adjective
- serving as an original model or first example of something
Usage: formal
Examples
- The prototypal design influenced all subsequent models.
- This building represents the prototypal example of Gothic architecture.
- The scientist studied the prototypal cell structure.
- Her work became the prototypal method for the field.
- The prototypal version contained all the essential features.
- This story follows the prototypal hero’s journey pattern.