Standard Lemma guide

analog

adj · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈænəˌlɒɡ/
  • British, Multicultural-London-English, Southern, Standard: [ˈanəlɔɡ]
  • Scotland: /ˈanəlɔɡ/
  • Australian: /ˈænəlɔɡ/
  • New-Zealand: /ˈɛnəlɒɡ/
  • General-American: /ˈænəlɔɡ/
  • General-American: [ˈɛənəˌlɔɡ] /æ/ raising
  • Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • /ˈænəˌlɒɡ/ without the father-bother merger
  • Canada, US, dialectal: [ˈɛənəˌlɒɡ] without the father-bother merger; /æ/ raising
  • /ˈænəˌlɑɡ/ father-bother merger
  • Canada, US, dialectal: [ˈɛənəˌlɑɡ] father-bother merger; /æ/ raising
  • CMU ARPABET: AE1 N AH0 L AO2 G Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

In which the value of a data item (such as time) is represented by a continuous(ly) variable physical quantity that can be measured (such as the shadow of a sundial).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • an analog watch

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Not relating to, or pre-dating, digital technology such as computers and the Internet; relating to real life.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • an analog (paper) map

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: material

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Something that bears an analogy to something else.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An organ or structure that is similar in function to one in another kind of organism but is of dissimilar evolutionary origin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Topics: biology, natural-sciences

Examples

  • See also: convergent evolution

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A structural derivative of a parent compound that differs from it by only one or a few atoms or substituent groups; (usually, especially) such a molecule that retains most of the same chemical properties.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective

Meaning 6

of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • analogue device
  • linear amplifier

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: analogue, linear

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

something having the property of being analogous to something else

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: analogue, parallel

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: similarity

Narrower terms: echo

History

Etymology

First attested in the early 19th century; from French analogue, from Ancient Greek ἀνάλογος (análogos, “proportionate”), from ἀνά (aná, “up to”) + λόγος (lógos, “ratio”). Equivalent to ana- (“functionally similar”) + -log.

Across languages

Translations

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَنَاظِرِيَّة (tanāẓiriyya) — represented by a continuously variable physical quantity
  • Arabic: أنالوج (analōg) — represented by a continuously variable physical quantity
  • Armenian: անալոգային (analogayin) — represented by a continuously variable physical quantity
  • Bulgarian: аналогов (analogov) — represented by a continuously variable physical quantity
  • Bulgarian: непрекъснат (neprekǎsnat) — represented by a continuously variable physical quantity
  • Chinese Cantonese: 模擬 /模拟 (mou4 ji5) — represented by a continuously variable physical quantity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 模擬 /模拟 (mónǐ) — represented by a continuously variable physical quantity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 類比 /类比 (lèibǐ) — represented by a continuously variable physical quantity
  • Czech: analogový — represented by a continuously variable physical quantity
  • Czech: spojitý — represented by a continuously variable physical quantity
  • Dutch: analoog — represented by a continuously variable physical quantity
  • Esperanto: analoga — represented by a continuously variable physical quantity
  • Finnish: analoginen — represented by a continuously variable physical quantity
  • French: analogique — represented by a continuously variable physical quantity
  • German: analog — represented by a continuously variable physical quantity
  • Greek: αναλογικός (analogikós) — represented by a continuously variable physical quantity
  • Hebrew: אָנָלוֹגִי — represented by a continuously variable physical quantity
  • Hungarian: analóg — represented by a continuously variable physical quantity
  • Icelandic: hliðrænt — represented by a continuously variable physical quantity
  • Indonesian: analog — represented by a continuously variable physical quantity
  • Irish: analógach — represented by a continuously variable physical quantity
  • Italian: analogico — represented by a continuously variable physical quantity
  • Japanese: アナログ (anarogu) — represented by a continuously variable physical quantity
  • Kazakh: аналогты (analogty) — represented by a continuously variable physical quantity
  • Korean: 아날로그 (anallogeu) — represented by a continuously variable physical quantity
  • Norwegian: analog — represented by a continuously variable physical quantity
  • Polish: analogowy — represented by a continuously variable physical quantity
  • Portuguese: analógico — represented by a continuously variable physical quantity
  • Romanian: analog — represented by a continuously variable physical quantity
  • Romanian: analogic — represented by a continuously variable physical quantity
  • Russian: ана́логовый (análogovyj) — represented by a continuously variable physical quantity
  • Slovak: analógový — represented by a continuously variable physical quantity
  • Slovene: analogen — represented by a continuously variable physical quantity
  • Spanish: analógico — represented by a continuously variable physical quantity
  • Swahili: Mfano — represented by a continuously variable physical quantity
  • Swedish: analog — represented by a continuously variable physical quantity
  • Turkish: analog — represented by a continuously variable physical quantity
  • Vietnamese: tương tự — represented by a continuously variable physical quantity
  • Armenian: նմանակ (nmanak) — something that bears an analogy
  • Bulgarian: аналог (analog) — something that bears an analogy
  • Czech: obdoba — something that bears an analogy
  • Finnish: vertaus — something that bears an analogy
  • Finnish: analogia — something that bears an analogy
  • German: Analogon — something that bears an analogy
  • Greek: ανάλογος (análogos) — something that bears an analogy
  • Hungarian: analogon — something that bears an analogy
  • Irish: analóg — something that bears an analogy
  • Livonian: analōg — something that bears an analogy
  • Polish: analog — something that bears an analogy
  • Portuguese: análogo — something that bears an analogy
  • Russian: ана́лог (análog) — something that bears an analogy
  • Slovak: analóg — something that bears an analogy
  • Swedish: motsvarighet — something that bears an analogy
  • Finnish: samatoimintainen elin — organ or structure
  • Russian: ана́лог (análog) — organ or structure
  • Bulgarian: аналог (analog) — structural derivative
  • Finnish: analogia — structural derivative
  • French: analogue — structural derivative
  • Italian: analogo — structural derivative
  • Polish: analog — structural derivative
  • Portuguese: análogo — structural derivative
  • Russian: ана́лог (análog) — structural derivative
  • Spanish: análogo — structural derivative
  • Swedish: analog — structural derivative
Real reading context

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