pixel

See also: Pixel and píxel

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

pix, pictures + el(ement); often taken to be a blend of “picture” and “element”, but this does not account for the x. First attested in 1969.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪksəl/, /ˈpɪksɛl/
• Rhymes: -ɪksəl

Noun

pixel ‎(plural pixels)

1. One of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory.
2. One of the squares that make up a pixel art work or a zoomed in image in a computer.

Synonyms

• pel (rare)
• pictel (dated)

Hyponyms

• gigapixel
• megapixel
• terapixel

Derived terms

Terms derived from pixel

• dixel
• pixelated
• pixelation

• pixelization
• pixellated

• subpixel
• texel

• trixel
• voxel

Related terms

• peep pixels
• pixel peeper

Translations

one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory

• Arabic: بِكْسِل m ‎(biksil)
• Belarusian: піксэль m ‎(píksel’)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 像素 (zh) ‎(xiàngsù)

• Czech: pixel (cs) m
• Danish: pixel (da)
• Dutch: pixel (nl)
• Esperanto: rastrumero
• Finnish: pikseli (fi), kuvapiste
• French: pixel (fr) m
• German: Pixel (de) n, Bildpunkt m, Bildelement n
• Greek: εικονοστοιχείο (el) n ‎(eikonostoicheío)
• Hebrew: פִּיקְסֶל (he) m ‎(piksel), פִּיקְסֶלִים m pl ‎(pikselím)
• Hungarian: képpont (hu)
• Icelandic: díll m, myndeining f, punktur m
• Italian: pixel (it) m

• Japanese: ピクセル ‎(pikuseru), 画素 ‎(gaso), 絵素 ‎(eso)
• Korean: 화소 ‎(hwaso), 픽셀 ‎(piksel)
• Malay: piksel
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: piksel m

  Nynorsk: piksel m

• Polish: piksel (pl)
• Portuguese: pixel m
• Russian: пи́ксель (ru) m ‎(píkselʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: piksel (sh) m
• Sindhi: عَڪسِل (sd) f
• Spanish: píxel m, pixel (es) m
• Swedish: pixel (sv)
• Ukrainian: піксель m ‎(píksel’)
• Walloon: picsel

See also

• triangle

References

• “pixel” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

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French

Etymology

From English

Noun

pixel m ‎(plural pixels)

1. (computing) pixel

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Hungarian

Etymology

From English pixel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpiksɛl]
• Hyphenation: pi‧xel

Noun

pixel ‎(plural pixelek)

1. (computing) pixel (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	pixel	pixelek
accusative	pixelt	pixeleket
dative	pixelnek	pixeleknek
instrumental	pixellel	pixelekkel
causal-final	pixelért	pixelekért
translative	pixellé	pixelekké
terminative	pixelig	pixelekig
essive-formal	pixelként	pixelekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	pixelben	pixelekben
superessive	pixelen	pixeleken
adessive	pixelnél	pixeleknél
illative	pixelbe	pixelekbe
sublative	pixelre	pixelekre
allative	pixelhez	pixelekhez
elative	pixelből	pixelekből
delative	pixelről	pixelekről
ablative	pixeltől	pixelektől

Possessive forms of pixel
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	pixelem	pixeljeim
2nd person sing.	pixeled	pixeljeid
3rd person sing.	pixelje	pixeljei
1st person plural	pixelünk	pixeljeink
2nd person plural	pixeletek	pixeljeitek
3rd person plural	pixeljük	pixeljeik

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English pixel, abbreviation of "picture element".

Noun

pixel m ‎(definite singular pixelen, indefinite plural pixeler or pixler, definite plural pixelene or pixlene)

1. (computing) alternative form of piksel

Usage notes

The plural forms pixler and pixlene are not listed officially, but are in common use, and also occur in Danish (as pixler and pixlerne).

References

• “pixel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• píxel (uncommon)

Noun

pixel m (plural pixels or pixeis)

1. (computing) pixel (one of the dots that make up an image)

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:pixel.

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Spanish

Noun

pixel m ‎(plural pixels)

1. Alternative form of píxel