model

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɒd.l̩/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈmɒd.ɫ̩]
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• General-American, dialectal: /ˈmɑ.dl̩/ of Canada
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• General-American, dialectal: [ˈmɑ.ɾɫ̩] of Canada
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• Canada, dialectal: /ˈmɒd.l̩/ of the US
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• Canada, dialectal: [ˈmɒd.ɫ̩] of the US
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• Australian: /ˈmɔd.l̩/
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• Australian: [ˈmɔɾ.ɫ̩]
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• New-Zealand: /ˈmɒd.l̩/
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• New-Zealand: [ˈmɔ̟ɾ.ɫ̩]
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• homophone: (t-flapping) mottle
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• rhymes with -ɒdəl
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• CMU ARPABET: M AA1 D AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Latin modus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Late Latin modulusder. Vulgar Latin *modellus Old Italian modellobor. Middle French modellebor. English model From Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, diminutive form of modulus (“measure, standard”), diminutive of modus (“measure”); see mode, and compare module, modulus, mould, mold.

373 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: образцов (obrazcov) — worthy of being a model
• Bulgarian: примерен (primeren) — worthy of being a model
• Catalan: exemplar — worthy of being a model
• Catalan: modèlic — worthy of being a model
• Finnish: malli- — worthy of being a model
• Finnish: esikuvallinen — worthy of being a model
• French: exemplaire — worthy of being a model
• French: modèle — worthy of being a model
• Georgian: სამაგალითო (samagalito) — worthy of being a model
• Hungarian: példaszerű — worthy of being a model
• Italian: modello — worthy of being a model
• Italian: esemplare — worthy of being a model
• Polish: modelowy — worthy of being a model
• Polish: podręcznikowy — worthy of being a model
• Polish: wzorcowy — worthy of being a model
• Portuguese: modelo — worthy of being a model
• Portuguese: modelar — worthy of being a model
• Portuguese: exemplar — worthy of being a model
• Russian: образцо́вый (obrazcóvyj) — worthy of being a model
• Spanish: ejemplar — worthy of being a model
• Spanish: modélico — worthy of being a model
• Swedish: exemplarisk — worthy of being a model
• Swedish: föredömlig — worthy of being a model
• Albanian: model — person
• Arabic: عَارِضُ أَزْيَاءٍ (ʕāriḍu ʔazyāʔin) — person
• Arabic: مُودِيل (mudīl) — person
• Arabic: مُودِيل (model) — person
• Arabic: مودل (mōdil) — person
• Arabic: عارض أزياء (ʕāriḍ ʔazyāʔ) — person
• Armenian: բնորդ (bnord) — person
• Armenian: մոդել (model) — person
• Azerbaijani: model — person
• Bashkir: өлгө (ölgö) — person
• Bashkir: үрнәк (ürnək) — person
• Belarusian: мадэ́ль (madélʹ) — person
• Bulgarian: моде́л (modél) — person
• Bulgarian: моде́лка (modélka) — person
• Burmese: မော်ဒယ် (maudai) — person
• Burmese: ဟန်ပြမယ် (hanpra.mai) — person
• Catalan: model — person
• Chinese Cantonese: 模特兒 /模特儿 (mou4 dak6 ji4) — person
• Hakka Chinese: 模特兒 /模特儿 (mò-te-lú, ma-tò) — person
• Chinese: 模特兒 /模特儿 (bô͘-te̍k-jî, bô͘-te̍k-lî) — person
• Chinese Mandarin: 模特兒 /模特儿 (mótèr) — person
• Chinese Mandarin: 模特 (mótè) — person
• Czech: model — person
• Czech: modelka — person
• Czech: manekýn — person
• Czech: manekýna — person
• Czech: manekýnka — person
• Danish: model — person
• Danish: fotomodel — person
• Dutch: model — person
• Dutch: mannequin — person
• Esperanto: pozistino — person
• Esperanto: pozisto — person
• Esperanto: modelo — person
• Faroese: fotomodell — person
• Finnish: malli — person
• Finnish: mannekiini — person
• Finnish: valokuvamalli — person
• French: mannequin — person
• French: modèle — person
• Galician: modelo — person
• Georgian: მოდელი (modeli) — person
• German: Model — person
• German: Fotomodell — person
• German: Mannequin — person
• Greek: μοντέλο (montélo) — person
• Hebrew: דֻּגְמָן \ דוגמן (dugmán) — person
• Hebrew: דֻּגְמָנִית \ דוגמנית (dugmanít) — person
• Hindi: माडेल (māḍel) — person
• Hindi: मॉडल (mŏḍal) — person
• Hungarian: manöken — person
• Hungarian: modell — person
• Icelandic: fyrirsæta — person
• Icelandic: módel — person
• Indonesian: model — person
• Irish: mainicín — person
• Irish: cuspa — person
• Italian: modello — person
• Italian: modella — person
• Italian: indossatore — person
• Japanese: モデル (moderu) — person
• Kazakh: үлгі (ülgı) — person
• Kazakh: модель (model) — person
• Khmer: ម៉ូដែល (moudael) — person
• Korean: 모델 (model) — person
• Kyrgyz: модель (model) — person
• Kyrgyz: үлгү (ülgü) — person
• Lao: ນາງແບບ (nāng bǣp) — person
• Macedonian: модел (model) — person
• Malay: peragawan — person
• Malay: peragawati — person
• Malay: model — person
• Māori: kaiwhakakite — person
• Mongolian: зуруулагч (zuruulagč) — person
• Mongolian: загвар (zagvar) — person
• Mongolian: манекен (maneken) — person
• Norwegian Bokmål: modell — person
• Norwegian Bokmål: mannekeng — person
• Norwegian Bokmål: fotomodell — person
• Norwegian Nynorsk: modell — person
• Norwegian Nynorsk: mannekeng — person
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fotomodell — person
• Iranian Persian: مانْکَن (mânkan) — person
• Iranian Persian: مُدِل (model) — person
• Plautdietsch: Väabilt — person
• Polish: model — person
• Polish: modelka — person
• Portuguese: modelo — person
• Russian: моде́ль (modɛ́lʹ) — person
• Slovak: model — person
• Slovak: modelka — person
• Spanish: modelo — person
• Swahili: mwanamitindo — person
• Swahili: modeli — person
• Swedish: modell — person
• Swedish: fotomodell — person
• Swedish: mannekäng — person
• Tagalog: modelo — person
• Tajik: мудел (mudel) — person
• Thai: นางแบบ (naang-bɛ̀ɛp) — person
• Thai: นายแบบ (naai-bɛ̀ɛp) — person
• Thai: โมเดล (moo-del) — person
• Turkmen: model — person
• Ukrainian: моде́ль (modélʹ) — person
• Urdu: ماڈِل (māḍil) — person
• Uyghur: مودېل (modël) — person
• Uzbek: model — person
• Vietnamese: người mẫu — person
• Welsh: model — person
• Arabic: نَمُوذَج مُصَغَّر (namūḏaj muṣaḡḡar) — miniature
• Armenian: մոդել (model) — miniature
• Armenian: մանրակերտ (manrakert) — miniature
• Bulgarian: моде́л (modél) — miniature
• Bulgarian: маке́т (makét) — miniature
• Catalan: maqueta — miniature
• Catalan: model — miniature
• Chinese Cantonese: 模型 (mou4 jing4) — miniature
• Hakka Chinese: 模型 (mù-hìn) — miniature
• Chinese: 模型 (bô͘-hêng) — miniature
• Chinese: 型模 (hêng-bô͘) — miniature
• Chinese Mandarin: 模型 (móxíng) — miniature
• Czech: model — miniature
• Dutch: model — miniature
• Finnish: malli — miniature
• Finnish: pienoismalli — miniature
• French: maquette — miniature
• French: modèle réduit — miniature
• Galician: modelo — miniature
• German: Model — miniature
• German: Modell — miniature
• Hebrew: דֶּגֶם (dégem) — miniature
• Hungarian: modell — miniature
• Hungarian: makett — miniature
• Hungarian: miniatűr — miniature
• Indonesian: model — miniature
• Irish: macasamhail — miniature
• Irish: múnla — miniature
• Irish: mionsamhail — miniature
• Italian: modello — miniature
• Italian: modellino — miniature
• Japanese: モデル (moderu) — miniature
• Japanese: 模型 (mokei) — miniature
• Korean: 모델 (model) — miniature
• Korean: 모형 (mohyeong) — miniature
• Macedonian: макета (maketa) — miniature
• Malayalam: മാതൃക (mātr̥ka) — miniature
• Mongolian: загвар (zagvar) — miniature
• Iranian Persian: مُدِل (model) — miniature
• Polish: model — miniature
• Polish: makieta — miniature
• Portuguese: modelo — miniature
• Russian: моде́ль (modɛ́lʹ) — miniature
• Spanish: modelo — miniature
• Spanish: maqueta — miniature
• Swedish: modell — miniature
• Thai: แบบจําลอง (bɛ̀ɛp-jam-lɔɔng) — miniature
• Thai: ตุ๊กตุ่น — miniature
• Tibetan: བཟོ་དཔེ (bzo dpe) — miniature
• Turkish: maket — miniature
• Turkish: maketler — miniature
• Zhuang: vunq — miniature
• Arabic: نَمُوذَج (namūḏaj) — simplified representation
• Armenian: մոդել (model) — simplified representation
• Belarusian: мадэ́ль (madélʹ) — simplified representation
• Belarusian: маке́т (makjét) — simplified representation
• Bulgarian: моде́л (modél) — simplified representation
• Catalan: model — simplified representation
• Chinese Cantonese: 模型 (mou4 jing4) — simplified representation
• Hakka Chinese: 模型 (mù-hìn) — simplified representation
• Chinese: 模型 (bô͘-hêng) — simplified representation
• Chinese Mandarin: 模型 (móxíng) — simplified representation
• Czech: model — simplified representation
• Dutch: model — simplified representation
• Finnish: malli — simplified representation
• French: modèle — simplified representation
• French: maquette — simplified representation
• Galician: modelo — simplified representation
• German: Modell — simplified representation
• Greek: μακέτα (makéta) — simplified representation
• Hebrew: דֶּגֶם (dégem) — simplified representation
• Hungarian: modell — simplified representation
• Indonesian: model — simplified representation
• Irish: samhail — simplified representation
• Italian: modello — simplified representation
• Japanese: 模範 (mohan) — simplified representation
• Japanese: 模型 (mokei) — simplified representation
• Korean: 모델 (model) — simplified representation
• Korean: 모범 (mobeom) — simplified representation
• Korean: 모형 (mohyeong) — simplified representation
• Macedonian: модел (model) — simplified representation
• Malayalam: മാതൃക (mātr̥ka) — simplified representation
• Iranian Persian: مُدِل (model) — simplified representation
• Polish: model — simplified representation
• Portuguese: modelo — simplified representation
• Russian: моде́ль (modɛ́lʹ) — simplified representation
• Russian: маке́т (makét) — simplified representation
• Serbo-Croatian: мо̀дел — simplified representation
• Serbo-Croatian: mòdel — simplified representation
• Slovak: model — simplified representation
• Slovene: model — simplified representation
• Spanish: modelo — simplified representation
• Swedish: modell — simplified representation
• Tagalog: hulwaran — simplified representation
• Thai: แบบจําลอง (bɛ̀ɛp-jam-lɔɔng) — simplified representation
• Ukrainian: моде́ль (modélʹ) — simplified representation
• Ukrainian: маке́т (makét) — simplified representation
• Zhuang: vunq — simplified representation
• Arabic: نَمُوذَج (namūḏaj) — style
• Bulgarian: моде́л (modél) — style
• Catalan: model — style
• Chinese Mandarin: 模型 (móxíng) — style
• Chinese Mandarin: 模範 /模范 (mófàn) — style
• Czech: model — style
• Dutch: model — style
• Finnish: malli — style
• French: modèle — style
• Galician: modelo — style
• German: Modell — style
• Hebrew: דֶּגֶם (dégem) — style
• Hungarian: modell — style
• Hungarian: változat — style
• Hungarian: verzió — style
• Indonesian: model — style
• Irish: cineál — style
• Italian: modello — style
• Japanese: 模範 (mohan) — style
• Japanese: 模型 (mokei) — style
• Korean: 모형 (mohyeong) — style
• Māori: momotauira — style
• Polish: model — style
• Portuguese: modelo — style
• Russian: моде́ль (modɛ́lʹ) — style
• Russian: фасо́н (fasón) — style
• Sanskrit: न्याय (nyāya) — style
• Scottish Gaelic: dèanamh — style
• Spanish: modelo — style
• Swahili: modeli — style
• Swedish: modell — style
• Swedish: littera — style
• Thai: แบบอย่าง (bɛ̀ɛp-yàang) — style
• Arabic: نَمُوذَج (namūḏaj) — structural design
• Bulgarian: шабло́н (šablón) — structural design
• Catalan: model — structural design
• Chinese Mandarin: 模型 (móxíng) — structural design
• Chinese Mandarin: 模範 /模范 (mófàn) — structural design
• Czech: model — structural design
• Dutch: model — structural design
• Finnish: malli — structural design
• French: modèle — structural design
• Galician: modelo — structural design
• German: Modell — structural design
• Hebrew: דֶּגֶם (dégem) — structural design
• Hungarian: modell — structural design
• Irish: múnla — structural design
• Irish: samhail — structural design
• Italian: modello — structural design
• Japanese: 模範 (mohan) — structural design
• Japanese: 模型 (mokei) — structural design
• Korean: 모형 (mohyeong) — structural design
• Polish: model — structural design
• Polish: szablon — structural design
• Portuguese: modelo — structural design
• Russian: моде́ль (modɛ́lʹ) — structural design
• Russian: шабло́н (šablón) — structural design
• Sanskrit: न्याय (nyāya) — structural design
• Scottish Gaelic: dèanamh — structural design
• Spanish: modelo — structural design
• Swedish: modell — structural design
• Thai: แม่แบบ (mɛ̂ɛ-bɛ̀ɛp) — structural design
• Arabic: قَدْوَة (qadwa) — praiseworthy example
• Bulgarian: образе́ц (obrazéc) — praiseworthy example
• Catalan: model — praiseworthy example
• Chinese Mandarin: 榜樣 /榜样 (bǎngyàng) — praiseworthy example
• Chinese Mandarin: 模範 /模范 (mófàn) — praiseworthy example
• Czech: vzor — praiseworthy example
• Finnish: esikuva — praiseworthy example
• French: modèle — praiseworthy example
• French: exemple — praiseworthy example
• Galician: modelo — praiseworthy example
• Georgian: მაგალითი (magaliti) — praiseworthy example
• German: Modell — praiseworthy example
• German: Vorbild — praiseworthy example
• Hebrew: אב־טיפוס (av-tipús) — praiseworthy example
• Hindi: आदर्श (ādarś) — praiseworthy example
• Hungarian: példakép — praiseworthy example
• Irish: eiseamláir — praiseworthy example
• Italian: modello — praiseworthy example
• Japanese: 模範 (mohan) — praiseworthy example
• Korean: 본보기 (bonbogi) — praiseworthy example
• Malayalam: മാതൃക (mātr̥ka) — praiseworthy example
• Polish: wzór — praiseworthy example
• Portuguese: modelo — praiseworthy example
• Russian: образе́ц (obrazéc) — praiseworthy example
• Russian: этало́н (etalón) — praiseworthy example
• Spanish: modelo — praiseworthy example
• Spanish: ejemplo — praiseworthy example
• Swedish: förebild — praiseworthy example
• Swedish: föredöme — praiseworthy example
• Thai: แบบอย่าง (bɛ̀ɛp-yàang) — praiseworthy example
• Tibetan: མིག་དཔེ་ལྟ (mig dpe lta) — praiseworthy example
• Uzbek: namuna — praiseworthy example
• Dutch: tonen — display
• Dutch: model staan — display
• Finnish: esitellä — display
• German: präsentieren — display
• Italian: indossare — display
• Italian: presentare — display
• Māori: whakaari — display
• Māori: whakakite — display
• Spanish: modelar — display
• Bulgarian: моделирам (modeliram) — use as a model
• Catalan: modelitzar — use as a model
• Dutch: modelleren — use as a model
• Finnish: mallintaa — use as a model
• French: modéliser — use as a model
• German: modellieren — use as a model
• German: als Modell verwenden — use as a model
• Hungarian: modellez — use as a model
• Italian: modellare — use as a model
• Māori: whakatauira — use as a model
• Portuguese: modelar — use as a model
• Spanish: graficar — use as a model
• Swedish: modellera — use as a model
• Bulgarian: моделирам (modeliram) — make a miniature model
• Catalan: modelitzar — make a miniature model
• Dutch: modelleren — make a miniature model
• French: modéliser — make a miniature model
• German: modellieren — make a miniature model
• Hungarian: modellez — make a miniature model
• Italian: modellare — make a miniature model
• Spanish: modelar — make a miniature model
• Bulgarian: моделирам (modeliram) — create from a substance
• Bulgarian: вая (vaja) — create from a substance
• Catalan: modelar — create from a substance
• Dutch: modelleren — create from a substance
• Finnish: muovata — create from a substance
• Finnish: muodostaa — create from a substance
• French: modeler — create from a substance
• German: modellieren — create from a substance
• Hungarian: mintáz — create from a substance
• Irish: déan — create from a substance
• Italian: modellare — create from a substance
• Spanish: modelar — create from a substance
• Dutch: model staan — be a model
• Finnish: työskennellä mallina — be a model
• Hungarian: modellkedik — be a model
• Irish: bheith ag mainicíneacht — be a model
• Italian: fare il modello — be a model
• Italian: fare la modella — be a model
• Spanish: modelar — be a model