prototypal

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

• 🇫🇷Adjectif décrivant ce qui sert de modèle ou de prototype à partir duquel d'autres choses sont créées ; relatif à un prototype ou à une forme originelle et représentative. Qualifie également ce qui est typique ou exemplaire d'un type donné.

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.

   🇫🇷prototypal (qui sert de prototype)

   Synonymes: archetypalclassicexemplarymodeloriginalquintessential

   Antonymes: derivativederivedimitativesecondary

• more prototypal comparative form
• most prototypal superlative form