Paradigma
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /paɹ.əˈdɪɡ.ma/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Paradigma is a noun meaning A written pattern of inflection for parts of speech, especially organized into a tabular form.
Meaning
A written pattern of inflection for parts of speech, especially organized into a tabular form.
More Meanings
- (rhetoric, by extension) A mode or exemplar.
Example Sentences
No paradigma prescribed a recto tono recitative.
The volume before us presents, first of all, a paradigma, or specimen sheet, on which each letter of the English alphabet, small and capital, written and printed, is accompanied by its pronunciation in Chinese phonetic signs, as well as in Mandchou letters.
[…]and it precedes, moreover, together with VII and VIII ὸ ἱερεύς και ἡ ἱέρεια the paradigma τό σκαμνίον. / Further there is nothing to be wondered at, neither as to the paradigma of το σκαμνισν nor as to the priestess: these examples are taken from the famous Ars Grammatica of Donatus, and in particular the Ars minor.
Word Forms
- paradigmata
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pariton, paridon, parallelisation, parvise, parpend, paraphrasia.
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