developer

English

Etymology

develop +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈvɛləpə(ɹ)/
• 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. (computing) 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 in product creation and improvement

• Albanian: zhvillues (sq) m, zhvilluese f
• Catalan: desenvolupador m
• Danish: udvikler c
• Dutch: ontwikkelaar (nl) m, ontwerper (nl) m
• Finnish: kehittäjä (fi), tuotekehittäjä, devaaja (fi)
• French: concepteur (fr) m, développeur (fr) m, créateur (fr) m
• German: Entwickler (de) m, Entwicklerin (de) f
• Hungarian: fejlesztő (hu)
• Italian: sviluppatore (it) m
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• Maori: kaiwhakawhanake
• Portuguese: desenvolvedor (pt)
• Romanian: creator (ro) m
• Russian: разрабо́тчик (ru) m (razrabótčik), разрабо́тчица (ru) m (razrabótčica)
• Spanish: desarrollador m
• Swedish: utvecklare c
• Turkish: geliştirici (tr)
• Vietnamese: nhà phát triển

real estate developer

• Armenian: կառուցապատող (kaṙucʻapatoġ)
• Czech: developer (cs) m
• Dutch: promotor (nl) m, projectontwikkelaar (nl) m
• Finnish: rakennuttaja (fi), kiinteistönkehittäjä
• French: promoteur (fr)
• Hungarian: fejlesztő (hu)
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• Italian: sviluppatore (it) m
• Polish: deweloper (pl) m
• Romanian: constructor (ro) m
• Russian: застро́йщик (ru) m (zastrójščik), деве́лопер (ru) (devéloper)
• Spanish: promotor (es) m

liquid used in chemical film processing

• Chinese:

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

• Czech: vývojka (cs) f
• Dutch: ontwikkelaar (nl) m
• Finnish: kehitin (fi)
• French: développateur (fr) m
• German: Entwickler (de) m
• Hungarian: előhívó
• Italian: liquido per sviluppare m, sviluppatore (it) m
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• Japanese: 現像液 (げんぞうえき, genzōeki)
• Korean: 현상액 (hyeonsang'aek)
• Polish: wywoływacz m
• Portuguese: revelador m
• Romanian: developator (ro) m, revelator (ro) m
• Russian: прояви́тель (ru) m (projavítelʹ)
• Slovak: vývojka f
• Spanish: revelador (es) m
• Turkish: developman maddesi

film developer

• Finnish: (filmin) kehittäjä
• French: révélateur (fr) m
• German: Entwickler (de) m
• Hungarian: előhívó
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• Italian: sviluppatore (it) m
• Korean: 현상액 (hyeonsang'aek)
• Persian: فیلم‌ساز
• Turkish: film banyosu ilacı

software programmer

• Catalan: desenvolupador m
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: vývojář (cs) m
• Danish: udvikler c, programmør c
• Dutch: (-analist) programmeur (nl) m
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kehittäjä (fi), ohjelmoija (fi), devaaja (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 (it) m
• Japanese: プログラマー (puroguramā)
• Korean: 프로그래머 (peurogeuraemeo)
• Latvian: izstrādātājs m, izstrādātāja f, izstrādātāji m pl, izstrādātājas f pl
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• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: سازنده (fa)
• Polish: programista (pl) m
• Portuguese: desenvolvedor (pt) m, developer m, programador (pt) m
• Romanian: developer (ro) m, programator (ro) m
• Russian: программи́ст (ru) m (programmíst), программи́стка (ru) f (programmístka), разрабо́тчик (ru) m (razrabótčik), разрабо́тчица (ru) f (razrabótčica)
• Sanskrit: व्युत्पादक (sa) m (vyutpādaka), व्युत्पादका f (vyutpādakā)
• Spanish: desarrollador m
• Swedish: mjukvaruutvecklare c
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: yazılım uzmanı, geliştirici (tr)
• Vietnamese: nhà phát triển phần mềm

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

• redevelop

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Czech

Noun

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

References

• “developer” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Portuguese

Etymology

From English developer.

Noun

1. developer (software programmer)

Synonyms

• desenvolvedor, programador, creador,