive modeku, second-person possessive modemu, third-person possessive modenya)

1. mode, style or fashion; popular trend.

   Synonym: fesyen

2. mode,
   1. (electronics) a series of settings on a device used for a specific purpose.
   2. (computing) one of various related sets of rules for processing data.

Related terms

Further reading

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

Italian

Noun

mode f

1. plural of moda

Anagrams

• demo

Latin

Noun

mode

1. vocative singular of modus

Middle English

Alternative forms

• mod, mood, moode

Etymology 1

From Old English m?d, from Proto-Germanic *m?daz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo?d/
• Rhymes: -o?d

Noun

mode (plural modes)

1. Activity within one's mind or brain:
   1. One's current mindset or feelings; mood:
      1. Fortitude, braveness, bravery, heart.
      2. Vainness, proudness; the display of conceit.
      3. Sadness, lamenting; the state of being sad or upset.
      4. Angriness, ire, resentment.
   2. One's mental capacity or intellect; the fount of reasoning.
   3. One's overall or overarching feelings; an opinion or will.
   4. What one currently wants or likes; a goal or aim
   5. One's motivation or willpower; resoluteness.
   6. (rare) Part of one's thought process.
2. A person's nature or temperament; that which defines one's behaviour.
3. One's visible nature; the appearance of someone.
4. (rare) One's actions as a whole; the way one behaves.
5. (rare) Writing or speaking; communication.
6. (rare) An enterprise or endeavour.

Related terms

• drerimod
• mody
• modilich
• modinesse

Descendants

• English: mood
• Scots: mude, muid

References

• “m??d, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-23.

Adjective

mode (rare)

1. Vain, boastful, conceited.
2. Upset, distressed.

References

• “m??de, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-23.

Etymology 2

From Old French mode, from Latin modus.

Alternative forms

• mood, moode, moodd, moede

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m??d(?)/, /?mo?d(?)/

Noun

mode (plural modes) (Late Middle English)

1. Grammatical mood or modality.
2. (rare) Songs; pieces or sources of music.

References

• “m?d(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-23.

Descendants

• English: mode, mood

Norman

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

mode f (plural modes)

1. (Jersey) fashion

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French mode (“fashion, trend”), from Middle French mode, from Old French mode f, from Latin modus m (“measure, manner; bound, mood”), from Proto-Italic *mod?s, from Proto-Indo-European *mod-?s (“measure”), from *med- (“to measure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??d/
• Rhymes: -??d
• Hyphenation: mode

Adverb

mode

1. Only used in à la mode (“a la mode”)
2. Only used in a la mode (“a la mode”)

Anagrams

• demo

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• modent

Adjective

mode

1. neuter singular of moden

Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

mode

1. inflection of modati (“to rejoice”):
   1. optative active singular
   2. first-person singular present/imperative middle

Swedish

Etymology

From French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²mu?d?/

Noun

mode n

1. fashion, a fashion trend

Declension

Related terms

• höstmode
• modelejon
• modetidning
• vårmode

See also

• mod