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• fôr′ ĭg-zăm′pəl
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• fər- when unstressed
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• Received-Pronunciation: /fəɹ ɪɡˈzɑːm.p(ə)l/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˌfoɹ ɪɡˈzæm.pəl/
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• Canada, General-American: /fəɹ-/ when unstressed
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• Australian: /ˌfoːɹ ɪɡˈzæm.pəl/
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• Australian: /fə-/ when unstressed
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• New-Zealand: /ˌfoːɹ əɡˈzɛm.pəl/
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• New-Zealand: /fə-/ when unstressed
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• Scotland: /ˌfoɹ ɪɡˈzam.pəl/
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• Scotland: /ˌfoɹ ɪɡˈzam.pʌl/
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• Scotland: /fəɹ-/ when unstressed
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• India: /ˌfoːɾ ɪɡˈza(ː)m.pel/
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• India: /fɜː(ɾ)-/ when unstressed
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• India: /fəɾ-/
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First attested in the second half of the 16th century.

217 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: byvoorbeeld — as an example
• Albanian: për shembull — as an example
• Arabic: مَثَلاً (maṯalan) — as an example
• Arabic: عَلَى سَبِيل الْمِثَال (ʕalā sabīl al-miṯāl) — as an example
• Arabic: نَحْوَ (naḥwa) — as an example
• Arabic: مثلا (masalan) — as an example
• Arabic: مَثَلاً (maṯalan) — as an example
• Arabic: عَلَى سَبِيل الْمِثَال (ʕalā sabīl al-miṯāl) — as an example
• Arabic: متلا (matalan) — as an example
• Aragonese: per exemplo — as an example
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܵܐ ܛܘܼܦ̮ܣܵܐ (qā ṭufsā) — as an example
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܛܘܼܦ̮ܣܵܐܝܼܬ (ṭufsāˀīt) — as an example
• Armenian: օրինակ (ōrinak) — as an example
• Armenian: օրինակի համար (ōrinaki hamar) — as an example
• Armenian: զոր օրինակ (zor ōrinak) — as an example
• Asturian: por exemplu — as an example
• Avar: масала (masala) — as an example
• Azerbaijani: örnək üçün — as an example
• Azerbaijani: məsələn — as an example
• Azerbaijani: sözbelə — as an example
• Azerbaijani: misal üçün — as an example
• Bambara: ikomi — as an example
• Bambara: i n'a fɔ — as an example
• Bashkir: мәҫәлән (məśələn) — as an example
• Bashkir: миҫал өсөн (miśal ösön) — as an example
• Basque: adibidez — as an example
• Belarusian: напры́клад (naprýklad) — as an example
• Breton: da skouer — as an example
• Bulgarian: напри́мер (naprímer) — as an example
• Burmese: ဥပမာ (u.pa.ma) — as an example
• Catalan: per exemple — as an example
• Catalan: com ara — as an example
• Chagatai: مثلا (ms̱lā) — as an example
• Chinese Cantonese: 例如 (lai6 jyu4) — as an example
• Chinese Cantonese: 譬如 (pei3 jyu4) — as an example
• Chinese: билүн (bilün) — as an example
• Chinese: 比如 (zh-min-nan) — as an example
• Chinese: 比在 (pí-chāi) — as an example
• Chinese: 比論 /比论 (zh-min-nan) — as an example
• Chinese Mandarin: 比如 (bǐrú) — as an example
• Chinese Mandarin: 例如 (lìrú) — as an example
• Chinese Mandarin: 譬如 (pìrú) — as an example
• Chinese Mandarin: 譬若 (pìruò) — as an example
• Cornish: rag ensampel — as an example
• Corsican: per esempiu — as an example
• Crimean Tatar: meselâ — as an example
• Czech: například — as an example
• Danish: for eksempel — as an example
• Danish: eksempelvis — as an example
• Dutch: bijvoorbeeld — as an example
• Erzya: невтемга (nevtemga) — as an example
• Erzya: невтевксэкс (nevtevksëks) — as an example
• Erzya: невтематешксэкс (nevtematešksëks) — as an example
• Erzya: саемга (sajemga) — as an example
• Esperanto: ekzemple — as an example
• Estonian: näiteks — as an example
• Faroese: til dømis — as an example
• Finnish: esimerkiksi — as an example
• French: par exemple — as an example
• West-Frisian: byfoarbyld — as an example
• West-Frisian: bygelyks — as an example
• Galician: por exemplo — as an example
• Georgian: მაგალითად (magalitad) — as an example
• German: zum Beispiel — as an example
• German: beispielsweise — as an example
• German: zum Exempel — as an example
• Greek: για παράδειγμα (gia parádeigma) — as an example
• Greek: παραδείγματος χάριν (paradeígmatos chárin) — as an example
• Ancient Greek: αὐτίκα (autíka) — as an example
• Ancient Greek: παραδείγματος χάριν (paradeígmatos khárin) — as an example
• Haitian Creole: pa ekzanp — as an example
• Hebrew: לדוגמה (l'dugmá) — as an example
• Hebrew: למשל (l'mashál) — as an example
• Hindi: उदाहरण के लिए (udāhraṇ ke lie) — as an example
• Hindi: उदाहरण के तौर पर (udāhraṇ ke taur par) — as an example
• Hindi: मिसाल के लिये (misāl ke liye) — as an example
• Hindi: मिसाल के तौर पर (misāl ke taur par) — as an example
• Hindi: मसलन (maslan) — as an example
• Hindi: उदाहरणार्थ (udāharṇārth) — as an example
• Hungarian: például — as an example
• Icelandic: til dæmis — as an example
• Icelandic: til að mynda — as an example
• Indonesian: misalnya — as an example
• Interlingua: per exemplo — as an example
• Irish: mar shampla — as an example
• Irish: cuir i gcás — as an example
• Italian: per esempio — as an example
• Italian: ad esempio — as an example
• Italian: verbigrazia — as an example
• Japanese: 例えば (tatoeba) — as an example
• Japanese: 例えるなら (tatoeru nara) — as an example
• Kashubian: na przëkłôd — as an example
• Kazakh: мәселен (mäselen) — as an example
• Kazakh: мысалы (mysaly) — as an example
• Khmer: ឧទាហរណ៍ (ʼutiəhɑɑ) — as an example
• Khmer: ជាដើម (ciə daəm) — as an example
• Korean: 예컨대 (yekeondae) — as an example
• Northern Kurdish: wekî mînak — as an example
• Northern Kurdish: bo nimûne — as an example
• Kyrgyz: маселен (maselen) — as an example
• Kyrgyz: мисалы (misalı) — as an example
• Lao: ອຸບປະມາ (ʼup pa mā) — as an example
• Lao: ອຸປະມາວ່າ (ʼu pa mā wā) — as an example
• Lao: ເຊັ່ນວ່າ (sen wā) — as an example
• Lao: ເປັນຕົ້ນ — as an example
• Latin: exempli gratia — as an example
• Latin: quemadmodo — as an example
• Latin: tanquam — as an example
• Latin: quemadmodum — as an example
• Latvian: piemēram — as an example
• Lithuanian: pavyzdžiui — as an example
• Low German: to'n Bispeel — as an example
• Low German: bi Vörbild — as an example
• Macedonian: на пример (na primer) — as an example
• Malay: contohnya — as an example
• Malay: misalnya — as an example
• Maltese: per eżempju — as an example
• Māori: ina koa — as an example
• Marathi: उदाहरणार्थ (udāharṇārtha) — as an example
• Mongolian: жишээлбэл (žišeelbel) — as an example
• Mongolian: ᠵᠢᠱᠢᠶᠡᠯᠡᠪᠡᠯ (ǰišiyelebel) — as an example
• Neapolitan: p'esempio — as an example
• Norwegian Bokmål: for eksempel — as an example
• Norwegian Nynorsk: til dømes — as an example
• Occitan: pr'exemple — as an example
• Pannonian Rusyn: наприклад (napriklad) — as an example
• Pashto: مثلا (masalán) — as an example
• Persian: مثلاً (masalan) — as an example
• Picard: par egzimpe — as an example
• Picard: pèr egzimpe — as an example
• Polish: na przykład — as an example
• Polish: bodaj — as an example
• Portuguese: por exemplo — as an example
• Punjabi: مَثَلاً (mas̱alan) — as an example
• Quechua: hina — as an example
• Quechua: ñisun — as an example
• Quechua: pakachamanta — as an example
• Quechua: rikusun — as an example
• Romanian: de exemplu — as an example
• Romanian: spre exemplu — as an example
• Romanian: de pildă — as an example
• Romanian: cum ar fi — as an example
• Romanian: precum — as an example
• Romansh: per exempel — as an example
• Romansh: per sumeglia — as an example
• Russian: наприме́р (naprimér) — as an example
• Northern Sami: ovdamearkka dihte — as an example
• Sanskrit: दृष्टान्तरूपेण (dṛṣṭāntarūpeṇa) — as an example
• Scottish Gaelic: mar eisimpleir — as an example
• Serbo-Croatian: на пример — as an example
• Serbo-Croatian: на примјер — as an example
• Serbo-Croatian: при́мерице̄ — as an example
• Serbo-Croatian: при́мјерице̄ — as an example
• Serbo-Croatian: na primer — as an example
• Serbo-Croatian: na primjer — as an example
• Serbo-Croatian: prímericē — as an example
• Serbo-Croatian: prímjericē — as an example
• Sicilian: pi scempru — as an example
• Sicilian: pir esempiu — as an example
• Sicilian: pi diri — as an example
• Sicilian: ora comu ora — as an example
• Slovak: napríklad — as an example
• Slovene: na prímer — as an example
• Somali: tusaale — as an example
• Lower Sorbian: na pśikład — as an example
• Upper Sorbian: na přikład — as an example
• Spanish: por ejemplo — as an example
• Spanish: verbigracia — as an example
• Spanish: verbi gratia — as an example
• Sranan Tongo: fu eksempre — as an example
• Swahili: kwa mfano — as an example
• Swedish: till exempel — as an example
• Swedish: exempelvis — as an example
• Tagalog: halimbawa — as an example
• Tajik: масалан (masalan) — as an example
• Tatar: мәсәлән (mäsälän) — as an example
• Telugu: ఉదాహరణకి (udāharaṇaki) — as an example
• Thai: อย่างเช่น (yàang-chêen) — as an example
• Thai: เป็นต้น (bpen-dtôn) — as an example
• Thai: เป็นต้นว่า (bpen-dtôn-wâa) — as an example
• Tibetan: དཔེར་ན (dper na) — as an example
• Tibetan: དཔེར (dper) — as an example
• Tibetan: མཚོན་ན (mtshon na) — as an example
• Turkish: örneğin — as an example
• Turkish: mesela — as an example
• Turkish: sözgelimi — as an example
• Turkish: farzımahal — as an example
• Turkish: bir örnek verecek olursak — as an example
• Ottoman Turkish: مثلا (mesela) — as an example
• Turkmen: meselem — as an example
• Turkmen: mysal üçin — as an example
• Tuvan: чижээлээрге (çijeeleerge) — as an example
• Ukrainian: напри́клад (naprýklad) — as an example
• Ukrainian: як-о́т (jak-ót) — as an example
• Ukrainian: як-то́ (jak-tó) — as an example
• Urdu: مثال کے طور پر (misāl ke taur par) — as an example
• Urdu: مثلاً (masalan, vulg. maslan) — as an example
• Uyghur: مەسەلەن (meselen) — as an example
• Uzbek: masalan — as an example
• Uzbek: misol uchun — as an example
• Venetan: par exenpio — as an example
• Vietnamese: ví dụ — as an example
• Vietnamese: thí dụ — as an example
• Volapük: as sam — as an example
• Volapük: äs sam — as an example
• Võro: näütüses — as an example
• Walloon: par egzimpe — as an example
• Walloon: metans — as an example
• Welsh: er enghraifft — as an example
• Yiddish: אַ שטייגער (a shteyger) — as an example
• Yiddish: צום בײַשפּיל (tsum bayshpil) — as an example
• Yiddish: למשל (lemoshl) — as an example
• Yoruba: bí àpẹẹrẹ — as an example
• Yoruba: fún àpẹẹrẹ — as an example
• Zulu: ngesibonelo — as an example
• Zulu: ngesifanekiso — as an example
• Zulu: ngomzekelo — as an example