role model

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Coined by sociologist Robert K. Merton. First use appears c. 1944 in the American Sociological Review.

53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bashkir: өлгө (ölgö) — person who serves as an example
• Bashkir: үрнәк (ürnək) — person who serves as an example
• Bulgarian: образец за подражание (obrazec za podražanie) — person who serves as an example
• Bulgarian: пример (primer) — person who serves as an example
• Bulgarian: образец (obrazec) — person who serves as an example
• Chinese Mandarin: 榜樣 /榜样 (bǎngyàng) — person who serves as an example
• Chinese Mandarin: 表率 (biǎoshuài) — person who serves as an example
• Danish: forbillede — person who serves as an example
• Danish: rollemodel — person who serves as an example
• Dutch: rolmodel — person who serves as an example
• Dutch: voorbeeld — person who serves as an example
• Finnish: roolimalli — person who serves as an example
• Finnish: esikuva — person who serves as an example
• Finnish: malli — person who serves as an example
• French: modèle — person who serves as an example
• French: exemple — person who serves as an example
• German: Vorbild — person who serves as an example
• Hebrew: מודל לחיקוי — person who serves as an example
• Hungarian: példakép — person who serves as an example
• Icelandic: fyrirmynd — person who serves as an example
• Indonesian: model peranan — person who serves as an example
• Italian: modello di comportamento — person who serves as an example
• Italian: esempio — person who serves as an example
• Italian: modello — person who serves as an example
• Italian: falsariga — person who serves as an example
• Italian: paradigma — person who serves as an example
• Japanese: お手本 (o-tehon) — person who serves as an example
• Korean: 역할 모델 — person who serves as an example
• Macedonian: при́мер (prímer) — person who serves as an example
• Malay: suri teladan — person who serves as an example
• Māori: mūrau — person who serves as an example
• Norwegian: forbilde — person who serves as an example
• Persian: الگو (olgu) — person who serves as an example
• Persian: اسوه (osve) — person who serves as an example
• Persian: نمونه (nemune) — person who serves as an example
• Persian: سرمشق (sar mashq) — person who serves as an example
• Polish: przykład — person who serves as an example
• Polish: wzór — person who serves as an example
• Portuguese: modelo — person who serves as an example
• Portuguese: exemplo — person who serves as an example
• Russian: образе́ц для подража́ния (obrazéc dlja podražánija) — person who serves as an example
• Russian: приме́р (primér) — person who serves as an example
• Russian: образе́ц (obrazéc) — person who serves as an example
• Northern Sami: ovdagovva — person who serves as an example
• Serbo-Croatian: у́зор — person who serves as an example
• Serbo-Croatian: úzor — person who serves as an example
• Slovak: vzor — person who serves as an example
• Slovak: príklad (pre druhých) — person who serves as an example
• Spanish: modelo a imitar / seguir — person who serves as an example
• Swedish: förebild — person who serves as an example
• Thai: บุคคลต้นแบบ (bùk-kon-dtôn-bɛ̀ɛp) — person who serves as an example
• Ukrainian: зразок для наслідування (zrazok dlja nasliduvannja) — person who serves as an example
• Welsh: delfryd ymddwyn — person who serves as an example