prototypal

An adjective describing something that serves as the original model or pattern from which others are developed; now largely replaced by 'prototypical'.

• 🌐صفة تصف شيئًا يصلح نموذجًا أصليًا أو مثالًا يُحتذى يُبنى عليه غيره؛ وقد حلّت محلّها في الاستعمال الحديث كلمة «نمطي» أو «أولي».

1. Representing an original type C1 formal

   Serving as the original model or pattern from which other similar things are developed.

   • The prototypal design of the smartphone set the standard for all future models.
   • This building is a prototypal example of modernist architecture.
   • The prototypal system was later refined and mass-produced.

   🌐نموذجي أصلي

   المرادفات: archetypalclassicexemplarymodeloriginalquintessential

   الأضداد: derivativederivedimitativesecondary

• more prototypal comparative form
• most prototypal superlative form