exemplaire
French, noun/ɛɡ.zɑ̃.plɛʁ/
exemplaire is spelled E-X-E-M-P-L-A-I-R-E (10 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written French, the 5,331st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Exemplaire is a French masculine noun meaning “copy; facsimile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chacun des objets reproduits d’après un type commun en parlant de livres, gravures, médailles, etc”.
What does exemplaire mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecopy; facsimile
- 2
masculineexemplar; example
- 3
masculinesample; instance; specimen
adjective
- 1
exemplary
- 2
example
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui peut servir d’exemple. 2. Qui peut servir d’avertissement.
noun: 1. Chacun des objets reproduits d’après un type commun en parlant de livres, gravures, médailles, etc. 2. Divers individus de même espèce, soit animale, soit végétale, que l’on conserve comme échantillons dans les collections d’histoire naturelle. 3. Ce qui peut servir de modèle.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of exemplaire
- exemplaires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce exemplaire?
- /ɛɡ.zɑ̃.plɛʁ/
- \ɛɡ.zɑ̃.plɛʁ\
- [ɛ̃.n‿ɛɡ.zɑ̃.plɛʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to exemplaire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is exemplaire in French?
exemplaire appears 13 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).