🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

modelista

Pronunciation / Transliteration: mo-de-lis-ta

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Modellista/ˌmɒdɛlˈliːstə/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O modelista trabalhou diretamente com o estilista."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A professional pattern maker in the fashion and apparel industry who creates master patterns from designer sketches.

    "The modellista carefully adjusted the seams on the jacket pattern to ensure a flawless fit."
  2. 2

    A specialist who designs and constructs physical or technical models for industrial manufacturing.

    "She works as a senior modellista for an Italian luxury leather goods manufacturer."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Italian, combining 'modello' (model) with the agent suffix '-ista' (ist). Historically established in the Italian fashion and tailoring industries to designate the master pattern maker responsible for translating designer sketches into functional garment blueprints.

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