Phrase guide

assembly language

name · noun · 3 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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name

Meaning 1

Alternative spelling of assembly language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

A programming language in which the source code of programs is composed of mnemonic instructions, each of which corresponds directly to a machine instruction for a particular processor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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

Examples

  • A skilled programmer can write very fast code in assembly language.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 3

a low-level programing language; close approximation to machine language

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: programming language, programing language

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: لُغَةْ تَجْمِيع (luḡat tajmīʕ) — programming language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 彙編語言 /汇编语言 (huìbiān yǔyán) — programming language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 組合語言 /组合语言 (zǔhé yǔyán) — programming language
  • Czech: jazyk symbolických adres — programming language
  • Danish: assemblersprog — programming language
  • Esperanto: simbola maŝinkodo — programming language
  • Esperanto: asembla lingvo — programming language
  • Finnish: symbolinen konekieli — programming language
  • French: langage d'assemblage — programming language
  • French: assembleur — programming language
  • Georgian: ასემბლერის ენა (asembleris ena) — programming language
  • Georgian: ამწყობის ენა (amc̣q̇obis ena) — programming language
  • German: Assemblersprache — programming language
  • Greek: συμβολική γλώσσα (symvolikí glóssa) — programming language
  • Hebrew: שְׂפַת־סַף (s'fát saf) — programming language
  • Icelandic: smalamál — programming language
  • Indonesian: bahasa rakitan — programming language
  • Irish: teanga dhíolama — programming language
  • Italian: linguaggio assembly — programming language
  • Japanese: アセンブリー言語 (asenburī-gengo) — programming language
  • Kazakh: ассемблерлеу тілі (assemblerleu tılı) — programming language
  • Korean: 어셈블리어 (eosembeulli-eo) — programming language
  • Macedonian: составувачки јазик (sostavuvački jazik) — programming language
  • Polish: asembler — programming language
  • Polish: assembler — programming language
  • Portuguese: linguagem de montagem — programming language
  • Portuguese: assembly — programming language
  • Romanian: limbaj de asamblare — programming language
  • Russian: язы́к ассе́мблера (jazýk assémblera) — programming language
  • Russian: ассе́мблер (assémbler) — programming language
  • Spanish: lenguaje ensamblador — programming language
  • Swedish: assembler — programming language
  • Swedish: assemblerspråk — programming language
  • Turkish: çevirme dili — programming language
  • Vietnamese: hợp ngữ — programming language
  • Vietnamese: ngôn ngữ tổ hợp — programming language