different between progenitor vs exemplar

English

Alternative forms

• progenitour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English, from Middle French progeniteur (Modern French progéniteur), from Latin progenitor, from progenitus, perfect participle of progignere (“to beget”), itself from pro- (“forth”) + gignere (“to beget”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p????d??n.?.t?/, /p???d??n.?.t?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /p?o??d??n.?.t?/, /p???d??n.?.t?/

Noun

progenitor (plural progenitors)

1. A forefather, any of a person's direct ancestors.

   Synonyms: ancestor, forefather

   Coordinate terms: progenitrix, foremother

2. An individual from whom one or more people (dynasty, tribe, nation...) are descended.

3. (biology) An ancestral form of a species.
4. (figuratively) A predecessor of something, especially if also a precursor or model.

5. (figuratively) Someone who originates something.
6. A founder.

Derived terms

• legendary progenitor

Related terms

• progeny

Translations

Further reading

• progenitor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• troopering

Latin

Etymology

From pro- +? genitor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pro???e.ni.tor/, [p?o????n?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pro?d??e.ni.tor/, [p???d????nit??r]

Noun

pr?genitor m (genitive pr?genit?ris); third declension

1. (rare) ancestor, progenitor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Coordinate terms

• pr?genitr?x

Descendants

References

• progenitor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• progenitor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• progenitor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin pr?genitor.

Noun

progenitor m (plural progenitores, feminine progenitora, feminine plural progenitoras)

1. progenitor (any of a person’s direct ancestors)
2. (figuratively) progenitor (a predecessor of something)

Further reading

• “progenitor” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin pr?genitor.

Noun

progenitor m (plural progenitores, feminine progenitora, feminine plural progenitoras)

1. progenitor

Further reading

• “progenitor” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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