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• UK: /ˈbuːl.i.ən/
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• UK: /buːˈli.ən/
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• General-American: bo͞oʹliən
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• General-American: bo͞oliʹən
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• General-American: /ˈbuli.ən/
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• rhymes with -uːliən
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• CMU ARPABET: B UW0 L IY1 AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Boole + -ean, named after English mathematician, philosopher and logician George Boole (1815–1864).

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: booleà — logic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
• Czech: booleovský — logic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
• Dutch: booleaans — logic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
• Esperanto: bulea — logic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
• Finnish: totuusarvoinen — logic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
• French: booléen — logic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
• French: boolien — logic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
• German: boolesch — logic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
• Italian: booleano — logic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
• Japanese: ブール代数の (Būru-daisū no) — logic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
• Korean: 불 대수의 (bul daesu-ui) — logic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
• Korean: 부울 대수의 (buul daesu-ui) — logic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
• Macedonian: булов (bulov) — logic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
• Polish: boolowski — logic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
• Portuguese: booleano — logic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
• Romanian: boolean — logic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
• Russian: бу́лев (búlev) — logic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
• Spanish: booleano — logic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
• Swedish: boolesk — logic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
• Turkish: Boole'ca — logic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
• Turkish: Boole'sal — logic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
• Vietnamese: luận lý — logic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
• Vietnamese: luận lí — logic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
• Vietnamese: (thuộc) Boole — logic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
• Vietnamese: Boolean — logic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
• Chinese Mandarin: 布爾值 /布尔值 (Bù'ěr zhí) — type of variable
• Dutch: booleaanse waarde — type of variable
• Finnish: totuusarvomuuttuja — type of variable
• French: variable booléenne — type of variable
• German: Boolean — type of variable
• German: boolsche Variable — type of variable
• Japanese: ブーリアン (Būrian) — type of variable
• Japanese: ブール値 (Būru-chi) — type of variable
• Korean: 불리언 (bullieon) — type of variable
• Korean: 부울 값 (buul gap) — type of variable
• Polish: zmienna logiczna — type of variable
• Portuguese: booleano — type of variable
• Russian: бу́лева переме́нная (búleva pereménnaja) — type of variable
• Spanish: booleano — type of variable
• Swedish: boolesk variabel — type of variable
• Turkish: Boole değişkeni — type of variable
• Welsh: Boole — type of variable