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esemplare

specimen

noun adjective eh-zehm-PLAH-reh Less Common

Origin: from Latin 'exemplaris'

Also means

exemplary

Usage Note

Esemplare is a masculine noun (plural esemplari) for a single specimen, copy, or unit, as of a book or rare animal. The same word is also an invariable adjective meaning 'exemplary, model'.

Examples

"È un esemplare raro di farfalla."

Natural Translation

It's a rare specimen of butterfly.

Literal Translation

It-is a specimen rare of butterfly.

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