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supermodel

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A highly paid, famous fashion model.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A technological improvement over an invention's previous model.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

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3

noun

Meaning 3

a fashion model who has attained the status of a celebrity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: mannequin, manikin, mannikin, manakin, fashion model, model

History

Etymology

From super- + model. First written example dates from 1942 in the English language, in common use since the late 1980s. Sometimes incorrectly attributed to supermodel Janice Dickinson.

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: սուպերմոդել (supermodel) — famous fashion model
  • Belarusian: супермадэ́ль (supjermadélʹ) — famous fashion model
  • Belarusian: топ-мадэ́ль (top-madélʹ) — famous fashion model
  • Chinese Mandarin: 超級名模 /超级名模 (chāojí míngmó) — famous fashion model
  • Czech: topmodelka — famous fashion model
  • Czech: supermodelka — famous fashion model
  • Danish: supermodel — famous fashion model
  • Dutch: supermodel — famous fashion model
  • Estonian: supermodell — famous fashion model
  • Finnish: huippumalli — famous fashion model
  • Finnish: supermalli — famous fashion model
  • French: top model — famous fashion model
  • French: top-modèle — famous fashion model
  • Galician: supermodelo — famous fashion model
  • Georgian: სუპერმოდელი (suṗermodeli) — famous fashion model
  • German: Supermodel — famous fashion model
  • Hungarian: szupermodell — famous fashion model
  • Indonesian: supermodel — famous fashion model
  • Indonesian: adiperagawan — famous fashion model
  • Italian: supermodel — famous fashion model
  • Japanese: スーパーモデル (sūpāmoderu) — famous fashion model
  • Korean: 슈퍼모델 (syupeomodel) — famous fashion model
  • Norwegian Bokmål: supermodell — famous fashion model
  • Persian: سوپرمدل (supermodel) — famous fashion model
  • Polish: supermodelka — famous fashion model
  • Portuguese: supermodelo — famous fashion model
  • Romanian: super-modelă — famous fashion model
  • Russian: супермоде́ль (supermodɛ́lʹ) — famous fashion model
  • Russian: топ-моде́ль (top-modɛ́lʹ) — famous fashion model
  • Slovak: topmodelka — famous fashion model
  • Spanish: supermodelo — famous fashion model
  • Swedish: supermodell — famous fashion model
  • Ukrainian: супермоде́ль (supermodélʹ) — famous fashion model
  • Ukrainian: топ-моде́ль (top-modélʹ) — famous fashion model
  • Vietnamese: siêu mẫu — famous fashion model