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abandonware

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A software product that is no longer updated or maintained, or whose copyright is no longer defended or which is no longer marketed even by the company who made it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software, video-games

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2éd Proto-Italic *ad Latin ad Old French a Proto-Germanic *bannanąder. Frankish *bannder. Old French ban Proto-Indo-European *déh3nom Proto-Italic *dōnom Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *dōnāō? Latin donāre Old French doner Old French a ban doner Old French abandonerder. Middle English abandounen English abandon Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Germanic *samþuz /*samftuz Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī) Old English sōfte Middle English softe English soft Proto-Germanic *warō Proto-West Germanic *waru Old English waru Middle English ware English -ware English softwarebf. English -ware English abandonware From abandon + -ware.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: programari descatalogat — software which has been abandoned by its developer
  • Dutch: abandonware — software which has been abandoned by its developer
  • Finnish: hylätty ohjelmisto — software which has been abandoned by its developer
  • Finnish: abandonware — software which has been abandoned by its developer
  • French: abandogiciel — software which has been abandoned by its developer
  • French: logiciel abandonné — software which has been abandoned by its developer
  • French: abandonware — software which has been abandoned by its developer
  • German: Abandonware — software which has been abandoned by its developer
  • Icelandic: eftirlegubúnaður — software which has been abandoned by its developer
  • Indonesian: peranti telantar — software which has been abandoned by its developer
  • Italian: abandonware — software which has been abandoned by its developer
  • Italian: software fuori mercato — software which has been abandoned by its developer
  • Polish: abandonware — software which has been abandoned by its developer
  • Romanian: produs abandonat — software which has been abandoned by its developer
  • Romanian: software abandonat — software which has been abandoned by its developer
  • Slovak: abandonware — software which has been abandoned by its developer
  • Spanish: abandonware — software which has been abandoned by its developer