hardware

See also: Hardware

English

Etymology

From Middle English hardware; equivalent to hard +‎ -ware; attested since the mid-15th century.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑːdˌwɛə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑɹdˌwɛɹ/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Noun

hardware (uncountable)

1. Fixtures, equipment, tools and devices used for general-purpose construction and repair of a structure or object. Also such equipment as sold as stock by a store of the same name, e.g. hardware store.

   He needed a hammer, nails, screws, nuts, bolts and other assorted hardware, so he went to the hardware store.

2. (informal) Equipment.

   military hardware

   • 2003 June 6, “Mission to Mars”, in CBS_Rather:

     BOWEN: The monster trucks of Mars rovers, joke scientists, equipped with an array of sophisticated hardware to look for signs of water and answer scientists questions.

   • 2009 May, Lee S. Langston, “plowing new ground.”, in Mechanical Engineering, volume 131, number 5, page 40:

     It is one thing to see an intercooler as a simple entry in a textbook, but to witness the actual hardware as it crawled down the road was awe-inspiring.

   • 2011 January, “Swedish Sportster”, in Popular Mechanics, volume 188, number 1, page 27:

     Smaller, turbocharged engines are one way to increase engine efficiency by 8 to 10 percent, but the extra hardware is expensive.

3. (computing) The part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification; motherboard, expansion cards, etc. Compare software.
   • 1952, R.L. Michaelson, “Binary Arithmetic”, in The Incorporated Statistician, volume 3, number 1 (Feb. 1952), pages 35–40:

     Hardware is the generally accepted colloquism for anything inside a computer other than an engineer.

4. (technology) Electronic equipment.
5. Metal implements.

   The designers have put their logo on the hardware of this bag here.

6. (slang) A firearm.
7. (slang) Medals or trophies.
8. (Philippines) Short for hardware store.

Derived terms

• biohardware
• hardware-accelerated
• hardware acceleration
• hardware cloth
• hardware description language
• hardware disease
• hardwareless
• hardwareman
• hardware store
• hardwarily
• nonhardware

 

Related terms

• software
• vaporware

 

Descendants

• → Amharic: ሃርድዌር (hardəwer)

Translations

fixtures, equipment, tools and devices

• Bulgarian: железари́я f (železaríja)
• Catalan: ferreteria (ca) f, ferramenta (ca) f
• Danish: isenkram n
• Finnish: rakennustarvikkeet pl
• French: équipement (fr) m
• Galician: ferramentas (gl) f pl, ferramenta (gl) f
• German: Eisenwaren (de) f pl
• Greek: δομικά υλικά n pl (domiká yliká)
• Hungarian: barkácsáru, szerszámáru, iparáru, iparcikk (hu)
• Italian: ferramenta (it) f
• Latvian: aparatūra ?
• Lithuanian: aparatūra ?
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: jernvare m or f

  Nynorsk: jarnvare f, jernvare f

• Plautdietsch: Iesawoakj n
• Polish: artykuły żelazne nvir
• Portuguese: equipamento (pt) m
• Romanian: echipament (ro) n, componente fizice f pl, componente materiale f pl
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: скло̏по̄вље n, чврстовље ?, тврдовље ?, стројевина ?, тврдотворина ?

  Roman: sklȍpōvlje (sh) n, čvrstovlje ?, tvrdovlje ?, strojevina ?, tvrdotvorina ?

• Turkish: hırdavat (tr)
• Ukrainian: апарату́ра (uk) (aparatúra), те́хніка (téxnika), прила́ддя (pryláddja)
• Welsh: caledwedd f

equipment

• Azerbaijani: avadanlıq (az)
• Bulgarian: обору́дване (bg) n (oborúdvane)
• Danish: udstyr (da) n
• Finnish: kalusto (fi)
• Galician: equipamento (gl) m
• Hungarian: felszerelés (hu), berendezés (hu), eszközök (hu) pl
• Indonesian: peralatan (id), perlengkapan (id)
• Javanese: peralatan (jv)
• Malay: peralatan (ms), kelengkapan
• Norwegian: utstyr n
• Polish: sprzęt (pl) m, artykuły żelazne nvir
• Russian: оборудование (ru) n (oborudovanije)
• Ukrainian: обла́днання (obládnannja), те́хніка (téxnika)

material part of a computer

• Arabic: مَتاع الحاسب‎, المَتاع‎ (al-matāʕ)
• Azerbaijani: aparat təminatı pl, avadanlıq (az) sg
• Belarusian: апаратнае забеспячэнне n (aparatnaje zabjespjačennje), абсталяванне n (abstaljavannje)
• Bengali: হার্ডওয়্যার (bn) (ḣarḍōẏyar)
• Bulgarian: ха́рдуер (bg) m (hárduer)
• Catalan: maquinari (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 硬件 (ngaang⁶ gin^6-2)

  Mandarin: 硬件 (zh) (yìngjiàn) (mainland China), 硬體／硬体 (zh) (yìngtǐ) (Taiwan), 硬設備／硬设备 (yìngshèbèi) (mainland China)

  Min Nan: 硬體／硬体 (zh-min-nan) (ngē-thé, ngī-thé)

• Czech: hardware (cs) m
• Danish: hardware (da) c
• Dutch: hardware (nl) m
• Esperanto: aparataro
• Finnish: laitteisto (fi), hardware (fi); (slang) rauta (fi), hardis
• French: matériel (fr) m, hardware (fr) m
• Galician: hardware (gl) m, soporte físico
• German: Hardware (de) f
• Greek: υλισμικό (el) n (ylismikó)
• Hindi: हार्डवेयर m (hārḍaveyar)
• Hungarian: hardver (hu)
• Icelandic: vélbúnaður (is) m
• Ido: hardwaro (io), aparataro
• Indonesian: perangkat keras (id), peranti keras, peralatan (id)
• Irish: crua-earraí m pl
• Italian: hardware (it) m
• Japanese: ハードウェア (ja) (hādowea), ハード (ja) (hādo)
• Javanese: ꦥꦶꦫꦤ꧀ꦠꦶ ꦏꦱꦂ (piranti kasar)
• Korean: 하드웨어 (ko) (hadeuweeo), 굳은모 (gudeunmo)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: hişkalav (ku)

• Latvian: aparatūra
• Lithuanian: aparatūra, techninė įranga (lt), aparatinė įranga
• Malay: perkakasan (ms)
• Maltese: ħardwer m
• Maori: pūmārō
• Norman: hardware m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: maskinvare m or f

  Nynorsk: maskinvare f

• Persian: سخت‌افزار‎ (fa) (saxt-afzâr)
• Polish: hardware (pl) m, sprzęt komputerowy m
• Portuguese: hardware (pt) m
• Romanian: hardware (ro) n, aparatură (ro) f, aparataj (ro) n
• Russian: аппарату́ра (ru) f (apparatúra), хардве́р (ru) m (xardvér), аппара́тное обеспече́ние (ru) n (apparátnoje obespečénije), обору́дование (ru) n (oborúdovanije), железо (ru) n (železo) (slang)
• Scottish Gaelic: bathar-cruaidh m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: чврстовље ?, тврдовље ?, стројевина ?, тврдотворина ?, скло̏по̄вље n, ха̏рдве̄р m, рачунална склоповска подршка f, стројна опрема f

  Roman: čvrstovlje ?, tvrdovlje ?, strojevina ?, tvrdotvorina ?, sklȍpōvlje (sh) n, hȁrdvēr (sh) m, računalna sklopovska podrška f, strojna oprema f

• Spanish: hardware (es) m, soporte físico m
• Swahili: maunzi ngumu
• Swedish: hårdvara (sv) c, maskinvara (sv) c
• Thai: ฮาร์ดแวร์ (th) (háat-wɛɛ)
• Turkish: donanım (tr)
• Turkmen: apparat üpjünçiligi
• Ukrainian: апаратне забезпечення (aparatne zabezpečennja), апара́тне забезпе́чення (aparátne zabezpéčennja)
• Uzbek: apparat ta'minot
• Vietnamese: cương liệu (vi), phần cứng (vi), phần máy
• Welsh: caledwedd f

electronic equipment

• Bengali: হার্ডওয়্যার (bn) (hardoêr)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 硬件 (ngaang⁶ gin^6-2)

  Mandarin: 硬件 (zh) (yìngjiàn) (mainland China), 硬體／硬体 (zh) (yìngtǐ) (Taiwan)

  Min Nan: 硬體／硬体 (zh-min-nan) (ngē-thé, ngī-thé)

• Czech: hardware (cs) m
• Danish: maskinel n, hardware (da) n
• Finnish: laitteisto (fi), elektroniikka (fi)
• Greek: ηλεκτρονικός εξοπλισμός m (ilektronikós exoplismós)
• Polish: sprzęt (pl) m
• Romanian: hardware (ro) n, aparatură (ro) f
• Russian: аппарату́ра (ru) f (apparatúra), хардве́р (ru) m (xardvér), обору́дование (ru) n (oborúdovanije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: скло̏по̄вље n, ха̏рдве̄р m

  Roman: sklȍpōvlje (sh) n, hȁrdvēr (sh) m

• Sindhi: ڳڻپيوگري‎ (sd)
• Turkish: donanım (tr)
• Ukrainian: обла́днання (obládnannja), апара́тне забезпе́чення (aparátne zabezpéčennja)

metal implements

• Bulgarian: железари́я f (železaríja)
• Czech: ^{(please verify)} železářské zboží n
• Danish: udstyr (da) n
• Finnish: rautatavara
• French: quincaillerie (fr) f
• Galician: quincalla f (pejorative), ferralla (gl) f (pejorative)
• Greek: σιδηρικά n pl (sidiriká), είδη κιγκαλερίας n pl (eídi kigkalerías)
• Hungarian: vasáru (hu), fémáru (hu)
• Manx: yiarnrey
• Polish: artykuły metalowe nvir
• Portuguese: ferragens f pl
• Romagnol: ferâm m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: жељеза̀рија f

  Roman: željezàrija (sh) f

• Sindhi: سامگري‎ (sāmagarī)
• Spanish: fierros (es) m pl
• Ukrainian: метале́ве знаря́ддя (metaléve znarjáddja)

slang: firearm

• Czech: zbraň (cs) f
• Danish: skydevåben (da) n
• Finnish: tykki (fi)
• French: arme à feu (fr) f
• Greek: σιδερικό (el) n (siderikó)
• Spanish: arma de fuego (es) f
• Ukrainian: вогнепа́льна збро́я (vohnepálʹna zbrója)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 기계설비 (gigyeseolbi)
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} donanım (tr)

Further reading

• hardware on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Finnish

Etymology

English hardware

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑːdweø/, [ˈhɑ̝ːdwe̞ø̞]

Noun

hardware

1. (anglicism, computing, electronics) Synonym of laitteisto (“hardware”) (physical equipment, as opposed to software)

Declension

Inflection of hardware (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		hardware	hardwaret
genitive		hardwaren	hardwarejen
partitive		hardwarea	hardwareja
illative		hardwareen	hardwareihin
		singular	plural
nominative		hardware	hardwaret
accusative	nom.	hardware	hardwaret
	gen.	hardwaren
genitive		hardwaren	hardwarejen hardwareinrare
partitive		hardwarea	hardwareja
inessive		hardwaressa	hardwareissa
elative		hardwaresta	hardwareista
illative		hardwareen	hardwareihin
adessive		hardwarella	hardwareilla
ablative		hardwarelta	hardwareilta
allative		hardwarelle	hardwareille
essive		hardwarena	hardwareina
translative		hardwareksi	hardwareiksi
abessive		hardwaretta	hardwareitta
instructive		—	hardwarein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of hardware (type nalle)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative hardwareni hardwareni accusative nom. hardwareni hardwareni gen. hardwareni genitive hardwareni hardwarejeni hardwareinirare partitive hardwareani hardwarejani inessive hardwaressani hardwareissani elative hardwarestani hardwareistani illative hardwareeni hardwareihini adessive hardwarellani hardwareillani ablative hardwareltani hardwareiltani allative hardwarelleni hardwareilleni essive hardwarenani hardwareinani translative hardwarekseni hardwareikseni abessive hardwarettani hardwareittani instructive — — comitative — hardwareineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative hardwaresi hardwaresi accusative nom. hardwaresi hardwaresi gen. hardwaresi genitive hardwaresi hardwarejesi hardwareisirare partitive hardwareasi hardwarejasi inessive hardwaressasi hardwareissasi elative hardwarestasi hardwareistasi illative hardwareesi hardwareihisi adessive hardwarellasi hardwareillasi ablative hardwareltasi hardwareiltasi allative hardwarellesi hardwareillesi essive hardwarenasi hardwareinasi translative hardwareksesi hardwareiksesi abessive hardwarettasi hardwareittasi instructive — — comitative — hardwareinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative hardwaremme hardwaremme accusative nom. hardwaremme hardwaremme gen. hardwaremme genitive hardwaremme hardwarejemme hardwareimmerare partitive hardwareamme hardwarejamme inessive hardwaressamme hardwareissamme elative hardwarestamme hardwareistamme illative hardwareemme hardwareihimme adessive hardwarellamme hardwareillamme ablative hardwareltamme hardwareiltamme allative hardwarellemme hardwareillemme essive hardwarenamme hardwareinamme translative hardwareksemme hardwareiksemme abessive hardwarettamme hardwareittamme instructive — — comitative — hardwareinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative hardwarenne hardwarenne accusative nom. hardwarenne hardwarenne gen. hardwarenne genitive hardwarenne hardwarejenne hardwareinnerare partitive hardwareanne hardwarejanne inessive hardwaressanne hardwareissanne elative hardwarestanne hardwareistanne illative hardwareenne hardwareihinne adessive hardwarellanne hardwareillanne ablative hardwareltanne hardwareiltanne allative hardwarellenne hardwareillenne essive hardwarenanne hardwareinanne translative hardwareksenne hardwareiksenne abessive hardwarettanne hardwareittanne instructive — — comitative — hardwareinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative hardwarensa hardwarensa accusative nom. hardwarensa hardwarensa gen. hardwarensa genitive hardwarensa hardwarejensa hardwareinsarare partitive hardwareaan hardwareansa hardwarejaan hardwarejansa inessive hardwaressaan hardwaressansa hardwareissaan hardwareissansa elative hardwarestaan hardwarestansa hardwareistaan hardwareistansa illative hardwareensa hardwareihinsa adessive hardwarellaan hardwarellansa hardwareillaan hardwareillansa ablative hardwareltaan hardwareltansa hardwareiltaan hardwareiltansa allative hardwarelleen hardwarellensa hardwareilleen hardwareillensa essive hardwarenaan hardwarenansa hardwareinaan hardwareinansa translative hardwarekseen hardwareksensa hardwareikseen hardwareiksensa abessive hardwarettaan hardwarettansa hardwareittaan hardwareittansa instructive — — comitative — hardwareineen hardwareinensa

Further reading

• “hardware”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English.

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /aʁ.dwɛʁ/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

hardware m (uncountable)

1. (computing) hardware

   Synonym: matériel

Further reading

• “hardware”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English hardware.

Noun

hardware m (uncountable)

1. (Jersey, computing) hardware

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hardware.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxard.wɛr/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ardwɛr
• Syllabification: hard‧ware

Noun

hardware m inan

1. (computer hardware) hardware (material part of a computer)

   Synonym: sprzęt komputerowy

   Coordinate term: software

Declension

Declension of hardware

	singular
nominative	hardware
genitive	hardware'u
dative	hardware'owi
accusative	hardware
instrumental	hardware'em
locative	hardwarze
vocative	hardwarze

Derived terms

adjective

• hardware'owy

 

Related terms

adverb

• hardware'owo

 

Further reading

• hardware in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• hardware in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hardware.

Noun

hardware m (plural hardwares)

1. (computing) hardware (parts of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification)

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hardware.

Noun

hardware n (uncountable)

1. (computing) hardware

Declension

declension of hardware (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) hardware	hardwareul
genitive/dative	(unui) hardware	hardwareului
vocative	hardwareule

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hardware.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxaɾdweɾ/ [ˈxaɾ.ð̞weɾ]
• IPA^(key): /ˈxarweɾ/ [ˈxa.rweɾ]
• IPA^(key): /ˈxaɾɡweɾ/ [ˈxaɾ.ɣ̞weɾ]

Noun

hardware m (plural hardwares)

1. (computing) hardware

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

• “hardware”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014