modello

See also: modellò

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *med-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *médos

Proto-Italic *medos

Latin modus

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -ulus

Late Latin modulusder.

Vulgar Latin *modellus

Italian modellobor.

English modello

Borrowed from Italian modello.

Noun

modello (plural modellos or modelli)

A preparatory sketch or study for a painting or other artwork.

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /moˈdɛl.lo/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɛllo
Hyphenation: mo‧dèl‧lo

Etymology 1

From a variant of Late Latin modulus.

Noun

modello m (plural modelli, feminine modella, diminutive modellìno or (with specific meanings) modellétto, pejorative modellàccio, derogatory modellùccio)

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Albanian: model
→ Catalan: model
→ English: modello
→ Esperanto: modelo
→ Galician: modelo
→ German: Modell (see there for further descendants)
→ Greek: μοντέλο (montélo)
→ Middle French: modelle (see there for further descendants)
→ Norwegian Bokmål: modell
→ Norwegian Nynorsk: modell
→ Polish: model
→ Portuguese: modelo
→ Romanian: model
→ Spanish: modelo
- → Cebuano: modelo
- → Tagalog: modelo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

modello

first-person singular present indicative of modellare

Anagrams

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