index

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See also Index, and índex

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin index (“a discoverer, informer, spy; of things, an indicator, the forefinger, a title, superscription”), from indicō (“point out, show”); see indicate.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɪndɛks/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

index (plural indexes or indices)

1. An alphabetical listing of items and their location; for example, the index of a book lists words or expressions and the pages of the book upon which they are to be found.
2. The index finger, the forefinger, or other pointer.
3. A sign; an indication; a token.

   His son's empty guffaws ... struck him with pain as the indices of a weak mind.

4. (linguistics) A type of noun where the meaning of the form changes with respect to the context. E.g., 'Today's newspaper' is an indexical form since its referent will differ depending on the context. See also icon and symbol.
5. (economics) A single number calculated from an array of prices or of quantities.
6. (sciences) A number representing a property or ratio, a coefficient.
7. (mathematics) A raised suffix indicating a power.
8. (programming, computing) An integer or other key indicating the location of data e.g. within an array, vector, database table, associative array, or hash table.
9. (computing, databases) A data structure that improves the performance of operations on a table.

Synonyms

• (index finger): arrow-finger, demonstrator, forefinger, index finger, insignitor, lickpot, pointling, showing finger, teacher
• See also Wikisaurus:index finger

Derived terms

Derived terms

index locorum index nominum index rerum index term index verborum

indexical indexless price index refractive index

Related terms

Related terms

indicate indicator

indication indicia

Translations

alphabetical listing

• Afrikaans: indeks (af)
• Albanian: indeks (sq) m
• Arabic: دليل (ar) (dalīl) m
• Armenian: ինդեքս (hy) (indek's)
• Basque: indizea (eu)
• Belarusian: індэкс (be) (índeks) m
• Bulgarian: индекс (bg) (índeks) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 索引 (cmn) (suǒyǐn), 指數 (cmn), 指数 (cmn) (zhǐshù)

• Czech: rejstřík (cs) m, index (cs) m
• Danish: indeks (da) n, indholdsfortegnelse (da) c
• Dutch: inhoud (nl) m, index (nl) m, register (nl) n
• Esperanto: indekso (eo)
• Finnish: hakemisto (fi)
• French: index (fr) m
• Galician: índice (gl) m
• Georgian: საძიებელი (ka) (sajiebeli)
• German: Index (de) m, Verzeichnis (de) n
• Greek: κατάλογος (el) (katálogos) m, ευρετήριο (el) (evretírio) n
• Hebrew: מפתח (he) (mafteakh) m
• Hungarian: névmutató (hu)
• Icelandic: atriðaskrá (is) m, röðunarskrá (is) m, veldisvísir (is) m, vísitala (is) m
• Ido: indexo
• Italian: indice (it) m
• Japanese: 索引 (ja) (さくいん, sakuin), インデックス (ja) (indekkusu), 表題 (ja) (ひょうだい, hyōdai), 指数 (ja) (しすう, shisū), 指標 (ja) (しひょう, shihyō), 総目録 (ja) (そうもくろく, sōmokuroku)
• Kannada: ಸೂಚಿ (kn) (sūci)

• Korean: 색인 (ko) (saek-in) (索引 (ko))
• Latin: index (la) c
• Lithuanian: indeksas (lt) m
• Macedonian: индекс (mk) (índeks) m
• Maltese: indiċi (mt)
• Norwegian: innhold (no) m, indeks (no) m, innholdsfortegnelse (no) m
• Persian: نمایه (fa) (namâye), فهرست (fa) (fehrest), شاخص (fa) (šaxes), نمودار (fa) (nemudâr)
• Polish: spis (pl) m, indeks (pl) m
• Portuguese: índice (pt) m
• Romanian: a cresta (ro) f, index (ro)
• Russian: указатель (ru) (ukazátelʹ) m, индекс (ru) (índɛks) m
• Scottish Gaelic: clàr-amais (gd) m
• Serbo-croatian:

  Cyrillic: казало (sh) n, показатељ (sh) m, индекс (sh) m

  Roman: kazalo (sh) n, pokazatelj (sh) m, indeks (sh) m

• Slovak: index (sk) m
• Slovene: kazalo (sl) n, indeks (sl) m, kazalec (sl) m
• Spanish: índice (es) m
• Swedish: förteckning (sv) m
• Tamil: அட்டவணை (aṭṭvṇai)
• Telugu: సూచిక (soochika), విషయ సూచిక (vishaya soochika)
• Thai: ดัชนี (th) (datchanee)
• Turkish: dizin (tr), indeks (tr)
• Ukrainian: індекс (uk) (índeks) m
• Vietnamese: chỉ số (vi), chỉ mục (vi)
• Welsh: dangoseg, ddangoseg, fynegai, mynegai, nangoseg

linguistics: type of noun

index finger — see forefinger

sign, indication, token

• Finnish: merkki (fi)

• Russian: показатель (ru) (pokazátelʹ) m, знак (ru) (znak) m

economics: single number calculated from an array of prices or quantities

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 指數 (cmn), 指数 (cmn) (zhǐshù)

• Czech: index (cs) m
• Finnish: indeksi (fi)

• Georgian: ინდექსი (ka) (indek'si)
• Italian: indice (it) m
• Russian: индекс (ru) (índɛks) m
• Turkish: indeks (tr)

science: number representing a property or ratio, a coefficient

• Russian: коэффициент (ru) (koefficiɛ́nt) m

mathematics: raised suffix indicating a power.

• Russian: показатель степени (ru) (pokazátelʹ stépeni) m

programming: key indicating location of data

• Danish: indeks (da) n
• Finnish: indeksi (fi)

• Georgian: ხარისხის მაჩვენებელი (ka) (xarisxis mač'venebeli)
• Russian: индекс (ru) (índɛks) m

data structure

• Czech: index (cs) m
• Russian: индекс (ru) (índɛks) m

• Scottish Gaelic: clàr-amais (gd) m

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, 1989

See also

• (alphabetical listing): table of contents

Verb

index (third-person singular simple present indexes, present participle indexing, simple past and past participle indexed)

1. (transitive) To arrange an index for something, especially a long text.
2. To inventory, to take stock.

Derived terms

• indexer

Translations

to arrange an index

• Czech: indexovat (cs)
• Danish: indeksere (da)
• Dutch: indexeren (nl)
• Esperanto: indeksi (eo)
• Finnish: indeksoida (fi)
• French: indexer (fr)

• German: indizieren (de)
• Italian: indicizzare (it)
• Polish: indeksować (pl)
• Russian: индексировать (ru) (indeksírovat')
• Spanish: indexar (es)

to take stock — see inventory

External links

• index in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• index in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• nixed

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Pronunciation

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Noun

index m

1. index (economics)

Related terms

• indexace
• indexový
• indexovat
• indexování

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Noun

index m (plural indexen or indices, diminutive indexje)

1. index

Derived terms

• brekingsindex

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French

Etymology

From Latin index (“pointer, indicator”), from indicō (“point out, show”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɛ̃.de/

Noun

index m (plural index)

1. index
2. forefinger
3. The welcome page of a web site, typically index.html, index.htm or index.php

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Latin

Etymology

From indicō (“point out, indicate, show”), from in (“in, at, on; into”) + dicō (“indicate; dedicate; set apart”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈin.deks/

Noun

index (genitive indicis); m, f, third declension

1. A pointer, indicator.
2. The index finger, forefinger.
3. A sign, indication, proof, mark, token, index.
4. An informer, discoverer, director, talebearer, guide, witness, betrayer, spy.
5. (of books) A title, superscription.
6. (of books) An index, catalogue, table, list, summary, digest.
7. (of paintings or statues) An inscription.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	index	indicēs
genitive	indicis	indicum
dative	indicī	indicibus
accusative	indicem	indicēs
ablative	indice	indicibus
vocative	index	indicēs

Derived terms

• indicīna
• indicium
• indiculum

Related terms

indicābilis indicātiō indicātīvus

indicātor indicātūra indicō

Descendants

Catalan: índex English: index French: index, indice

Italian: indice Portuguese: índex, índice Russian: индекс Spanish: índex, índice

References

• index in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879

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Swedish

Noun

index n

1. an index

Declension

Declension of index

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	index	indexet	index	indexen
genitive	index	indexets	index	indexens