template

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English

Etymology

Alteration of templet, probably from French templet, diminutive of temple (“a weaver's stretcher”), variant of tempe, from Latin tempora (“temple”). Alteration of second syllable due to analogy with plate. Cognate with Faroese tamba (“to stretch out, relax”), Icelandic þamb (“a stretched, bloated, or extended belly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛm.plɪt/, /ˈtɛm.plət/
• (spelling pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛm(ˌ)pleɪt/, /tɛmˈpleɪt/
• (Hong Kong) IPA^(key): /tɛmˈpleɪt/

Noun

template (plural templates)

1. A physical object whose shape is used as a guide to make other objects.
2. A generic model or pattern from which other objects are based or derived.
3. (computing) A file or document serving as a basis for others.
4. (molecular biology) A macromolecule which provides a pattern for the synthesis of another molecule.
5. (object-oriented programming) A partially defined class or function, that can be instantiated in a variety of ways depending on the instantiation arguments.
6. A strip of metal used in boiler-making, pierced with a series of holes, and serving as a guide in marking out a line of rivet-holes.

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Verb

template (third-person singular simple present templates, present participle templating, simple past and past participle templated)

1. To set up or mark off using a template.
2. To provide a template or pattern for.
3. (molecular biology, transitive) To synthesize by means of a template.

Derived terms

• templater

Anagrams

• palmette

French

Etymology

Anglicism (English template). Possibly a doublet of templet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛm.plɛt/, /tɑ̃.plɛt/

Noun

template m (plural templates)

1. (object-oriented programming) template

Spanish

Verb

template

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of templar combined with te