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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

スーパーモデル

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sūpāmoderu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Supermodel/ˈsuː.pɚˌmɑː.dəl/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"彼女は世界的に有名なスーパーモデルです。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A highly successful and well-known fashion model who works internationally for top designers and appears on the covers of major magazines.

    "She rose to fame in the 1990s and remains one of the world's most iconic supermodels."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term is a blend of the prefix 'super-' (meaning above, surpassing) and 'model' (derived from the French 'modèle' and Latin 'modulus', a measure or standard). It first appeared in the mid-20th century to describe fashion models of exceptional celebrity status and international acclaim, gaining widespread cultural prominence in the 1980s and 1990s.

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