compile

See also: compilé

English

Etymology

From Middle English compilen, from Old French compiler, from Latin compīlō (“heap, plunder”, verb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəmˈpaɪ.əl/

  • Audio (UK):

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• IPA^(key): /kəmˈpaɪ.əl/
• Rhymes: -aɪl

Verb

compile (third-person singular simple present compiles, present participle compiling, simple past and past participle compiled)

1. (transitive) To put together; to assemble; to make by gathering things from various sources.

   Samuel Johnson compiled one of the most influential dictionaries of the English language.

2. (obsolete) To construct; to build.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     Before that Merlin dyde, he did intend / A brasen wall in compas to compyle / About Cairmardin [...].

3. (transitive, programming) To use a compiler to process source code and produce executable code.

   After I compile this program I'll run it and see if it works.

4. (intransitive, programming) To be successfully processed by a compiler into executable code.

   There must be an error in my source code because it won't compile.

5. (obsolete, transitive) To contain or comprise.
   • 1595, Edmunde Spenser [i.e., Edmund Spenser], “(please specify the sonnet number or title)”, in Amoretti and Epithalamion. […], London: […] [Peter Short] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC:

     Which these six books compile.

6. (obsolete) To write; to compose.
   • 1690, William Temple, Miscellanea. The Second Part. […], London: […] T. M. for Ri[chard] and Ra[lph] Simpson, […], →OCLC, section II, [https:// page 188]:

     They are at their leisure much given to poetry; in which they compile the praises of virtuous men and actions , satires against vice

Hyponyms

• cross-compile
• transcompile

 

Derived terms

• compiler, compilator

Translations

assemble from a collection

• Arabic: تجميع (ar)
• Bulgarian: събирам (bg) (sǎbiram), съставям (bg) (sǎstavjam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 編撰 (zh) (biānzhuàn), 编撰 (zh) (biānzhuàn), 彙編／汇编 (zh) (huìbiān), 汇编 (zh) (huìbiān)

• Danish: kompilere
• Dutch: samenstellen (nl)
• Esperanto: kompili (eo)
• Finnish: koota (fi), koostaa (fi)
• French: compiler (fr)
• German: zusammenstellen (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: συντάσσω (suntássō)

• Hungarian: összeállít (hu), fordít (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: tiomsaigh
• Italian: compilare (it), assemblare (it), predisporre (it), raccogliere (it)
• Japanese: 編集する (ja) (へんしゅうする, henshū suru)
• Maori: whakahiato
• Persian: فراهمیستن (fa)
• Polish: kompilować impf, skompilować pf
• Portuguese: compilar (pt)
• Romanian: alcătui (ro) (dintr-o colecție), compila (ro)
• Russian: собира́ть (ru) impf (sobirátʹ), собра́ть (ru) pf (sobrátʹ), составля́ть (ru) impf (sostavljátʹ), соста́вить (ru) pf (sostávitʹ)
• Spanish: compilar (es)
• Swedish: sammanställa (sv), kompilera (sv)
• Turkish: derlemek (tr)

produce executable

• Bulgarian: компилирам (bg) (kompiliram)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 編譯／编译 (zh) (biānyì), 编译 (zh) (biānyì)

• Czech: přeložit (cs), kompilovat
• Dutch: compileren (nl)
• Finnish: kääntää (fi)
• French: compiler (fr)
• German: kompilieren (de)
• Greek: μεταγλωττίζω (el) (metaglottízo)
• Hebrew: קימפל (kimpél)
• Irish: tiomsaigh
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• Italian: compilare (it)
• Japanese: コンパイルする (ja) (konpairu suru)
• Malagasy: mandika (mg)
• Polish: kompilować impf, skompilować pf
• Portuguese: compilar (pt)
• Romanian: compila (ro)
• Russian: компили́ровать (ru) impf (kompilírovatʹ), скомпили́ровать (ru) pf (skompilírovatʹ), откомпили́ровать (ru) pf (otkompilírovatʹ), собирать (ru) impf (sobiratʹ), собрать (ru) pf (sobratʹ)
• Spanish: compilar (es)
• Swedish: kompilera (sv)
• Turkish: derlemek (tr)

be successfully processed by a compiler

• Finnish: kääntyä (fi)
• Greek: μεταγλωττίζομαι (el) (metaglottízomai)
• Hebrew: הִתְקַמְפֵּל (hitkampél)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: compilarsi
• Polish: kompilować się impf, skompilować się pf
• Russian: компили́роваться (ru) impf (kompilírovatʹsja), скомпили́роваться (ru) pf (skompilírovatʹsja)

Noun

compile (plural compiles)

1. (programming) An act of compiling code.
   • 1985, Robert A Stern, An Introduction to Computers and Information Processing:

     […] programming team managers assumed the "improved programs" produced through structured programming would not require as many compiles during development.

   • 2007, Scott Meyers, Mike Lee, MAC OS X Leopard: Beyond the Manual

     Any file with an error or warning on it will be added to this smart group until the next compile.

Anagrams

• polemic

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French

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

compile

1. inflection of compiler:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

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Portuguese

Verb

compile

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Spanish

Verb

compile

1. inflection of compilar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative