English - Etymology

Alteration of templet, probably from French templet, diminutive of temple (“a weaver's stretcher”), from Latin templum (“a small timber, tie-beam, a purlin”), from Proto-Indo-European *temp- (“to pull, stretch”). 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”).

English - Pronunciation

• (Canada, UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛmp.lət/, /ˈtɛmp.leɪt/

English - Noun

template (plural templates)

1. A physical object whose shape is used as a guide to make other objects.
2. A generic model or pattern from which other objects are based or derived.
3. (molecular biology) A macromolecule which provides a pattern for the synthesis of another molecule.

Translations

See also

• boilerplate
• macro
• stencil
• cookie cutter
• Wiktionary:Templates

English - Verb

template (third-person singular simple present templates, present participle templating, simple past and past participle templated)

1. To set up or mark off using a template.
2. To provide a template or pattern for.

Derived terms

• templater

Rime