modular

From module + -ar.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɒdjʊlə(ɹ)/
• (General American, Atlantic Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑd͡ʒəlɚ/

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modular (not comparable)

1. Consisting of separate modules; especially where each module performs or fulfills some specified function and could be replaced by a similar module for the same function, independently of the other modules.
   • 2023 July 18, Joe Middleton, “Shapps announces £157m in grants at launch of new UK nuclear body”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     It is hoped that a competition to develop small modular reactors (SMRs) will drive billions of pounds of investment into the technology, which the government hopes will be cheaper and quicker to build than traditional large nuclear power plants.

2. (chiefly mathematics) Of or relating to a module or modules.
3. Relating to mode or modulation.

• (antonym(s) of “consisting of separate modules”): monolithic

• modularize/modularise
• module
• modularized

• moulard

From mòdul +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [mu.ðuˈlar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [mo.ðuˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [mo.ðuˈlaɾ]

modular m or f (masculine and feminine plural modulars)

1. modular

Borrowed from Latin modulārī.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [mu.ðuˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [mo.ðuˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [mo.ðuˈlaɾ]

modular (first-person singular present modulo, first-person singular preterite modulí, past participle modulat)

1. to modulate

• freqüència modulada
• modulació

modular (first-person singular present modulo, first-person singular preterite modulei, past participle modulado)

1. to modulate

• modulación

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• Rhymes: -aːɐ̯

modular (strong nominative masculine singular modularer, comparative modularer, superlative am modularsten)

1. modular

• modularisieren

• “modular” in Duden online
• “modular”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[2] (in German)

modular

1. to modulate

modular m or f (plural modulares)

1. modular (consisting of modules)

modular (first-person singular present modulo, first-person singular preterite modulei, past participle modulado)

1. (transitive) to modulate (to regulate, adjust or adapt)
2. (transitive, music) to modulate (to change the pitch, intensity or tone of one’s voice or of a musical instrument)
3. (transitive, electronics) to modulate (to vary the amplitude, frequency or phase of a carrier wave)

• “modular”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “modular”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from French modulaire or English modular. By surface analysis, modul +‎ -ar.

modular m or n (feminine singular modulară, masculine plural modulari, feminine/neuter plural modulare)

1. modular

• IPA^(key): /moduˈlaɾ/ [mo.ð̞uˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: mo‧du‧lar

modular m or f (masculine and feminine plural modulares)

1. modular

modular (first-person singular present modulo, first-person singular preterite modulé, past participle modulado)

1. to modulate

• “modular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025