modello
noun
modello is a noun meaning “A preparatory sketch or study for a painting or other artwork” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled M-O-D-E-L-L-O, and it appears about once in every 36 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of modello is modellos or modelli.
What does modello mean?
noun
- 1
A preparatory sketch or study for a painting or other artwork.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of modello
- modellos plural
- modelli plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is modello?
Modello appears about once in every 36 million words in written English, the 184,844th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does modello come from?
Borrowed from Italian modello.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).