exemplum
English
noun
Definitions
- An example.
- A story demonstrating a moral point; a parable.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin exemplum (example, pattern, warning example, what is taken out, etc, sample, specimen, copy for imitation, penalty, a sample).
Origin
Latin
exemplum
Gloss
example, pattern, warning example, what is taken out, etc, sample, specimen, copy for imitation, penalty, a sample
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
模
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- exemplarium Latin
- exemplificare Latin
- exemplificare, exemplifico Latin
- exemplum Latin
- eximō Latin
- Exempel German
- esempio Italian
- exemple French
- ejemplo Spanish, Castilian
- eksempel Norwegian Bokmål
- exempel Swedish
- eksempel Norwegian Nynorsk
- eksempel Danish
- essainple Old French
- essample Old French
- example Old French
- exemple Catalan, Valencian
- exempel Middle Dutch
- shembull Albanian
- exemplo Old Portuguese
- Xämpeli Alemannic German
- exemple Occitan
- exaimpel Romansh
- exempel Romansh
- eysemple Old Occitan
- exenpio Venetian
- eixemplo Aragonese