computer

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See also: Computer and compùter

English[edit]

Human computers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (1955).
An electronic computer (circa early 1980s).

Etymology[edit]

From compute +‎ -er.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

computer (plural computers)

  1. (now rare, chiefly historical) A person employed to perform computations; one who computes. [from 17th c.]
    • 1674, “To the Guardian-Angel”, in Reflexions upon the Devotions of the Roman Church, London: Richard Royston, page 419:
      By which manner of ſpeaking, this Propheteſs, who is ſo exact a Computer, would have us, I ſuppoſe, to conclude, that it would be a great miſtake to think that the number of Angels was either 9, or 11 for one of Men.
    • 1927, J. B. S. Haldane, Possible Worlds and Other Essays, page 173
      Only a few years ago Mr. Powers, an American computer, disproved a hypothesis about prime numbers which had held the field for more than 250 years.
    • 2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, page 116:
      One Harvard computer, Annie Jump Cannon, used her repetitive acquaintance with the stars to devise a system of stellar classifications so practical that it is still in use today.
  2. (by restriction, chiefly historical) A male computer, where the female computer is called a computress.
  3. A programmable electronic device that performs mathematical calculations and logical operations, especially one that can process, store and retrieve large amounts of data very quickly; now especially, a small one for personal or home use employed for manipulating text or graphics, accessing the Internet, or playing games or media. [from 20th c.]
    Synonyms: processor, 'puter (informal), box (slang), machine, calculator

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Terms derived from computer

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Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English computer.

Noun[edit]

computer c (singular definite computeren, plural indefinite computere)

  1. computer (machine)

Declension[edit]

Declension of computer
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative computer computeren computere computerne
genitive computers computerens computeres computernes

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English computer.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

computer m (plural computers, diminutive computertje n)

  1. computer

Verb[edit]

computer

  1. first-person singular present indicative of computeren
  2. imperative of computeren

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin computō, computāre (“to compute, sum up”). See also the doublets compter, and conter.

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Verb[edit]

computer

  1. (archaic, rare) to compute
    • 1802, François-René de Chateaubriand, Génie du christianisme
      Quant aux ères, ici on compte par l'année de la création, là par olympiade, par la fondation de Rome, par la naissance de Jésus-Christ, par l'époque d'Eusèbe, par celle des Séleucides, celle de Nabonassar, celle des martyrs. Les Turcs ont leur hégire, les Persans leur yezdegerdic. On compute encore par les éres julienne, grégorienne, ibérienne et actienne.
      As the eras, here they compute by the year of the creation, there by olympiads, by the foundation of Rome, by the birth of Christ, by the epoch of Eusebius, by that of Seleucids, of Nabonassar, of the Martyrs. The Turks have their hegira, the Persians their yezdegerdie. The Julian, Gregorian, Iberian and Actian eras, are also employed in computation.

Conjugation[edit]

  Conjugation of computer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive computer avoir computé
gerund en computant en ayant computé
present participle computant
/kɔ̃.py.tɑ̃/
past participle computé
/kɔ̃.py.te/
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
simple
tenses 		present compute
/kɔ̃.pyt/ 		computes
/kɔ̃.pyt/ 		compute
/kɔ̃.pyt/ 		computons
/kɔ̃.py.tɔ̃/ 		computez
/kɔ̃.py.te/ 		computent
/kɔ̃.pyt/
imperfect computais
/kɔ̃.py.tɛ/ 		computais
/kɔ̃.py.tɛ/ 		computait
/kɔ̃.py.tɛ/ 		computions
/kɔ̃.py.tjɔ̃/ 		computiez
/kɔ̃.py.tje/ 		computaient
/kɔ̃.py.tɛ/
past historic1 computai
/kɔ̃.py.te/ 		computas
/kɔ̃.py.ta/ 		computa
/kɔ̃.py.ta/ 		computâmes
/kɔ̃.py.tam/ 		computâtes
/kɔ̃.py.tat/ 		computèrent
/kɔ̃.py.tɛʁ/
future computerai
/kɔ̃.py.tʁe/ 		computeras
/kɔ̃.py.tʁa/ 		computera
/kɔ̃.py.tʁa/ 		computerons
/kɔ̃.py.tʁɔ̃/ 		computerez
/kɔ̃.py.tʁe/ 		computeront
/kɔ̃.py.tʁɔ̃/
conditional computerais
/kɔ̃.py.tʁɛ/ 		computerais
/kɔ̃.py.tʁɛ/ 		computerait
/kɔ̃.py.tʁɛ/ 		computerions
/kɔ̃.py.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		computeriez
/kɔ̃.py.tə.ʁje/ 		computeraient
/kɔ̃.py.tʁɛ/
compound
tenses 		present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior1 Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il que nous que vous qu’ils
simple
tenses 		present compute
/kɔ̃.pyt/ 		computes
/kɔ̃.pyt/ 		compute
/kɔ̃.pyt/ 		computions
/kɔ̃.py.tjɔ̃/ 		computiez
/kɔ̃.py.tje/ 		computent
/kɔ̃.pyt/
imperfect1 computasse
/kɔ̃.py.tas/ 		computasses
/kɔ̃.py.tas/ 		computât
/kɔ̃.py.ta/ 		computassions
/kɔ̃.py.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		computassiez
/kɔ̃.py.ta.sje/ 		computassent
/kɔ̃.py.tas/
compound
tenses 		past Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect1 Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— compute
/kɔ̃.pyt/ 		— computons
/kɔ̃.py.tɔ̃/ 		computez
/kɔ̃.py.te/ 		—
1literary tenses

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English computer.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /komˈpju.ter/, [komˈpjuːt̪er̺]
  • Audio
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  • Stress: compùter
  • Hyphenation: com‧pu‧ter

Noun[edit]

computer m (invariable)

  1. computer (calculating device)

Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

computer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of computō

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English computer.

Noun[edit]

computer n (plural computere)

  1. computer

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Romansch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English computer.

Noun[edit]

computer m (plural computers)

  1. computer

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