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French word
prototype
Pronunciation
IPA/pʁototip/
Meaning
- masculine nounprototype
Example
Nous avons testé le prototype hier.
We tested the prototype yesterday.
More examples
Le prototype fonctionne mais nécessite des ajustements.
The prototype works but needs adjustments.
Core concept
A first working model built to test an idea or product before final production.
Common phrases
créer un prototype
create a prototype
un prototype fonctionnel
a functional prototype
mettre au point un prototype
develop a prototype
Similar words
modèle: A model showing a product's shape, construction, or standard.
exemplaire: One actual item or copy from a group of identical items.
version: A particular form created through redesign or revision.
échantillon: A small product sample used to check quality or offer a trial.
Definition in French
Objet ou modèle fabriqué pour tester une idée, un procédé ou un produit avant sa production finale.
Word origin
French prototype comes from Greek prototypon, meaning first form, through Latin prototypus.
Usage tips
- Prototype is masculine in French, so the usual form is un prototype and the plural is des prototypes.
Other meanings
- archetypenoun
- modelnoun
Opposites
- produit finifinished productnoun
- version commercialecommercial versionnoun
Related words
- prototyperprototypeverb
- prototypageprototypingnoun