Meanings
nountemplate (plural templates)
plural templates
- A generic model or pattern from which other objects are based or derived.
Gaelic also benefits from having a readily available template for Celtic minority language revitalisation, derived from Welsh and Irish.
2023, Clive Young, “chapter one: How Scots Works”, in Unlocking Scots: The Secret Life of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Luath Press Limited, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 29 - molecular biologyA macromolecule which provides a pattern for the synthesis of another molecule.
Classically, the functional product of coding genes is a protein whose synthesis is directed by an mRNA-template.
2002, S. Lottin et al., “Thioredoxin post-transcriptional regulation by H19 provides a new function to mRNA-like non-coding RNA”, in Nature, volume 21, number 10 - A strip of metal used in boiler-making, pierced with a series of holes, and serving as a guide in marking out a line of rivet-holes.
verbtemplate (third-person singular simple present templates, present participle templating, simple past and past participle templated)
present singular third person templates · participle present templating · participle past templated · past templated
- To provide a template or pattern for.
Metal phosphates that are templated by transition-metal complexes are rare.
2003, Yu Wang et al., “Synthesis and characterization of a new layered gallium phosphate templated by cobalt complex”, in Journal of Solid State Chemistry, volume 170, number 1, →DOI - transitivemolecular biologyTo synthesize by means of a template.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of temple.
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Origin
- Latintempora“temple”
- Frenchtemplet
- Englishtemplate
Alteration of templet, probably from French templet, diminutive of temple (“a weaver's stretcher”), variant of tempe, from Latin tempora (“temple”). Alteration of second syllable due to analogy with plate. Cognate with Faroese tamba (“to stretch out, relax”), Icelandic þamb (“a stretched, bloated, or extended belly”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic قَالَب, قالِب
- قَالَب (qālab)physical object
- قالِب (qālib)physical object
Bengali টেমপ্লেট
- টেমপ্লেট (ṭempleṭ)physical object
Bulgarian шабло́н
- шабло́н (šablón)physical object
Catalan model, patró
- modelphysical object
- patróphysical object
Chinese Mandarin 模板, 型板
- 模板 (múbǎn)physical object
- 型板 (xíngbǎn)physical object
- 模板 (múbǎn)generic model
- 範本 /范本 (fànběn)generic model
Czech šablona, šablona
- šablonaphysical object
- šablonageneric model
Danish skabelon, forlæg
- skabelonphysical object
- forlæggeneric model
- mønstergeneric model
- modelgeneric model
- skabelonobject-oriented programming: partially defined class/function
Dutch sjabloon, malplaatje
- sjabloonphysical object
- malplaatjephysical object
- templateobject-oriented programming: partially defined class/function
Esperanto ŝablono, ŝablono
- ŝablonophysical object
- ŝablonogeneric model
Estonian mall, šabloon
- mallphysical object
- šabloonphysical object
Finnish malline, sapluuna
- mallinephysical object
- sapluunaphysical object
- malligeneric model
- aloituspohjacomputing: document template
- mallicomputing: document template
- mallipohjacomputing: document template
- pohjatiedostocomputing: document template
- templaattimolecular biology: macromolecule with patterns
- malliobject-oriented programming: partially defined class/function
- mallineobject-oriented programming: partially defined class/function
French gabarit, calibre
- gabaritphysical object
- calibrephysical object
- patronphysical object
- réglettephysical object
- modèlephysical object
- modèlegeneric model
- modèlecomputing: document template
- modèlescomputing: document template
- matricemolecular biology: macromolecule with patterns
- matricesmolecular biology: macromolecule with patterns
- templateobject-oriented programming: partially defined class/function
- gabaritstrip of metal
German Vorlage, Schablone
- Vorlagephysical object
- Schablonephysical object
- Vorlagegeneric model
Greek πρότυπο
- πρότυπο (prótypo)physical object
Hebrew תַּבְנִית, שַׁבְּלוֹנָה
- תַּבְנִית (tavnít)physical object
- שַׁבְּלוֹנָה (shablóna)physical object
- תַּבְנִית (tavnít)generic model
Hindi साँचा, क़ालिब
- साँचा (sā̃cā)physical object
- क़ालिब (qālib)physical object
- कालिब (kālib)physical object
- टेंपलेट (ṭẽpleṭ)physical object
Hungarian sablon, séma
- sablonphysical object
- sémageneric model
- sablongeneric model
- mintageneric model
- templátumgeneric model
- sabloncomputing: document template
- dokumentumsabloncomputing: document template
- templátmolecular biology: macromolecule with patterns
Icelandic snið
- sniðphysical object
Indonesian templat
- templatphysical object
Irish teimpléad, múnla
- teimpléadphysical object
- múnlageneric model
Italian mascherina, sagoma
- mascherinaphysical object
- sagomaphysical object
- modellophysical object
- stampophysical object
- calibrophysical object
- modellogeneric model
- paradigmageneric model
Japanese 型板, 雛形
- 型板 (kataban)physical object
- 雛形 (hinagata)physical object
- テンプレート (tenpurēto)physical object
Korean 템플렛, 샘플
- 템플렛 (tempeullet)physical object
- 샘플 (saempeul)physical object
- 틀 (teul)physical object
Latin fōrmula
- fōrmulaphysical object
Latvian veidne
- veidnephysical object
Lithuanian šablonas
- šablonasphysical object
Malay templat
- templatphysical object
Māori matua, tāhua
- matuaphysical object
- tāhuaphysical object
- paparangiphysical object
- tauirageneric model
- papatauirageneric model
Norwegian Bokmål mal, sjablong
- malphysical object
- sjablongphysical object
- mønstergeneric model
Polish szablon, schemat
- szablonphysical object
- schematgeneric model
- szablongeneric model
Portuguese modelo, predefinição
- modelophysical object
- predefiniçãophysical object
- moldephysical object
- gabaritophysical object
- templateobject-oriented programming: partially defined class/function
Romanian model, format
- modelphysical object
- formatphysical object
- șablonphysical object
- șablongeneric model
- șablonobject-oriented programming: partially defined class/function
Russian шабло́н, шабло́н
- шабло́н (šablón)physical object
- шабло́н (šablón)generic model
- шабло́н (šablón)computing: document template
- шабло́н (šablón)object-oriented programming: partially defined class/function
Slovak šablóna, šablóna
- šablónaphysical object
- šablónageneric model
Spanish plantilla, patrón
- plantillaphysical object
- patróngeneric model
- plantillacomputing: document template
- plantillascomputing: document template
- molécula patrónmolecular biology: macromolecule with patterns
- moléculas patrónmolecular biology: macromolecule with patterns
- plantillaobject-oriented programming: partially defined class/function
- plantillastrip of metal
- plantillasstrip of metal
Swedish mall, schablon
- mallphysical object
- schablonphysical object
- mönsterphysical object
- mallgeneric model
- mallcomputing: document template
Tagalog suleras, padron
- sulerasphysical object
- padronphysical object
Tamil வார்ப்புரு
- வார்ப்புரு (vārppuru)physical object
Thai แม่แบบ
- แม่แบบ (mɛ̂ɛ-bɛ̀ɛp)physical object
Turkish şablon, kalıp
- şablonphysical object
- kalıpphysical object
- şablongeneric model
Ukrainian шабло́н, шабло́н
- шабло́н (šablón)physical object
- шабло́н (šablón)generic model
- шабло́н (šablón)object-oriented programming: partially defined class/function
Urdu سان٘چا, قالِب
- سان٘چا (sā̃cā)physical object
- قالِب (qālib)physical object
Vietnamese bản mẫu, khuôn mẫu
- bản mẫuphysical object
- khuôn mẫuphysical object
- bản mẫuobject-oriented programming: partially defined class/function
- khuôn mẫuobject-oriented programming: partially defined class/function
Welsh templed, patrymlun
- templedphysical object
- patrymlunphysical object
Yiddish מוסטער
- מוסטער (muster)physical object
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APA
template. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/template
MLA
“template.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/template. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “template,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/template.
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