different between typical vs typ

English

Alternative forms

• typicall (obsolete)

Etymology

From Late Latin typicalis, from Latin typicus (“typical”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (tupikós, “of or pertaining to a type, conformable, typical”), from ????? (túpos, “mark, impression, type”), equivalent to typic, type + -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?p?kl?/
• Hyphenation: typ?i?cal

Adjective

typical (comparative more typical, superlative most typical)

1. Capturing the overall sense of a thing.
2. Characteristically representing something by form, group, idea or type.
3. Normal, average; to be expected.
4. (taxonomy) Of a lower taxon, containing the type of the higher taxon.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:common

Antonyms

• atypical

Derived terms

• typicality
• typically
• typicalness

Related terms

• typal
• type
• typic

Translations

See also

• gestalt
• gist
• resemblance
• emblematic
• prefigurative
• distinctive

Noun

typical (plural typicals)

1. Anything that is typical, normal, or standard.

   Antipsychotic drugs can be divided into typicals and atypicals.

   Among the moths, typicals were more common than melanics.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• clay pit, claypit

Czech

Etymology

From German Typ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t?p]
• Hyphenation: typ
• Rhymes: -?p
• Homophone: tip

Noun

typ m inan

1. (programming) type

Declension

Related terms

• typový
• typický m
• atypický
• netypický
• týpek

Further reading

• typ in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• typ in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ip

Verb

typ

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

Polish

Etymology

From French type, from Ecclesiastical Latin typus, from Ancient Greek ????? (túpos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?p/

Noun

typ m inan

1. sort, type
2. phylum

Declension

Noun

typ m pers (diminutive typek, feminine typiara)

1. (colloquial, derogatory) guy, somebody

Declension

Further reading

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

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

typ c

1. type
2. jerk, disagreeable person

   han är en riktig typ

   he's a real jerk

Declension

Adverb

typ

1. (slang) like; be like: to say; kinda, ish