paradigmatic

• Qui sert d'exemple typique ou de modèle représentatif d'un concept ou d'une catégorie. Relatif à un paradigme ou à un ensemble de modèles de référence.

Serving as a typical example or model of a particular concept or pattern.

1. Relating to a grammatical paradigmC2formal

   Pertaining to a set of linguistic forms that serve as a pattern or model for inflection or conjugation.

   paradigmatique

   • The paradigmatic forms of the verb 'to be' include 'am', 'is', and 'are'.
   • In Latin, the declension of 'puella' is paradigmatic for first-declension nouns.
   • Linguists study paradigmatic relationships between words in a language.

   Synonymesinflectional

2. Relating to a typical exampleC1formal

   Serving as a model or typical example of a particular concept or category.

   servant de modèle

   • The apple is a paradigmatic example of a fruit.
   • His behavior was paradigmatic of the ideal student.
   • The novel is considered a paradigmatic work of modernist literature.

   Synonymesarchetypalclassicexemplaryidealmodelquintessentialrepresentativestandardtextbooktypical

   Antonymesanomalousatypicalnonstandardunrepresentative

3. Related as members of a substitution classC2formal

   Describing a relationship where linguistic elements can be substituted for one another in a given context.

   paradigmatique (linguistique)

   • In the sentence 'I saw a cat', 'dog' is in a paradigmatic relation with 'cat'.
   • Paradigmatic analysis examines choices among words in the same class.
   • The words 'happy', 'sad', and 'angry' form a paradigmatic set of adjectives.

   Synonymesassociativesubstitutable

   Antonymessyntagmatic