Computer in Different Languages
Discover 'Computer' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Computer
Afrikaans rekenaar | ||
Albanian kompjuter | ||
Amharic ኮምፒተር | ||
Arabic الحاسوب | ||
Armenian համակարգիչ | ||
Assamese কম্পিউটাৰ | ||
Aymara atamiri | ||
Azerbaijani kompüter | ||
Bambara ɔridinatɛri | ||
Basque ordenagailua | ||
Belarusian кампутар | ||
Bengali কম্পিউটার | ||
Bhojpuri कंपूटर | ||
Bosnian računara | ||
Bulgarian компютър | ||
Catalan ordinador | ||
Cebuano kompyuter | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 电脑 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 電腦 | ||
Corsican urdinatore | ||
Croatian računalo | ||
Czech počítač | ||
Danish computer | ||
Dhivehi ކޮމްޕިއުޓަރު | ||
Dogri कंप्यूटर | ||
Dutch computer | ||
English computer | ||
Esperanto komputilo | ||
Estonian arvuti | ||
Ewe kɔmpuita | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) kompyuter | ||
Finnish tietokone | ||
French ordinateur | ||
Frisian kompjûter | ||
Galician ordenador | ||
Georgian კომპიუტერი | ||
German computer | ||
Greek υπολογιστή | ||
Guarani mohendaha | ||
Gujarati કમ્પ્યુટર | ||
Haitian Creole òdinatè | ||
Hausa kwamfuta | ||
Hawaiian kamepiula | ||
Hebrew מַחשֵׁב | ||
Hindi संगणक | ||
Hmong khoos phis tawj | ||
Hungarian számítógép | ||
Icelandic tölvu | ||
Igbo kọmputa | ||
Ilocano kompiuter | ||
Indonesian komputer | ||
Irish ríomhaire | ||
Italian computer | ||
Japanese コンピューター | ||
Javanese komputer | ||
Kannada ಕಂಪ್ಯೂಟರ್ | ||
Kazakh компьютер | ||
Khmer កុំព្យូទ័រ | ||
Kinyarwanda mudasobwa | ||
Konkani संगणक | ||
Korean 컴퓨터 | ||
Krio kɔmpyuta | ||
Kurdish komûter | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) کۆمپیوتەر | ||
Kyrgyz компьютер | ||
Lao ຄອມພິວເຕີ | ||
Latin computatrum | ||
Latvian dators | ||
Lingala ordinatere | ||
Lithuanian kompiuteris | ||
Luganda kompuuta | ||
Luxembourgish computer | ||
Macedonian компјутер | ||
Maithili कंप्युटर | ||
Malagasy kajimirindra | ||
Malay komputer | ||
Malayalam കമ്പ്യൂട്ടർ | ||
Maltese kompjuter | ||
Maori rorohiko | ||
Marathi संगणक | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯀꯝꯄ꯭ꯌꯨꯇꯔ | ||
Mizo computer | ||
Mongolian компьютер | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ကွန်ပျူတာ | ||
Nepali कम्प्युटर | ||
Norwegian datamaskin | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kompyuta | ||
Odia (Oriya) କମ୍ପ୍ୟୁଟର | ||
Oromo koompiitara | ||
Pashto کمپیوټر | ||
Persian کامپیوتر | ||
Polish komputer | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) computador | ||
Punjabi ਕੰਪਿ .ਟਰ | ||
Quechua computadora | ||
Romanian calculator | ||
Russian компьютер | ||
Samoan komepiuta | ||
Sanskrit संगणक | ||
Scots Gaelic coimpiutair | ||
Sepedi khomphutha | ||
Serbian рачунар | ||
Sesotho khomphuta | ||
Shona kombiyuta | ||
Sindhi ڪمپيوٽر | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) පරිගණක | ||
Slovak počítač | ||
Slovenian računalnik | ||
Somali kombiyuutarka | ||
Spanish computadora | ||
Sundanese komputer | ||
Swahili kompyuta | ||
Swedish dator | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) computer | ||
Tajik компютер | ||
Tamil கணினி | ||
Tatar компьютер | ||
Telugu కంప్యూటర్ | ||
Thai คอมพิวเตอร์ | ||
Tigrinya ኮምፒዩተር | ||
Tsonga khomphyuta | ||
Turkish bilgisayar | ||
Turkmen kompýuter | ||
Twi (Akan) kɔmputa | ||
Ukrainian комп'ютер | ||
Urdu کمپیوٹر | ||
Uyghur كومپيۇتېر | ||
Uzbek kompyuter | ||
Vietnamese máy vi tính | ||
Welsh cyfrifiadur | ||
Xhosa ikhompyutha | ||
Yiddish קאָמפּיוטער | ||
Yoruba komputa | ||
Zulu ikhompyutha |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "rekenaar" is derived from the Dutch word "rekenen" meaning "to calculate". |
| Albanian | "Kompjuter" is derived from the English word "computer" and also means "calculator" in Albanian. |
| Amharic | The Amharic term "ኮምፒተር" (computer) is a loanword from the English language, adapted through transliteration of the original spelling, "computer." |
| Arabic | The word "الحاسوب" (computer) in Arabic is derived from the verb "حسب" (to calculate) and originally referred to a person who performed calculations. |
| Azerbaijani | Azerbaijani word "kompüter" is the derivative of "to calculate" in English. |
| Basque | 'Ordenagailua' is derived from Latin 'ordena' ('order') and Basque suffix '-gailu' ('instrument'). Its literal meaning is 'ordering instrument'. |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian word "кампутар" comes from the Russian word "компьютер", which in turn comes from the English word "computer". It can also mean "computing machine" or "electronic brain" in Belarusian. |
| Bengali | The word "computer" in Bengali comes from the Sanskrit word "gaṇaka," meaning "calculator." |
| Bosnian | The word "računara" comes from the verb "računati" which means "to calculate" and the suffix "-ara" which indicates a female person or an object that performs an action. |
| Bulgarian | The word "компютър" comes from the Old Bulgarian word "сѫполагати" (săpolagati), which means "to calculate" or "to reckon". |
| Catalan | In Catalan, "ordinador" can also refer to a schedule or organiser, highlighting its role as a tool for organising and planning. |
| Cebuano | The word "kompyuter" in Cebuano also refers to a person who operates a computer. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 电脑 also refers to an electronic brain used to simulate a human brain's calculating function |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 電腦 (traditional Chinese for "computer") literally means "electric brain" (電: electric, 腦: brain). |
| Corsican | The word "urdinatore" is a derivative of the Italian and Spanish "ordenador", meaning "computer", and is also related to the English "ordinate", meaning "to arrange". |
| Croatian | Računalo is the Croatian word for "computer," but it also means "calculator" or "account." |
| Czech | The Czech word "počítač" also means "calculator". |
| Danish | In Danish, "computer" can also be used to refer to a person who works on computers or does data processing. |
| Dutch | In Dutch, the word "computer" can also refer to a person who calculates or measures. |
| Esperanto | The word "komputilo" derives from the Latin "computare," meaning "to calculate" or "to reckon." |
| Estonian | The word |
| Finnish | The word "tietokone" is derived from the words "tieto" (knowledge) and "kone" (machine). |
| French | The French word "ordinateur" originally meant "calculator", highlighting its initial role in numerical computation. |
| Frisian | Frisian has two words for 'computer': 'kompjûter' from English and 'rekener' from Dutch. |
| Galician | In Galician, "ordenador" also means "organizer" or "one who orders". |
| Georgian | The Georgian word "компიутери" is borrowed from Russian, which in turn comes from the English word "computer." |
| German | The word "Computer" in German can also mean "accountant" or "calculator" |
| Greek | The Greek word "υπολογιστή" comes from the verb "υπολογίζω" (hypologízo), which means "to calculate" or "to estimate". |
| Gujarati | The word 'computer' in Gujarati is derived from the Sanskrit word 'कम्प्यूट' (compūṭ), meaning 'to reckon' or 'to calculate'. |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word "odinatè" originated from the English word "ordinate" (meaning "to order") and the French word "ordinateur" (meaning "computer"). |
| Hausa | The Hausa word 'kwamfuta' is derived from the English word 'computer' and literally means 'counting machine'. |
| Hawaiian | Kamepiula is also the name of an ancient Polynesian god, which is where it draws the second half of its name from. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word for "computer", "מַחשֵׁב", literally means "calculator". |
| Hindi | The word संगणक (computer) originates from the Sanskrit word 'sangana', which means 'to calculate or compute'. |
| Hmong | The word 'khoos phis tawj' literally means 'think speak hear' in Hmong. |
| Hungarian | In Hungarian, "számítógép" literally means "counting machine", highlighting its original purpose as a calculating device. |
| Icelandic | "Tölva" is a compound word derived from the Icelandic words "tala" (number) and "völva" (prophetess). |
| Igbo | The Igbo word 'kọmputa' originates from the English word 'computer' and has no additional meanings in Igbo. |
| Indonesian | In Indonesian, "komputer" also means "calculator." |
| Italian | The Italian word "computer" comes from the Latin word "computare", meaning "to calculate". |
| Japanese | The word "コンピューター" (computer) in Japanese means "calculation equipment" or "computing machine" when directly translated. |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "komputer" also means "calculator" or "counting machine". |
| Kannada | コンピューター (computer) は、日本語で計算機を意味する言葉で、英語の compute (計算する) に由来します。 |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "компьютер" also refers to the Kazakh alphabet and the Cyrillic alphabet used to write Kazakh. |
| Korean | "컴퓨터" is a Korean word derived from the English word "computer", which means "computer", "electronic digital computer", or "human computer that calculates". |
| Kurdish | The word "komûter" can also be used to refer to a device that converts one type of signal or data to another, such as an audio or video converter. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "компьютер" in Kyrgyz is derived from the Russian word "компьютер" and can also refer to a "calculator" or "processor" in Kyrgyz. |
| Latin | In Latin, the term "computatrum" originally referred to a mathematician or accountant, and only later came to mean "computer". |
| Latvian | "Dators" is also a type of a type of large predatory fish. |
| Lithuanian | The word "kompiuteris" is derived from the French word "computer". |
| Luxembourgish | Computer als Zählmaschin, Rechner oder Rechenmaschine. |
| Macedonian | The Macedonian word "компјутер" comes from the English word "computer", but can also refer specifically to a desktop computer. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "kajimirindra" is derived from the Sanskrit words "kaja" (number) and "mirindra" (excellent), reflecting the computer's ability to perform complex calculations accurately. |
| Malay | In Malay, "komputer" also refers to "computor", a person who computes. |
| Maltese | In Maltese, "kompjuter" can mean "computer" or a "calculating machine". |
| Maori | The Maori word "rorohiko" is derived from the words "roro" (to think) and "hiko" (to move or travel), suggesting that a computer is a tool for thought that moves or travels information. |
| Marathi | The word "संगणक" in Marathi derives from the Sanskrit word "संगणना" (saṅgaṇanā), meaning "calculation" or "computation." |
| Mongolian | The word "компьютер" can also mean "calculator" in Mongolian. |
| Nepali | The word "कम्प्युटर" is derived from the Latin word "computare," meaning "to calculate." |
| Norwegian | "Datamaskin" is a Norwegian word for "computer" derived from the English word "data" and the Norwegian word "maskin" meaning "machine". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The Nyanja word "kompyuta" comes from the English word "computer", and is also used to refer to a "calculator". |
| Pashto | The word is derived from the word "calculate" and the Latin word "putare", meaning "to think". |
| Persian | کامپیوتر is a loanword from English and is used in Farsi to mean “computer.” |
| Polish | The word "komputer" in Polish is derived from "komputować," meaning to calculate, and also has the obsolete meaning of "godfather." |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, 'computador' comes from the Latin 'computare,' meaning 'to calculate,' and was first used in the 18th century to refer to a person who performed mathematical calculations. |
| Punjabi | The word "ਕੰਪਿ .ਟਰ" is derived from the English word "compute" which means to calculate or perform mathematical operations. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, the word "calculator" also means "adding machine" or "abacus", and "computer" is translated as "calculator electronic". |
| Russian | The Russian word "компьютер" is borrowed from English and has the alternate meaning of "calculator". |
| Samoan | The word "komepiuta" can mean either "computer" or "television" in Samoan.} |
| Scots Gaelic | In Scots Gaelic, the word "coimpiutair" is derived from the Gaelic word "coimhead" meaning "to see" and "putair" meaning "to count". |
| Serbian | The Serbian word 'računar' originates from the verb 'računati' meaning 'to count' or 'to calculate'. |
| Sesotho | The Sesotho word "khomphuta" is derived from the English word "computer" and is also used to refer to a television set. |
| Shona | The Shona word 'kombiyuta' is derived from the Afrikaans word 'kompuiter', which in turn comes from the English word 'computer'. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word ڪمپيوٽر, meaning "computer," is derived from the Sanskrit word "gaṇaka," meaning "calculator" or "one who computes." |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "පරිගණක" (computer) is derived from the Sanskrit word "parisamkhya" meaning "calculation" or "enumeration". |
| Slovak | In computational theory, a počítač is a Turing machine, or any other device capable of carrying out the same computations. |
| Slovenian | The word 'računalnik' literally means 'something that calculates' in Slovenian, highlighting its primary function. |
| Somali | "Kombiyuutarka" is the Somali word for "computer", and it is derived from the English word "computer". |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "computadora" refers to a computer, but its etymology derives from "computare", meaning "to calculate". |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, "komputer" can also refer to a person who works with computers. |
| Swahili | In Swahili, “kompyuta,” derived from English, originally meant "accountant". |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "dator" originates from the Latin word "dator," which means "giver" or "provider." |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | In Filipino, "kompyuter" can also refer to a "calculator". |
| Tajik | The Tajik word "компютер" is a Russian borrowing and is used in the same sense in both languages. |
| Tamil | The word "கணினி" originally referred to a person who performed calculations, and also means "to calculate" or "to compute" in Tamil. |
| Telugu | The word "कंप्यూट" (compute) derives from the Latin "computāre," meaning to count or reckon. |
| Thai | The Thai word "คอมพิวเตอร์" (computer) originates from the Sanskrit word "कम्प्यूट" (comput), meaning "to calculate". |
| Turkish | The word 'bilgisayar' is the Turkish equivalent of 'computer', derived from the words 'bilgi' (knowledge) and 'sayar' (counter). |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "комп'ютер" (computer) is derived from the French word "compter" (to count). |
| Urdu | The Urdu word 'کمپیوٹر' is derived from the English word 'computer' and originally meant 'calculator'. |
| Uzbek | The word "kompyuter" also means "assistant" or "companion" in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | The word "máy vi tính" literally translates to "counting machine" in Vietnamese, highlighting its original purpose in performing calculations. |
| Welsh | Cyfrifiadur comes from 'cyfrifiad' (calculation), and the root word 'cyfrif' (number), meaning literally 'that which does calculations'. |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word 'ikhompyutha' comes from the English word 'computer', which in turn comes from the Latin word 'computare', meaning 'to calculate'. |
| Yiddish | "קאָמפּיוטער" is also used informally to refer to someone who is very good at mental calculations. |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word "komputa" is derived from the English word "computer" and is primarily used to refer to desktop and laptop computers. |
| Zulu | "Ikhompyutha" is a Zulu word derived from the English word "computer", but it has also come to be used figuratively to refer to a person who is particularly skilled at using computers. |
| English | The word 'computer' derives from Old French 'computor', meaning 'calculator' |