pixel
English
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 1965.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
pixel (plural pixels)
- One of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory.
- 1965 April, Fred C. Billingsley, “Digital Video Processing at JPL”, in Eugene B. Turner, editor, Electronic Imaging Techniques I, Proceedings of SPIE, volume 3, Los Angeles:
- We have chosen to sample at a 500 KC rate and we define each one of these samples as a picture element or pixel. We have sampled each pixel with 6-bit accuracy which is commensurate with the signal/noise ratio and the data accuracy.
- One of the squares that make up a pixel art work or a zoomed in image in a computer.
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References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “pixel”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
pixel m (plural pixels, diminutive pixeltje n)
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French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
pixel m (plural pixels)
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from English pixel.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
pixel (plural pixelek)
- (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) | ||
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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 |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
pixelé | pixeleké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
pixeléi | pixelekéi |
Possessive forms of pixel | ||
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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 |
Derived terms
References
- ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from English pixel, abbreviation of "picture element".
Noun
pixel m (definite singular pixelen, indefinite plural pixeler or pixler, definite plural pixelene or pixlene)
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.
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- píxel (uncommon)
Etymology
Noun
Usage notes
The use of the plural pixeis (as opposed to píxeis) is sometimes discouraged as it does not correspond to the natural plural formation in either of the two languages[1].
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:pixel.
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Spanish
Noun
pixel m (plural pixeles)
- Alternative form of píxel
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