Archetype Noun - Definition, Pictures, Pronunciation And Usage Notes

Oxford logo Toggle navigation Redeem Upgrade Help Sign in

• Dictionaries
  • Dictionaries home
  • English
  • American English
  • Academic
  • Collocations
  • German-English
• Grammar
  • Grammar home
  • Practical English Usage
  • Learn & Practise Grammar (Beta)
• Word Lists
  • Word Lists home
  • My Word Lists
  • Topics
  • Recent additions
• Resources
  • Resources home
  • Text Checker

Sign in Dictionaries

• Dictionaries home
• English
• American English
• Academic
• Collocations
• German-English

Grammar

• Grammar home
• Practical English Usage
• Learn & Practise Grammar (Beta)

Word Lists

• Word Lists home
• My Word Lists
• Topics
• Recent additions

Resources

• Resources home
• Text Checker

Redeem Upgrade Help TOP English English American English Academic English Collocations Practical English Usage German-English English-German English American English Enter search text

Definition of archetype noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

archetype noun  /ˈɑːkitaɪp/  /ˈɑːrkitaɪp/(formal) jump to other results

1. the most typical or perfect example of a particular kind of person or thing
   • She is the archetype of an American movie star.
   Word Originmid 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek arkhetupon ‘something moulded first as a model’, from arkhe- ‘primitive’ + tupos ‘a model’.

   Join us

   Join our community to access the latest language learning and assessment tips from Oxford University Press!

See archetype in the Oxford Advanced American DictionaryCheck pronunciation: archetype

Nearby words

• archery noun
• archetypal adjective
• archetype noun
• Archibald
• Archie

meanwhile adverb From the Word list Oxford 3000 B1 Oxford Learner's Dictionaries Word of the Day