prototypal

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned

Etymology

From prototype + -al.

Synonyms

archetypal, archetypical, prototypic, prototypical

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