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An electronic computer (circa early 1980s).

[edit] Etymology

From compute +‎ -er.

[edit] Pronunciation

(UK) IPA: /kəmˈpjuːtə/
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(US) IPA: /kəmˈpjutɚ/
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Rhymes: -uːtə(r)

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computer (plural computers)

(now rare, chiefly historical) A person employed to perform computations. [from 17th c.]
- 1927, J. B. S. Haldane, Possible Worlds and Other Essays, p. 173
  
  Only a few years ago Mr. Powers, an American computer, disproved a hypothesis about prime numbers which had held the field for more than 250 years.
- 2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, p. 116:
  
  One Harvard computer, Annie Jump Cannon, used her repetitive acquaintance with the stars to devise a system of stellar classifications so practical that it is still in use today.
A programmable electronic device that performs mathematical calculations and logical operations, especially one that can process, store and retrieve large amounts of data very quickly; now especially, a small one for personal or home use employed for manipulating text or graphics, accessing the Internet, or playing games or media. [from 20th c.]

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For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

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(programmable device that performs logical operations): automatic data processing machine, processor, 'puter (informal), machine

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(programmable device that performs logical operations): desktop, laptop
See also Wikisaurus:computer

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A programmable device

Afrikaans: rekenaar
Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Amharic: ኮምፒዩተር
Arabic: حاسوب (ar) (Hasuub) m., كمبيوتر (ar) (kambyuutar) m.
Armenian: համակարգիչ (hy) (hamakargič)
Basque: ordenagailu (eu)
Belarusian: кампутар (be) (kampútar) m., камп'ютар (be) (kamp'jútar) m., камп'ютэр (be) (kamp'júter) m.
Bengali: কম্পিউটার (bn) (kômpiuţar)
Breton: urzhiataer m., urzhiataerioù pl.
Bulgarian: компютър (bg) (kompjútǎr) m.
Burmese: ကွန်ပြူတာ (my), ကွန်ပျူတာ (my) (kù̃ pyù tà)
Catalan: ordinador m.
Chinese:
- Mandarin: 電腦 (cmn), 电脑 (cmn) (diànnǎo), 計算機 (cmn), 计算机 (cmn) (jìsuànjī)
Croatian: računalo (hr) n., kompjutor (hr) m.
Czech: počítač (cs) m.
Danish: regnemaskine (da) c., computer (da) c., datamat (da) c.
Dutch: computer (nl) m.
Dzongkha: ('logrig'we)
Esperanto: komputilo (eo)
Estonian: arvuti (et), kompuuter (et), raal (et)
Faroese: telda (fo) f.
Finnish: tietokone (fi)
French: ordinateur (fr) m.
Galician: ordenador (gl) m.
Georgian: გამომთვლელი მანქანა (ka) (gamomt'vleli mank'ana), პერსონალური კომპიუტერი (ka) (personaluri kompiuteri)
German: Computer (de) m., Rechner (de) m.
Greek: υπολογιστής (el) (ypologistís) m.
Greenlandic: qarasaasiaq (kl)
Hawaiian: lolouila, kamepuila
Hebrew: מַחְשֵב (he) (makhshev) m.
Hindi: संगणक (hi) (sãṅgaṇak) m., कंप्यूटर (hi) (kampyūṭar) m.
Hungarian: számítógép (hu)
Icelandic: tölva (is) f., rafheili (is) m. (obsolete), rafreiknir (is) m. (obsolete), rafeindareiknir (is) m. (obsolete)
Ido: komputoro (io), ordinatro (io)
Indonesian: komputer (id)
Interlingua: computator
Irish: ríomhaire (ga) m.
Italian: calcolatore (it) m., computer (it) m., elaboratore (it) m.
Japanese: コンピュータ (ja) (kompyūta), 電子計算機 (ja) (でんしけいさんき, denshi-keisanki)
Kamba: kompiuta
Khmer: កុំព្យូទ័រ (km) (kompyuutoa), គណិតូបករណ៍ (km) (kʊənnetoopkɑɑ)
Kikuyu: mompyuta, kompyuta
Kinyarwanda: mudasobwa
Kis: ekompyuta
Korean: 컴퓨터 (ko) (keompyuteo), 전자계산기 (ko) (jeonjagyesangi) (電子計算機 (ko))
Lao: ຄອມພິວເຕີ (lo) (khǭm phiu tœ̄)
Latin: computatrum (la) n., ordinatrum (la) n.
Latvian: dators (lv) m., kompjūters (lv) m.
Lithuanian: kompiuteris (lt) m.

Lojban: skami
Luhya: ekompyuta
Luxembourgish: Computer (lb) m.
Macedonian: сметач (mk) (smétač) m., компјутер (mk) (kompjúter) m.
Malay: komputer (ms)
Maltese: kompjuter (mt) m.
Manx: co-earrooder (gv) m.
Maori: rorohiko (mi)
Marathi: संगणक (sanganak)
Meru: kompyuta
Navajo: béésh bee akʼeʼelchíhí tʼáá bí nitsékeesígíí, béésh nitsékeesí
Norfuk: kompyuuta
Norwegian: datamaskin (no) m.
Novial: komputere
Persian: رایانِه (fa) (rāyāne), کامپیوتر (fa) (kâmpyuter)
Pitcairn-Norfolk: kohmpyuuta
Polish: komputer (pl) m.
Portuguese: computador (pt) m.
Romanian: computer (ro) n., calculator (ro) n.
Romansch: computer (rm) m., calculader (rm) m.
Russian: компьютер (ru) (komp’jútɛr) m.
Sami:

Northern: dihtor
Sanskrit: संगणक (sanganak), अभिकलित्र (sa)
Scottish Gaelic: coimpiutair (gd) m., rianadair (gd) m., annalair (gd) m.
Serbian: рачунар m. računar m.
Sindhi: ڳڻپيوڪر
Sinhalese: පරිගණකය (si) (pariganakaya)
Skolt Sami: teâttmašina
Slovak: počítač (sk) m.
Slovene: računalnik (sl) m.
Sotho: khomputa (st)
Spanish: (Chile, Colombia) computador (es) m., (Latin America) computadora (es) f., (Spain) ordenador (es) m.
Swahili: kompyuta (noun 9/10), tarakilishi (sw)
Swedish: dator (sv) c.
Tagalog: kompyuter (tl)
Tajik: компутар (tg), компютер (tg)
Tamil: கணினி (ta) (Kaṇiṉi)
Thai: คอมพิวเตอร์ (th) (kompiwdter)
Tibetan: གློག་ཀླད (bo) (glog klad)
Turkish: bilgisayar (tr)
Ukrainian: комп'ютер (uk) (komp’júter) m.
Urdu: کمپیوٹر (ur) (kampyūṭar) m.
Vietnamese: máy vi tính (vi), máy điện toán (vi), máy tính (vi)
Volapük: nünöm
Võro: puutri
Welsh: cyfrifiadur (cy) m.
West Frisian: kompjûter m.
Yakut: көмпүүтэр (kömpüüter)
Yiddish: קאָמפּיוטער (yi) (kompyuter) m.

A person employed to perform computations

Bulgarian: изчислител (bg) m.
Czech: sčítač (cs) m.
Esperanto: komputisto (eo)
Finnish: laskija (fi)
Greek: λογιστής (el) (logistís) m., λογίστρια (el) (logístria) f.

Macedonian: пресметувач (mk) (presmétuvač) m.
Manx: co-earrooder (gv) m.
Old English: rīmere (ang)
Polish: rachmistrz (pl) m.
Tagalog: taga-kompyut (tl)

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IPA: /kɔmˈpjutər/
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[edit] Noun

computer m. (plural computers, diminutive computertje)

computer

[edit] Verb

computer

first-person singular present indicative of computeren.
imperative of computeren.

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From Latin computāre (“to compute, sum up”).

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computer

(old) to compute

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Conjugation of computer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		computer			avoir computé
gerund		en computant			en ayant computé
present participle		computant
past participle		computé
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	compute	computes	compute	computons	computez	computent
	imperfect	computais	computais	computait	computions	computiez	computaient
	past historic¹	computai	computas	computa	computâmes	computâtes	computèrent
	future	computerai	computeras	computera	computerons	computerez	computeront
	conditional	computerais	computerais	computerait	computerions	computeriez	computeraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior¹	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	compute	computes	compute	computions	computiez	computent
simple tenses	imperfect¹	computasse	computasses	computât	computassions	computassiez	computassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect¹	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
imperative		—	compute	—	computons	computez	—
¹literary tenses

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supputer

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compteur

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IPA: /komˈpjuter/, SAMPA: /kom"pjuter/
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Hyphenation: com‧pù‧ter

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computer m. inv.

computer (calculating device)

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computer

first-person singular present passive subjunctive of computō

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From English.

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computer m. (plural computers)

computer

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calculader

computer

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