arketipo

From Ancient Greek ἀρχέτυπον (arkhétupon, “something moulded first as a model”), from ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “primitive”) + τύπος (túpos, “a model”).

• IPA^(key): /arkeˈtipo/

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• Rhymes: -ipo
• Hyphenation: ar‧ke‧ti‧po

arketipo (accusative singular arketipon, plural arketipoj, accusative plural arketipojn)

1. archetype, model; praiseworthy example to be copied.
2. (literature) paradigm, template; character, object, or story based on a known character, object, or story.
3. (psychology) universal pattern of thought, according to Swiss psychologist Carl Jung.

• pratipo (“prototype”)