digital

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdɪʤətl/, SAMPA: /"dIdZ@tl/

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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 Computer Age.

Antonyms

• undigital
• (representing discrete values): analog

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), на пръстите (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: 數位 (cmn), 数位 (cmn) (shùwèi) Dutch: vinger- Finnish: sormi-

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

representing discrete values

Arabic: رقمي (ar) (raqamiy) Bulgarian: цифров (bg), дигитален (bg) 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), дигитален (bg) 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) Korean: 디지털 (ko) (dijiteol) Manx: bun-earrooagh (gv) Portuguese: digital (pt) m. and f. Russian: цифровой (ru) (cifrovój) Spanish: digital (es) Swedish: digital (sv), numerisk (sv), diskret (sv)

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

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French

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

digital m. (f. digitale, m. plural digitaux, f. 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

Adjective

digital (not comparable)

1. (computing) digital
2. (medicine) 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; dealig with discrete values rather than a continuous spectrum of values.

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Spanish

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

Related terms

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