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paradigmata

UK/ˌpæɹədɪɡˈmɑːta/

paradigmata is the plural of paradigma.

paradigmata is the plural of paradigm.

Meaning of paradigma

Noun

paradigma (plural paradigmata)

  1. (rare) A written pattern of inflection for parts of speech, especially organized into a tabular form.
    • 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.1844, John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, The Eclectic Magazine, page 569
  2. (broadly, rare, rhetoric) A mode or exemplar.
    • […]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...1985, Krijnie Ciggaar, Jos. M.M. Hermans, Byzantium and the Low Countries in the Tenth Century: Aspects of Art and History in the Ottonian Era, →ISBN, page 92

Meaning of paradigm

Noun

paradigm (plural paradigms or paradigmata)

  1. A pattern, a way of doing something; especially a pattern of thought, a system of beliefs, a conceptual framework.
    • Near-synonyms: style, model, worldview
    Synonyms:
    style, model, worldview
  2. An example serving as the model for such a pattern; an exceptionally good or prototypical example of a pattern or group.
    • Near-synonyms: template, exemplar, archetype, poster child; see also Thesaurus:exemplar, Thesaurus:model
  3. A set of all forms which contain a common element, especially the set of all inflectional forms of a word or a particular grammatical category.
    • The paradigm of "to sing" is "sing, sang, sung". The verb "to ring" follows the same paradigm.
    Synonyms:
    paradigma

Questions about paradigmata

What is paradigmata the plural of?
Paradigmata is the plural of paradigma.
How do you pronounce paradigmata?
Paradigmata is pronounced /ˌpæɹədɪɡˈmɑːta/ (UK).

Words near paradigmata in the dictionary

  1. paradigm levelings
  2. paradigm shift
  3. paradigm shifts
  4. paradigma
  5. paradigmal
  6. paradigmata
  7. paradigmatic
  8. paradigmatical
  9. paradigmatically
  10. paradigmaticism
  11. paradigmaticisms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: paradigmata (page history and authors); paradigma (page history and authors); paradigm (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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