typical

typ·i·cal  (tp-kl)

adj.

1. Exhibiting the qualities, traits, or characteristics that identify a kind, class, group, or category: a typical suburban community.

2. Of or relating to a representative specimen; characteristic or distinctive.

3. Conforming to a type: a composition typical of the baroque period.

4. also typ·ic (-k) Of the nature of, constituting, or serving as a type; emblematic.

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[Late Latin typiclis, from typicus, from Greek tupikos, from tupos, impression.]

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typi·cal·ly adv.

typi·cal·ness, typi·cali·ty (-kl-t) n.

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typical

Adjective

1. being or serving as a representative example of a particular type; characteristic: a typical working day

2. considered to be an example of some undesirable trait: it was typical that he should start talking almost before he was inside the room [Greek tupos image]

typically adv

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	typical - exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category; "a typical American girl"; "a typical suburban community"; "the typical car owner drives 10,000 miles a year"; "a painting typical of the Impressionist school"; "a typical romantic poem"; "a typical case of arteritis" characteristic - typical or distinctive; "heard my friend's characteristic laugh"; "red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn"; "stripes characteristic of the zebra" atypical, untypical - not representative of a group, class, or type; "a group that is atypical of the target audience"; "a class of atypical mosses"; "atypical behavior is not the accepted type of response that we expect from children"
	2.	typical - of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing; "Jerusalem has a distinctive Middle East flavor"- Curtis Wilkie; "that is typical of you!" distinctive characteristic - typical or distinctive; "heard my friend's characteristic laugh"; "red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn"; "stripes characteristic of the zebra"
	3.	typical - conforming to a type; "the typical (or normal) American"; "typical teenage behavior" normal - conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal; "serve wine at normal room temperature"; "normal diplomatic relations"; "normal working hours"; "normal word order"; "normal curiosity"; "the normal course of events"

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typical

adjective 1. archetypal, standard, model, normal, classic, stock, essential, representative, usual, conventional, regular, characteristic, orthodox, indicative, illustrative, archetypical, stereotypical << OPPOSITE unusual

adjective 2. characteristic, in keeping, in character, true to type

adjective 3. average, normal, usual, conventional, routine, regular, orthodox, predictable, run-of-the-mill, bog-standard Brit., Irish (slang)

Translations

typical [ˈtɪpɪkl] adj → típico

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typical [ˈtɪpɪkl] adj → typique, caractéristique

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typical [ˈtɪpɪkl] adj → typisch;

typical (of) → typisch (für);

that's typical! → das ist typisch!

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typical [ˈtɪpɪkl] adj → tipico/a