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assembler

noun · 5 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • /əˈsɛmb(ə)lɚ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A program that reads source code written in assembly language and produces executable machine code, possibly together with information needed by linkers, debuggers and other tools.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Assembly language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, uncountable

Topics: computer-languages, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • I wrote that program in assembler.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

One who assembles items.

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

A nanodevice capable of assembling nanodevices, possibly including copies of itself, according to a plan.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Topics: engineering, nanotechnology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Examples

  • Assembler (nanotechnology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

a program to convert assembly language into machine language

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: assembly program

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: program, programme, computer program, computer programme

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sem-h2-lo- Proto-Italic *semalis Latin similis 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 Latin -ō Latin simulō Medieval Latin assimulōder. Old French assemblerbor. Middle English assemblen English assemble Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English assembler From assemble + -er.

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: асемблер (asembler) — program that converts assembly language to machine code
  • Czech: assembler — program that converts assembly language to machine code
  • Esperanto: asemblilo — program that converts assembly language to machine code
  • Esperanto: kunmetilo — program that converts assembly language to machine code
  • Estonian: assembler — program that converts assembly language to machine code
  • Finnish: konekielelle kääntäjä — program that converts assembly language to machine code
  • Finnish: konekielikääntäjä — program that converts assembly language to machine code
  • French: assembleur — program that converts assembly language to machine code
  • German: Assembler — program that converts assembly language to machine code
  • Greek: συμβολομεταφραστής (symvolometafrastís) — program that converts assembly language to machine code
  • Icelandic: smali — program that converts assembly language to machine code
  • Japanese: アセンブラ (asenbura) — program that converts assembly language to machine code
  • Kazakh: ассемблер (assembler) — program that converts assembly language to machine code
  • Korean: 어셈블러 (eosembeulleo) — program that converts assembly language to machine code
  • Macedonian: составувач (sostavuvač) — program that converts assembly language to machine code
  • Macedonian: асемблер (asembler) — program that converts assembly language to machine code
  • Polish: asembler — program that converts assembly language to machine code
  • Polish: assembler — program that converts assembly language to machine code
  • Portuguese: montador — program that converts assembly language to machine code
  • Russian: ассемблер (assembler) — program that converts assembly language to machine code
  • Swedish: assemblator — program that converts assembly language to machine code
  • Swedish: assembler — program that converts assembly language to machine code
  • Vietnamese: trình hợp dịch — program that converts assembly language to machine code
  • Finnish: kokoonpanija — one who assembles items
  • Finnish: kokooja — one who assembles items
  • Portuguese: montador — one who assembles items
  • Finnish: kokooja — nanodevice
  • Portuguese: montador molecular — nanodevice
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