ejemplo

Spanish

Alternative forms

• exemplo (obsolete)
• enxiemplo (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish exemplo, enxemplo, enxiemplo, borrowed from Latin exemplum, with a “native” Old Spanish value of the letter x, /ʃ/, instead of /ks/, cf. ejército. First attested in the Poem of the Cid, early 13th century. Compare Catalan exemple and Galician exemplo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈxemplo/ [eˈxẽm.plo]

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• Rhymes: -emplo
• Syllabification: e‧jem‧plo

Noun

ejemplo m (plural ejemplos)

1. example
2. instance

Derived terms

• por ejemplo (p.ej.)
• predicar con el ejemplo

Related terms

• ejemplar

 

Descendants

• → Hiligaynon: ehemplo

Further reading

• “ejemplo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10