programme

See also: Programme and programmé

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹoʊˌɡɹæm/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹəʊɡɹæm/

• Audio (US)

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• Audio (UK)

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• Hyphenation: pro‧gramme

Noun

programme (plural programmes)

1. Britain and New Zealand standard spelling of program.

   Our programme for today’s exercise class includes swimming and jogging.

   The programme about Greek architecture starts at 9:00 on Channel 4.

   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter 8, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698:

     It had been arranged as part of the day's programme that Mr. Cooke was to drive those who wished to go over the Rise in his new brake.

   • 1961, New Scientist (volume 9, number 226, page 679)

     Thus once a computer programme has been prepared, vastly different conditions can be inserted and experimented with at the expense of a few hours of computer time.

2. (Britain, dated, possibly nonstandard form) Alternative spelling of program (“computer program”)

Usage notes

See usage notes at program.

Derived terms

• programme-maker
• rolling programme
• space programme

Translations

programme — see program

Verb

programme (third-person singular simple present programmes, present participle programming, simple past and past participle programmed)

1. Britain standard spelling of program.

Derived terms

• reprogramme

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα (prógramma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.ɡʁam/

• Audio

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Noun

programme m (plural programmes)

1. a program (set of structured activities)
2. a program (leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity)
3. a program (particular mindset or method of doing things)
4. (computing) a program (item of software; a computer program)

   Synonym: logiciel

Derived terms

• programme malveillant

Descendants

• English: program
• Turkish: program

Verb

programme

1. first-person singular present indicative of programmer
2. third-person singular present indicative of programmer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of programmer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of programmer
5. second-person singular imperative of programmer

Further reading

• “programme” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Norman

Etymology

From Late Latin programma (“a proclamation, edict”), from Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα (prógramma, “a written public notice, an edict”).

Noun

programme m (plural programmes)

1. (computing, etc.) program

Derived terms

• programmer (“to program”)