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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈzɑːm.pəl/
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• Northern-England, Scotland: /ɪɡˈzam.pəl/
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• US: /ɪɡˈzæm.pəl/
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• US: [ɪɡˈzɛəmpəɫ]
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• /əɡˈzæm.pəl/ US, Australian, weak vowel merger
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• New-Zealand: /əɡˈzaːm.pəl/
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• New-Zealand: [ɘɡˈzɐːmpɯ]
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• rhymes with -ɑːmpəl
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• rhymes with -æmpəl
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• CMU ARPABET: IH0 G Z AE1 M P AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English example, exaumple, from Old French example, essaumple, from Latin exemplum (“sample, pattern, specimen, copy for imitation, etc.”, literally “what is taken out”); see exempt. Doublet of exemplum and sample. Displaced native Middle English forebisne, from Old English forebȳsn; and Middle English bisne, from Old English bȳsn (modern English bizen).

337 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: voorbeeld — something representative of a group
• Albanian: shembull — something representative of a group
• Amharic: ምሳሌ (məsale) — something representative of a group
• Arabic: مِثَال (miṯāl) — something representative of a group
• Arabic: مَثَل (maṯal) — something representative of a group
• Arabic: أُمْثُولَة (ʔumṯūla) — something representative of a group
• Arabic: مِثَال (miṯāl) — something representative of a group
• Arabic: مَثَل (maṯal) — something representative of a group
• Armenian: օրինակ (ōrinak) — something representative of a group
• Asturian: exemplu — something representative of a group
• Avar: мисал (misal) — something representative of a group
• Azerbaijani: misal — something representative of a group
• Azerbaijani: nümunə — something representative of a group
• Baluchi: مثال (misál) — something representative of a group
• Baluchi: نمونہ (namuna) — something representative of a group
• Bashkir: миҫал (miśal) — something representative of a group
• Basque: adibide — something representative of a group
• Belarusian: пры́клад (prýklad) — something representative of a group
• Bengali: নমুনা (nomuna) — something representative of a group
• Bulgarian: при́мер (prímer) — something representative of a group
• Burmese: နမူနာ (na.muna) — something representative of a group
• Burmese: ပြယုဂ် (pra.yug) — something representative of a group
• Catalan: exemple — something representative of a group
• Chinese Cantonese: 例子 (lai6 zi2) — something representative of a group
• Chinese Mandarin: 例子 (lìzi) — something representative of a group
• Chinese Mandarin: 例 (lì) — something representative of a group
• Chinese Mandarin: 榜樣 /榜样 (bǎngyàng) — something representative of a group
• Crimean Tatar: misal — something representative of a group
• Czech: příklad — something representative of a group
• Danish: eksempel — something representative of a group
• Central Dusun: poomitanan — something representative of a group
• Dutch: voorbeeld — something representative of a group
• Erzya: невтевкс (nevtevks) — something representative of a group
• Erzya: невтема (nevtema) — something representative of a group
• Erzya: невтематешкс (nevtematešks) — something representative of a group
• Esperanto: ekzemplo — something representative of a group
• Estonian: näide — something representative of a group
• Finnish: esimerkki — something representative of a group
• French: exemple — something representative of a group
• Galician: exemplo — something representative of a group
• Georgian: მაგალითი (magaliti) — something representative of a group
• German: Beispiel — something representative of a group
• German: Exempel — something representative of a group
• Greek: παράδειγμα (parádeigma) — something representative of a group
• Ancient Greek: παράδειγμα (parádeigma) — something representative of a group
• Hebrew: דּוּגְמָה — something representative of a group
• Hebrew: דֻּגְמָה (dugmá) — something representative of a group
• Hindi: नमूना (namūnā) — something representative of a group
• Hindi: मिसाल (misāl) — something representative of a group
• Hindi: उदाहरण (udāhraṇ) — something representative of a group
• Hindi: निदर्शन (nidarśan) — something representative of a group
• Hungarian: példa — something representative of a group
• Hungarian: példány — something representative of a group
• Icelandic: dæmi — something representative of a group
• Indonesian: misal — something representative of a group
• Indonesian: contoh — something representative of a group
• Interlingua: exemplo — something representative of a group
• Irish: sampla — something representative of a group
• Italian: esempio — something representative of a group
• Japanese: 例 (rei) — something representative of a group
• Japanese: 例え (tatoe) — something representative of a group
• Japanese: 例題 (reidai) — something representative of a group
• Kamba: mfano — something representative of a group
• Kazakh: мысал (mysal) — something representative of a group
• Khmer: ឧទាហរណ៍ (ʼutiəhɑɑ) — something representative of a group
• Khmer: តួយ៉ាង (tuəyaang) — something representative of a group
• Korean: 보기 (bogi) — something representative of a group
• Korean: 예 (ye) — something representative of a group
• Korean: 례 (rye) — something representative of a group
• Korean: 예시 (yesi) — something representative of a group
• Korean: 례시 (ryesi) — something representative of a group
• Central Kurdish: نمونە (nmune) — something representative of a group
• Northern Kurdish: nimûne — something representative of a group
• Northern Kurdish: mînak — something representative of a group
• Northern Kurdish: mîsal — something representative of a group
• Kyrgyz: мисал (misal) — something representative of a group
• Lao: ຕົວຢ່າງ (tūa yāng) — something representative of a group
• Latin: exemplum — something representative of a group
• Latin: specimen — something representative of a group
• Latvian: piemērs — something representative of a group
• Latvian: paraugs — something representative of a group
• Lithuanian: pavyzdys — something representative of a group
• Luhya: kumufano — something representative of a group
• Macedonian: пример (primer) — something representative of a group
• Malay: contoh — something representative of a group
• Malay: misal — something representative of a group
• Malay: uswah — something representative of a group
• Malay: teladan — something representative of a group
• Malayalam: ഉദാഹരണം (udāharaṇaṁ) — something representative of a group
• Minangkabau: contoh — something representative of a group
• Mongolian: жишээ (žišee) — something representative of a group
• Norwegian Bokmål: eksempel — something representative of a group
• Norwegian Nynorsk: eksempel — something representative of a group
• Norwegian Nynorsk: døme — something representative of a group
• Old English: bȳsn — something representative of a group
• Old Norse: dǿmi — something representative of a group
• Oromo: fakkeenya — something representative of a group
• Pannonian Rusyn: приклад (priklad) — something representative of a group
• Pashto: مثال (mesāl) — something representative of a group
• Pashto: نمونه (namuna) — something representative of a group
• Persian: مِثَال (misāl) — something representative of a group
• Persian: نَمُونَه (namūna) — something representative of a group
• Persian: نِمُونَه (nimūna) — something representative of a group
• Persian: نُمُونَه (numūna) — something representative of a group
• Iranian Persian: مِثال (mesâl) — something representative of a group
• Iranian Persian: نِمونِه (nemune) — something representative of a group
• Plautdietsch: Väabilt — something representative of a group
• Polish: przykład — something representative of a group
• Portuguese: exemplo — something representative of a group
• Punjabi: ਉਦਾਹਰਨ (udāhran) — something representative of a group
• Punjabi: ਮਿਸਾਲ (misāl) — something representative of a group
• Romanian: exemplu — something representative of a group
• Romanian: pildă — something representative of a group
• Russian: приме́р (primér) — something representative of a group
• Northern Sami: ovdamearka — something representative of a group
• Sanskrit: उदाहरण (udāharaṇa) — something representative of a group
• Scots: ensaumple — something representative of a group
• Scottish Gaelic: eisimpleir — something representative of a group
• Semai: cuntoh — something representative of a group
• Serbo-Croatian: при́мер — something representative of a group
• Serbo-Croatian: при́мјер — something representative of a group
• Serbo-Croatian: prímer — something representative of a group
• Serbo-Croatian: prímjer — something representative of a group
• Silesian: bajszpil — something representative of a group
• Slovak: príklad — something representative of a group
• Slovene: primer — something representative of a group
• Slovene: primerek — something representative of a group
• Lower Sorbian: pśikład — something representative of a group
• Spanish: ejemplo — something representative of a group
• Sranan Tongo: eksempre — something representative of a group
• Swahili: mifano — something representative of a group
• Swahili: mfano — something representative of a group
• Swedish: exempel — something representative of a group
• Tagalog: halimbawa — something representative of a group
• Tagalog: ehemplo — something representative of a group
• Tajik: мисол (misol) — something representative of a group
• Tajik: намуна (namuna) — something representative of a group
• Tamil: எடுத்துக்காட்டு (eṭuttukkāṭṭu) — something representative of a group
• Tatar: мисал (misal) — something representative of a group
• Thai: ตัวอย่าง (dtuua-yàang) — something representative of a group
• Tigrinya: ኣብነት (ʾabnät) — something representative of a group
• Turkish: örnek — something representative of a group
• Turkish: misal — something representative of a group
• Ottoman Turkish: مثال (misâl) — something representative of a group
• Ottoman Turkish: اورنك (örnek) — something representative of a group
• Turkmen: mysal — something representative of a group
• Ukrainian: при́клад (prýklad) — something representative of a group
• Urdu: مِثال (misāl) — something representative of a group
• Urdu: نَمُونَہ (namūna) — something representative of a group
• Uyghur: مىسال (misal) — something representative of a group
• Uzbek: misol — something representative of a group
• Uzbek: namuna — something representative of a group
• Uzbek: masala — something representative of a group
• Vietnamese: ví dụ — something representative of a group
• Welsh: enghraifft — something representative of a group
• Yiddish: בײַשפּיל (bayshpil) — something representative of a group
• Arabic: مِثَال (miṯāl) — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Arabic: مِثَال (miṯāl) — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Armenian: օրինակ (ōrinak) — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Asturian: exemplu — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Bashkir: миҫал (miśal) — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Basque: adibide — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Belarusian: пры́клад (prýklad) — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Bulgarian: при́мер (prímer) — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Catalan: exemple — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Chinese Mandarin: 例 (lì) — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Chinese Mandarin: 例子 (lìzi) — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Czech: příklad — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Dutch: voorbeeld — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Esperanto: ekzemplo — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Finnish: esimerkki — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• French: exemple — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Galician: exemplo — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• German: Beispiel — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Greek: παράδειγμα (parádeigma) — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Ancient Greek: παράδειγμα (parádeigma) — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Greenlandic: assersuut — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Hindi: उदाहरण (udāhraṇ) — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Hindi: नमूना (namūnā) — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Hindi: मिसाल (misāl) — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Hungarian: példa — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Ido: exemplo — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Indonesian: misal — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Interlingua: exemplo — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Irish: sampla — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Japanese: 例 (rei) — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Kalmyk: үлгүр (ülgür) — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Kazakh: мысал (mysal) — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Korean: 예 (ye) — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Korean: 례 (rye) — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Central Kurdish: نمونە (nmune) — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Kyrgyz: мисал (misal) — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Latin: exemplar — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Latin: exemplum — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Latvian: piemērs — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Macedonian: пример (primer) — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Malay: contoh — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Malay: misal — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Malayalam: ഉദാഹരണം (udāharaṇaṁ) — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Mauritian Creole: lexanp — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Occitan: exemple — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Old English: bȳsn — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Old Norse: dǿmi — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Iranian Persian: مِثال (mesâl) — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Polish: przykład — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Portuguese: exemplo — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Romanian: exemplu — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Russian: приме́р (primér) — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Northern Sami: ovdamearka — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Scots: ensaumple — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Serbo-Croatian: при́мер — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Serbo-Croatian: при́мјер — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Serbo-Croatian: prímer — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Serbo-Croatian: prímjer — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Slovak: príklad — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Slovene: primer — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Lower Sorbian: pśikład — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Spanish: ejemplo — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Spanish: verbigracia — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Swahili: mifano — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Swedish: exempel — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Swedish: illustrativt exempel — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Tajik: мисол (misol) — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Tamil: எடுத்துக்காட்டு (eṭuttukkāṭṭu) — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Tamil: உதாரணம் (utāraṇam) — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Tatar: мисал (misal) — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Telugu: ఉదాహరణము (udāharaṇamu) — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Turkish: örnek — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Ukrainian: при́клад (prýklad) — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Uzbek: misol — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Yiddish: בײַשפּיל (bayshpil) — something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
• Armenian: օրինակ (ōrinak) — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Bashkir: миҫал (miśal) — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Bashkir: өлгө (ölgö) — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Basque: adibide — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Basque: eredu — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Belarusian: пры́клад (prýklad) — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Belarusian: узо́р (uzór) — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Belarusian: ўзор (wzor) — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Bulgarian: пример (primer) — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Bulgarian: моде́л (modél) — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Bulgarian: образе́ц (obrazéc) — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Catalan: exemple — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Czech: příklad — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Dutch: voorbeeld — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Esperanto: ekzemplo — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Finnish: esimerkki — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Finnish: esikuva — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• French: exemple — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Galician: exemplo — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• German: Vorbild — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• German: Beispiel — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Haitian Creole: egzanp — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Hungarian: példa — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Indonesian: teladan — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Irish: sampla — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Irish: eiseamláir — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Italian: esempio — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Japanese: 手本 (tehon) — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Japanese: 見本 (mihon) — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Korean: 본보기 (bonbogi) — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Central Kurdish: نمونە (nmune) — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Kyrgyz: үлгү (ülgü) — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Latin: exemplum — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Latvian: paraugs — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Macedonian: пример (primer) — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Malay: contoh — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Malay: misal — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Malayalam: ഉദാഹരണം (udāharaṇaṁ) — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Old English: bȳsn — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Polish: przykład — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Portuguese: exemplo — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Romanian: exemplu — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Russian: приме́р (primér) — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Russian: образе́ц (obrazéc) — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Northern Sami: ovdagovva — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Scots: ensaumple — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Slovene: zgled — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Spanish: ejemplo — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Swahili: mifano — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Swedish: exempel — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Swedish: föredöme — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Turkish: örnek — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Ukrainian: при́клад (prýklad) — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Ukrainian: взір (vzir) — something serving as a pattern of behaviour
• Catalan: exemple — person punished as a warning to others
• Finnish: esimerkki — person punished as a warning to others
• Finnish: varoittava esimerkki — person punished as a warning to others
• French: exemple — person punished as a warning to others
• Galician: exemplo — person punished as a warning to others
• German: Exempel — person punished as a warning to others
• Hungarian: precedens — person punished as a warning to others
• Latvian: piemērs — person punished as a warning to others
• Macedonian: пример (primer) — person punished as a warning to others
• Portuguese: exemplo — person punished as a warning to others
• Romanian: exemplu — person punished as a warning to others
• Russian: приме́р (primér) — person punished as a warning to others
• Spanish: ejemplo — person punished as a warning to others
• Swahili: mifano — person punished as a warning to others
• Swedish: (varnande) exempel — person punished as a warning to others
• Turkish: ibret — person punished as a warning to others
• Bulgarian: пример (primer) — parallel or closely similar case
• Catalan: exemple — parallel or closely similar case
• Finnish: esimerkki — parallel or closely similar case
• French: exemple — parallel or closely similar case
• Greek: παράδειγμα (parádeigma) — parallel or closely similar case
• Hungarian: precedens — parallel or closely similar case
• Latin: exemplum — parallel or closely similar case
• Latvian: piemērs — parallel or closely similar case
• Latvian: paraugs — parallel or closely similar case
• Macedonian: пример (primer) — parallel or closely similar case
• Portuguese: exemplo — parallel or closely similar case
• Romanian: exemplu — parallel or closely similar case
• Russian: приме́р (primér) — parallel or closely similar case
• Scots: ensaumple — parallel or closely similar case
• Spanish: ejemplo — parallel or closely similar case
• Swahili: mifano — parallel or closely similar case
• Swedish: exempel — parallel or closely similar case
• Turkish: örnek — parallel or closely similar case
• Bulgarian: при́мер (prímer) — instance as a problem to be solved
• Catalan: exemple — instance as a problem to be solved
• Finnish: harjoitustehtävä — instance as a problem to be solved
• Finnish: esimerkki — instance as a problem to be solved
• French: exemple — instance as a problem to be solved
• Galician: exemplo — instance as a problem to be solved
• Hungarian: példa — instance as a problem to be solved
• Latvian: piemērs — instance as a problem to be solved
• Macedonian: пример (primer) — instance as a problem to be solved
• Portuguese: exemplo — instance as a problem to be solved
• Russian: приме́р (primér) — instance as a problem to be solved
• Scots: ensaumple — instance as a problem to be solved
• Slovene: primer — instance as a problem to be solved
• Swahili: mifano — instance as a problem to be solved
• Swedish: exempel — instance as a problem to be solved
• Swedish: övningsexempel — instance as a problem to be solved
• Tatar: ürnäk — instance as a problem to be solved
• Turkish: örnek — instance as a problem to be solved