/ˈmɒdl/
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Translation
A person whose job is to wear new clothes so that other people can see them. A model is also a small copy of something, or one type of a machine.
Word origin
From French modelle, from Italian modello, from Latin modulus, meaning a small measure.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- modulus
- English cognates
- mode, module
Grammar
Gender
Pluralmodels
Examples
Paris.
This is the person who shows clothes.
.
"A model of" something means a small copy of it.
's .
Here it means one particular version of a machine.
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