digital

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin digitālis, from digitus (“finger, toe”) + -alis (“-al”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈdɪd͡ʒɪtəɫ]

• Audio (US)

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Adjective

digital (not comparable)

1. Having to do with digits (fingers or toes); performed with a finger.
2. Property of representing values as discrete numbers rather than a continuous spectrum.

   • digital computer, digital clock

3. Of or relating to computers or the Information Age.

Antonyms

• nondigital
• undigital
• (representing discrete values): analog, analogue

Derived terms

• digital computer
• digitalize, digitalization
• digital storage

Related terms

• digitalis
• digitate
• digitigrade
• digitality

Translations

having to do or performed with a finger

• Bulgarian: пръстов (bg) (prǎstov), на пръстите (bg) (na prǎstite)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 數位 (cmn), 数位 (cmn) (shùwèi)

• Dutch: vinger-
• Finnish: sormi-

• German: Finger-, digital (medicine)
• Greek: δακτυλικός (el) (daktylikós) m
• Italian: digitale (it)
• Portuguese: digital m and f
• Spanish: digital (es), dactilar (es)

representing discrete values

• Arabic: رقمي (ar) (raqamiy)
• Bulgarian: цифров (bg) (cifrov), дигитален (bg) (digitalen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 數字 (cmn), 数字 (cmn) (shùzì)

• Czech: číslicový (cs) m, digitální (cs) m, diskrétní (cs) m
• Dutch: digitaal (nl)
• Esperanto: cifereca (eo)
• Finnish: digitaalinen (fi), numeerinen (fi)
• German: digital (de)
• Greek: ψηφιακός (el) (psifiakós) m
• Hebrew: דיגיטאלי (he) (digit'ali)
• Hindi: डिजिटल (hi) (ḍijiṭal)

• Hungarian: digitális (hu)
• Italian: digitale (it), discreto (it)
• Japanese: デジタル (ja) (dejitaru)
• Korean: 디지털 (ko) (dijiteol)
• Manx: bun-earrooagh (gv)
• Polish: cyfrowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: digital (pt) m and f
• Russian: цифровой (ru) (cifrovój)
• Scottish Gaelic: figearail (gd)
• Spanish: digital (es)
• Swedish: digital (sv), numerisk (sv), diskret (sv)
• Turkish: dijital (tr)

of or relating to computers

• Arabic: رقمي (ar) (raqamiy)
• Bulgarian: цифров (bg) (cifrov), дигитален (bg) (digitalen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 數字 (cmn), 数字 (cmn) (shùzì)

• Czech: počítačový (cs) m
• Dutch: digitaal (nl)
• Finnish: tietokone-, digitaalinen
• French: numérique (fr)
• German: digital (de)
• Greek: ψηφιακός (el) (psifiakós) m
• Hebrew: דיגיטאלי (he) (digit'ali)
• Hindi: डिजिटल (hi) (ḍijiṭal)

• Hungarian: digitális (hu)
• Italian: digitale (it), informatico (it)
• Japanese: デジタル (ja) (dejitaru)
• Jèrriais: digital
• Korean: 디지털 (ko) (dijiteol)
• Malay: digital (ms)
• Manx: bun-earrooagh (gv)
• Portuguese: digital (pt) m and f
• Russian: цифровой (ru) (cifrovój)
• Spanish: digital (es)
• Swedish: digital (sv), numerisk (sv), diskret (sv)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: numérique, digital (see usage note there)
• Indonesian: digital
• Interlingua: digital
• Korean: 디지탈

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /di.ʒi.tal/, X-SAMPA: /di.Zi.tal/
• Homophones: digitale, digitales

Adjective

digital m (feminine digitale, masculine plural digitaux, feminine plural digitales)

1. of or pertaining to fingers or toes
2. digital

Usage notes

digital is occasionally used in French to describe display devices such as TV screens. Its use for other purposes is often criticised, because this use derives from English, and because digital more commonly has the first meaning above.

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Austria)

  (file)

Adjective

digital (not comparable)

1. (computing) digital
2. (medicine) digital

Declension

    Declension of digital

gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist digital	sie ist digital	es ist digital	sie sind digital
strong declension (without article)	nominative	digitaler	digitale	digitales	digitale
	genitive	digitalen	digitaler	digitalen	digitaler
	dative	digitalem	digitaler	digitalem	digitalen
	accusative	digitalen	digitale	digitales	digitale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der digitale	die digitale	das digitale	die digitalen
	genitive	des digitalen	der digitalen	des digitalen	der digitalen
	dative	dem digitalen	der digitalen	dem digitalen	den digitalen
	accusative	den digitalen	die digitale	das digitale	die digitalen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein digitaler	eine digitale	ein digitales	(keine) digitalen
	genitive	eines digitalen	einer digitalen	eines digitalen	(keiner) digitalen
	dative	einem digitalen	einer digitalen	einem digitalen	(keinen) digitalen
	accusative	einen digitalen	eine digitale	ein digitales	(keine) digitalen

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Jèrriais

Etymology

From Latin digitālis, from digitus (“finger, toe”) + -ālis (“-al”).

Adjective

digital m (feminine digitale, masculine plural digitaux, feminine plural digitales)

1. digital

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Portuguese

Adjective

digital m and f (plural digitais; comparable)

1. digital; having to do with the fingers or toes
2. dealing with discrete values rather than a continuous spectrum of values
3. dealing with the display of numerical values

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Romanian

Adjective

digital ^{m nom/acc forms}

1. digital; dealing with discrete values rather than a continuous spectrum of values.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin digitalis

Adjective

digital m and f (plural digitales)

1. digital; having to do with the fingers or toes
2. dealing with discrete values rather than a continuous spectrum of values
3. dealing with the display of numerical values

Noun

digital f (plural digitales)

1. foxglove (plant, flower)

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Swedish

Adjective

digital

1. digital; in (or using) digital (and electronic) form

Declension

Declension of digital

Inflections of digital
Indefinite singular	Common	digital
	Neuter	digitalt
Definite singular	Masc.	digitale
	All	digitala
Plural		digitala

Usage notes

• Circa 2010, the word took on a wider definition, meaning electronic, modern, or binary (having only two values); digitalisering (digitization) started to being used not only of signals, information and documents (e.g. digitizing books or patient's journals), but also about enterprises, as a synonym to automation, computerization (e.g. digitizing libraries and hospitals).

Related terms

• analog-digitalomvandlare
• digital-analogomvandlare
• digitalbox
• digitalformat
• digitalfoto
• digitalisera
• digitalisering
• digitalkamera
• digitalklocka
• digitalradio
• digital-tv