prototype

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English

Etymology

From French prototype or Late Latin prototypon, from Ancient Greek πρωτότυπος (prōtótupos, “original; prototype”), from πρωτο- (prōto-, “first”) (from πρῶτος (prôtos, “first; earliest”)) + τῠ́πος (túpos, “blow, pressing; sort, type”) (from τύπτω (túptō, “to beat, strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp- (“to push; to stick”)). The word is analysable as proto- +‎ -type.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹəʊtətʌɪp/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹoʊtəˌtaɪp/, /-ɾə-/
• Hyphenation: pro‧to‧type

Noun

prototype (plural prototypes)

1. An original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects (particularly manufactured items), or for its generalizations and models. [from late 16th c.]
2. An early sample or model built to test a concept or process.
3. (computing) A declaration of a function that specifies the name, return type, and parameters, but none of the body or actual code.
4. (semantics) An instance of a category or a concept that combines its most representative attributes.
5. (motor racing) A type of race car, a racing sports car not based on a production car. A 4-wheeled cockpit-seating car built especially for racing on sports car circuits, that does not use the silhouette related to a consumer road car.

Synonyms

• (basis for other forms or objects): see Thesaurus:exemplar
• (motorsport): racing prototype, sports prototype, prototype racecar

Derived terms

• (motorsport): prototype racing

Translations

See also

• antetype
• first article

Verb

prototype (third-person singular simple present prototypes, present participle prototyping, simple past and past participle prototyped)

1. (transitive) To create a prototype of.

Translations

References

Further reading

• prototype on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Pronunciation

Noun

prototype c (singular definite prototypen, plural indefinite prototyper)

1. prototype

Declension

Related terms

• prototypisk

Further reading

• “prototype” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French prototype, from Ancient Greek πρωτότυπον (prōtótupon), equivalent to proto- +‎ type.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈproː.toːˌti.pə/
• Hyphenation: pro‧to‧ty‧pe

Noun

prototype n (plural prototypes or prototypen)

1. prototype

Derived terms

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prōtotypus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek πρωτότυπος (prōtótupos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.tɔ.tip/

Noun

prototype m (plural prototypes)

1. prototype

Derived terms

• prototypique

Further reading

• “prototype”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• prototyp

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-) + τύπος (túpos).

Noun

prototype m (definite singular prototypen, indefinite plural prototyper, definite plural prototypene)

1. a prototype

References

• “prototype” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• prototyp

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-) + τύπος (túpos).

Noun

prototype m (definite singular prototypen, indefinite plural prototypar, definite plural prototypane)

1. a prototype

References

• “prototype” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.