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prototype
English
Etymology
From French prototype or Late Latin prototypon, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (pr?tótupos, “original; prototype”), from ?????- (pr?to-, “prefix meaning ‘first’”) (from ?????? (prôtos, “first; earliest”)) + ?????? (túpos, “blow, pressing; sort, type”) (from ????? (túpt?, “to beat, strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp- (“to push; to stick”)). The word is analysable as proto- +? -type.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p???t?t??p/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?p?o?t??ta?p/, /-??-/
- Hyphenation: pro?to?type
Noun
prototype (plural prototypes)
- An original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects (particularly manufactured items), or for its generalizations and models. [from late 16th c.]
- An early sample or model built to test a concept or process.
- (computing) A declaration of a function that specifies the name, return type, and parameters, but none of the body or actual code.
- (semantics) An instance of a category or a concept that combines its most representative attributes.
- (motor racing) A type of race car, a racing sports car not based on a production car. A 4-wheeled cockpit-seating car built especially for racing on sports car circuits, that does not use the silhouette related to a consumer road car.
Synonyms
- (basis for other forms or objects): see Thesaurus:exemplar
- (motorsport): racing prototype, sports prototype, prototype racecar
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- antetype
- first article
Verb
prototype (third-person singular simple present prototypes, present participle prototyping, simple past and past participle prototyped)
- (transitive) To create a prototype of.
Translations
References
Further reading
- prototype on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pr?totypus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ?????????? (pr?tótupos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??.t?.tip/
Noun
prototype m (plural prototypes)
- prototype
Derived terms
- prototypique
Further reading
- “prototype” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- prototyp
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ?????- (pr?to-) + ????? (túpos)
Noun
prototype m (definite singular prototypen, indefinite plural prototyper, definite plural prototypene)
- a prototype
References
- “prototype” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- prototyp
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ?????- (pr?to-) + ????? (túpos)
Noun
prototype m (definite singular prototypen, indefinite plural prototypar, definite plural prototypane)
- a prototype
References
- “prototype” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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paragon
English
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman paragone, peragone, Middle French paragon, from Italian paragone (“comparison”) or Spanish parangón, from paragonare, from Ancient Greek ????????? (parakoná?, “I sharpen, whet”), from ???? (pará) +? ????? (akón?, “whetstone”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h?e?- (“sharp”)).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?pæ????n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?pæ?????n/, /?pæ?????n/, /?pæ????n/
- (Mary–marry–merry distinction)
Noun
paragon (plural paragons)
- A person of preeminent qualities, who acts as a pattern or model for others. [from 16th c.]
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:model
- 1842, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Threnody
- (obsolete) A companion; a match; an equal. [16th–19th c.]
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)
- (obsolete) Comparison; competition. [16th–17th c.]
- (typography, printing, dated) The size of type between great primer and double pica, standardized as 20-point. [from 18th c.]
- A flawless diamond of at least 100 carats.
Translations
Verb
paragon (third-person singular simple present paragons, present participle paragoning, simple past and past participle paragoned)
- To compare; to parallel; to put in rivalry or emulation with.
- To compare with; to equal; to rival.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Edmund Spenser to this entry?)
- 1787, Richard Glover, The Athenaid
- To serve as a model for; to surpass.
- To be equal; to hold comparison.
Translations
Further reading
- paragon in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- paragon in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- paragon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?para?on]
Noun
paragon m
- A receipt, sales slip.
Synonyms
- stvrzenka
- ú?tenka
Further reading
- paragon in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- paragon in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Polish
Etymology
Mid 16th century: from obsolete French paragon, from Italian paragone (“touchstone to try good (gold) from bad”), from Byzantine Greek ???????? (parakón?, “whetstone”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa?ra.??n/
Noun
paragon m inan
- receipt (written acknowledgement that a specified article or sum of money has been received)
Declension
Further reading
- paragon in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- paragon in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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