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Model

A person who poses as a subject or visual reference for an artist.

Pronunciation: /ˈmɒd.l̩/, [ˈmɒd.ɫ̩]

What “Model” means

Noun

  1. A person who poses as a subject or visual reference for an artist.
  2. A person who wears and showcases clothing, accessories, or cosmetics to promote or display them to an audience.
  3. A person, usually attractive, who is hired to show items or goods to the public, such as items that are given away as prizes on a TV game show.
  4. A person who performs or poses in erotic or pornographic media.
  5. A representation of a physical object.

Adj

  1. Worthy of being a model; exemplary.

Verb

  1. To display an item on one's body for others to see the potential effect on their own bodies, especially in regard to wearing clothing while performing the role of a fashion model.
  2. To devise a model of (some original), especially to better understand or forecast the original.
  3. To make a miniature model of.
  4. To create from a substance such as clay.
  5. To make a model or models.

Where the word comes from

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.

Meanings and etymology from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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