data

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Related terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.4 External links 2 Czech 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Related terms 3 Finnish 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Declension 3.2.2 Derived terms 4 French 4.1 Verb 5 Italian 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Noun 5.3 Verb 5.4 Related terms 6 Polish 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Noun 6.2.1 Declension 7 Portuguese 7.1 Pronunciation 7.2 Noun 8 Spanish 8.1 Noun 8.1.1 Related terms

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin data, plural of datum (‘that is given’), neuter past participle of dare (‘to give’).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK, US)
  • enPR: dā'tə, IPA: /ˈdeɪtə/, SAMPA: /"deIt@/
  • Rhymes: -eɪtə
• (US)
  • enPR: dă'tə, IPA: /ˈdætə/, SAMPA: /"d{t@/
  •  Audio 1 (US)^{help, file},  Audio 2 (US)^{help, file}
  • Rhymes: -ætə
• (Aus, US, UK formal)
  • enPR: dä'tə or dā'tə, IPA: /ˈdɑːtə/, SAMPA: /"dA:t@/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːtə

[edit] Noun

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data (plural or uncountable)

1. Plural form of datum.: pieces of information.
2. (uncountable, collectively) information.
3. A collection of object-units that are distinct from one another.

[edit] Usage notes

• Colloquially, this word is often used as an uncountable noun with a singular verb.
• In formal or scientific writing, this word is usually a plural noun, with singular datum.
• When considered a plural noun, proper grammar dictates the use of a countable determiner; "How many data were collected?"
• When considered an uncountable or mass noun, an uncountable determiner is used; "How much data was collected?"

[edit] Derived terms

databank database datasheet data acquisition data analysis data domain data element data entry data farming data integrity data maintenance

data management data mining data modeling data processing data recovery data set data warehouse metadata primary data raw data

[edit] Related terms

• information
• knowledge

[edit] Translations

[edit] External links

• AskOxford.com: Is 'data' singular or plural?
• The American Heritage® Dictionary's usage note on 'data'
• Calpundit: YOU SAY DAY-TA, I SAY DAA-TA
• John Quiggin: Data is not the plural of datum
• johnaugust.com: ‘Data’ is singular

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[edit] Czech

[edit] Pronunciation

•  Audio^{help, file}

[edit] Noun

data n. pl.

1. data

[edit] Related terms

• databáze f.
• datový m.

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[edit] Finnish

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[edit] Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: da‧ta

[edit] Noun

data

1. data

[edit] Declension

Declension of data (type kala) singular plural nominative data datat genitive datan datojen datain1 partitive dataa datoja accusative data datan datat inessive datassa datoissa elative datasta datoista illative dataan datoihin adessive datalla datoilla ablative datalta datoilta allative datalle datoille essive datana datoina translative dataksi datoiksi instructive – datoin abessive datatta datoitta comitative – datoineen 1) Rare.

[edit] Derived terms

• data-arkisto
• dataliikenne
• datanlouhinta
• datanomi
• datansiirto
• datansiirtoverkko
• dataprojektori
• datasiirto
• datasiirtolaite
• datasiirtoverkko
• datasähkö
• datatekniikka
• dataverkko
• dataväylä
• metadata

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[edit] French

[edit] Verb

data

1. Third-person singular past historic of dater.

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Etymology

from Latin data

[edit] Noun

data f. (plural date)

1. date
2. data

[edit] Verb

data

1. Feminine singular of dato, past participle of dare
2. third person singular present tense of datare
3. second person singular imperative of datare

[edit] Related terms

• databile
• datare
• datario
• datato
• datazione
• dato

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[edit] Polish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈdata]

[edit] Noun

data f.

1. date (the point of time at which event takes place; a specific day)

[edit] Declension

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	data	daty
Genitive	daty	dat
Dative	dacie	datom
Accusative	datę	daty
Instrumental	datą	datami
Locative	dacie	datach
Vocative	dato	daty

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[edit] Portuguese

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /'da.tə/ (Portugal) - /'da.tɑ/ (Brazil)
• X-SAMPA: /"da.t@/

[edit] Noun

data f.

1. date (point of time at which a transaction or event takes place)

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Noun

data f. (plural datas)

1. date (point of time at which a transaction or event takes place)

[edit] Related terms

• dato
• datar