programme

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: Programme and programmé

English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

programme (plural programmes)

  1. Britain, New Zealand, and India 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.
    ITEC is the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation Programme.
    • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
      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, rare) Alternative spelling of program (computer program)

Usage notes[edit]

See usage notes at program.

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

Verb[edit]

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

  1. Britain standard spelling of program.

Derived terms[edit]

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Late Latin programma, from Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα (prógramma).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • English: program
    • Malay: program
    • Tok Pisin: program
  • Polish: program
  • Romanian: program
  • Ottoman Turkish: پروغرام (program)

Verb[edit]

programme

  1. inflection of programmer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading[edit]

Norman[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

programme m (plural programmes)

  1. (computing, etc.) program

Derived terms[edit]