Kilo Lingo

/ˈmɒdl/

Line drawing of model
Coloured illustration of model
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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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