developer

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

develop +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈvɛləpə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /dɪˈvɛləpɚ/
• Hyphenation: de‧vel‧op‧er

Noun

developer ‎(plural developers)

1. A person or entity engaged in the creation or improvement of certain classes of products.
2. A real estate developer; a person or company who prepares a parcel of land for sale, or creates structures on that land.
   • 2013 June 21, Chico Harlan, “Japan pockets the subsidy …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 30:

     Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."

3. A film developer; a person who uses chemicals to create photographs from photograph negatives.
4. A liquid used in the chemical processing of traditional photos.
5. (dyeing) A reagent used to produce an ingrain color by its action upon some substance on the fiber.
6. A software developer; a person or company who creates or modifies computer software.

Synonyms

• (person or company who writes computer software): designer, programmer

Related terms

• develop
• development
• developmental

Translations

someone engaged product creation and improvement

• Albanian: zhvillues (sq) m, zhvilluese f
• Danish: udvikler c
• Dutch: ontwikkelaar (nl) m, ontwerper (nl) m
• Finnish: kehittäjä (fi), tuotekehittäjä
• French: concepteur (fr) m, développeur (fr) m, créateur (fr) m
• German: Entwickler (de) m, Entwicklerin (de) f
• Hungarian: fejlesztő (hu)

• Italian: sviluppatore m
• Portuguese: desenvolvedor (pt)
• Romanian: creator (ro) m, dezvoltator m, conceptor
• Russian: разрабо́тчик (ru) m ‎(razrabótčik), разрабо́тчица (ru) m ‎(razrabótčica)
• Swedish: utvecklare c
• Turkish: geliştirici (tr)
• Vietnamese: nhà phát triển

real estate developer

• Czech: developer (cs) m
• Dutch: promotor m, projectontwikkelaar (nl) m
• Finnish: rakennuttaja (fi), kiinteistönkehittäjä
• French: promoteur (fr)
• Hungarian: fejlesztő (hu)

• Italian: sviluppatore m
• Polish: deweloper m
• Russian: застро́йщик (ru) m ‎(zastrójščik)
• Spanish: promotor (es) m

liquid used in chemical film processing

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 顯影劑 (zh), 显影剂 (zh) ‎(xiǎnyǐngjì)

• Dutch: ontwikkelaar (nl) m
• Finnish: kehitin
• French: développateur (fr) m
• German: Entwickler (de) m
• Hungarian: előhívószer

• Italian: liquido per sviluppare m, sviluppatore m
• Japanese: 現像液 ‎(げんぞうえき, genzōeki)
• Polish: wywoływacz m
• Portuguese: revelador m
• Romanian: developator (ro) m, lichid developator n, revelator (ro) m
• Russian: прояви́тель (ru) m ‎(projavítelʹ)
• Spanish: revelador (es) m
• Turkish: developman maddesi

film developer

• Finnish: (filmin) kehittäjä
• French: révélateur (fr) m
• German: Entwickler (de) m

• Hungarian: előhívó
• Italian: sviluppatore m
• Turkish: film banyosu ilacı

software programmer

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 開發人員 (zh), 开发人员 (zh) ‎(kāifā rényuán), 程序員 (zh), 程序员 (zh) ‎(chéngxùyuán)

• Czech: vývojář m
• Danish: udvikler c, programmør c
• Dutch: (-analist) programmeur (nl) m
• Finnish: ohjelmoija (fi)
• French: (-analyste) programmeur (fr) m, développeur (fr) m
• German: Entwickler (de) m, Entwicklerin (de) f
• Hungarian: fejlesztő (hu)
• Italian: sviluppatore di software m, sviluppatore m

• Japanese: プログラマー ‎(puroguramā)
• Korean: 프로그래머 ‎(peurogeuraemeo)
• Polish: programista (pl) m
• Portuguese: desenvolvedor (pt) m, developer m m, programador (pt) m
• Russian: программи́ст (ru) m ‎(programmíst), программи́стка (ru) f ‎(programmístka), разрабо́тчик (ru) m ‎(razrabótčik), разрабо́тчица (ru) f ‎(razrabótčica)
• Swedish: mjukvaruutvecklare c
• Turkish: yazılım uzmanı, geliştirici (tr)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} promoteur (fr) m

Anagrams

• redevelop

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Czech

Noun

developer m

1. developer (real estate developer)

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Danish

Etymology

From English developer.

Noun

developer c (singular definite developeren, plural indefinite developere)

1. developer

Synonyms

• udvikler

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Portuguese

Noun

developer m f (plural developers)

1. developer (software programmer)

Synonyms

• desenvolvedor, programador