configure

See also: configuré

English

Etymology

From Old French configurer, from Latin configurare. See configurate.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /kənˈfɪɡ(j)ɚ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /kənˈfɪɡə(ɹ)/

• Audio (UK)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪɡə(ɹ), -ɪɡjə(ɹ)

Verb

configure (third-person singular simple present configures, present participle configuring, simple past and past participle configured)

1. (transitive) To set up or arrange something in such a way that it is ready for operation for a particular purpose, or to someone's particular liking

   Users may configure the settings to enhance their experience.

Derived terms

• configurable
• reverse configure

Related terms

• configuration
• configurator

Translations

to set up or arrange something

• Armenian: ձեւավորել (hy) (jewavorel), կազմաձեւել (kazmajewel)
• Bulgarian: конфигури́рам (bg) impf or pf (konfiguríram)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 配置 (zh) (pèizhì), 設定／设定 (zh) (shèdìng)

• Danish: konfigurer
• Esperanto: agordi
• Estonian: seadma
• Finnish: määritellä (fi), konfiguroida
• French: configurer (fr)
• German: konfigurieren (de)
• Greek: διαμορφώνω (el) (diamorfóno), ρυθμίζω (el) (rythmízo)
• Icelandic: stilla
• Irish: cumrú
• Japanese: 設定する (ja) (せっていする, settei suru)
• Korean: 설정하다 (ko) (seoljeong-hada)
• Maori: whirihora
• Norman: confidguther
• Norwegian: konfigurer
• Persian: پیکراییدن‎ (fa)
• Portuguese: configurar (pt)
• Romanian: configura (ro)
• Russian: конфигури́ровать (ru) impf (konfigurírovatʹ), сконфигури́ровать (ru) pf (skonfigurírovatʹ)
• Spanish: configurar (es)
• Swedish: konfigurera
• Thai: ปรับแต่ง, ตั้งค่า (computing):
• Vietnamese: cài đặt (vi)

French

Verb

configure

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

Spanish

Verb

configure

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