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• Received-Pronunciation: /kəʊd/
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• General-American: /koʊd/
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• Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -əʊd
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• CMU ARPABET: K OW1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English code (“system of law”), from Old French code (“system of law”), from Latin cōdex, later form of caudex (“the stock or stem of a tree, a board or tablet of wood smeared over with wax, on which the ancients originally wrote; hence, a book, a writing.”). Doublet of codex. Verb etymology 1, verb sense 7 is an ellipsis of code blue (“medical emergency”).

327 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Aragonese: codigo — symbol or short designation
• Armenian: կոդ (kod) — symbol or short designation
• Asturian: códigu — symbol or short designation
• Basque: kode — symbol or short designation
• Belarusian: код (kod) — symbol or short designation
• Bulgarian: код (kod) — symbol or short designation
• Catalan: codi — symbol or short designation
• Chinese Mandarin: 代碼 /代码 (dàimǎ) — symbol or short designation
• Czech: kód — symbol or short designation
• Dutch: code — symbol or short designation
• Esperanto: kodo — symbol or short designation
• Finnish: koodi — symbol or short designation
• Galician: código — symbol or short designation
• Greek: κωδικός (kodikós) — symbol or short designation
• Hebrew: קוֹד (kod) — symbol or short designation
• Hungarian: kód — symbol or short designation
• Ido: kodexo — symbol or short designation
• Italian: codice — symbol or short designation
• Khmer: កូដ (kout) — symbol or short designation
• Macedonian: код (kod) — symbol or short designation
• Occitan: còdi — symbol or short designation
• Portuguese: código — symbol or short designation
• Romanian: cod — symbol or short designation
• Russian: код (kod) — symbol or short designation
• Slovak: kód — symbol or short designation
• Spanish: código — symbol or short designation
• Swedish: kod — symbol or short designation
• Swedish: littera — symbol or short designation
• Turkish: kod — symbol or short designation
• Ukrainian: код (kod) — symbol or short designation
• Welsh: cod — symbol or short designation
• Arabic: دُسْتُور (dustūr) — body of law
• Arabic: دَسْتُور (dastūr) — body of law
• Arabic: قَانُون (qānūn) — body of law
• Arabic: تَشْرِيع (tašrīʕ) — body of law
• Aragonese: codigo — body of law
• Armenian: օրենսգիրք (ōrensgirkʻ) — body of law
• Asturian: códigu — body of law
• Azerbaijani: məcəllə — body of law
• Basque: kode — body of law
• Belarusian: ко́дэкс (kódeks) — body of law
• Bulgarian: ко́декс (kódeks) — body of law
• Catalan: codi — body of law
• Chinese Mandarin: 法規 /法规 (fǎguī) — body of law
• Czech: kodex — body of law
• Czech: zákoník — body of law
• Danish: kodeks — body of law
• Danish: kodex — body of law
• Dutch: wetboek — body of law
• Dutch: code — body of law
• Esperanto: kodo — body of law
• Estonian: kood — body of law
• Finnish: laki — body of law
• Finnish: säännöskokoelma — body of law
• French: code — body of law
• Galician: código — body of law
• Georgian: კოდექსი (ḳodeksi) — body of law
• German: Kodex — body of law
• German: Gesetzbuch — body of law
• Greek: κώδικας (kódikas) — body of law
• Hungarian: kódex — body of law
• Ido: kodexo — body of law
• Indonesian: kitab undang-undang — body of law
• Italian: codice — body of law
• Japanese: 規約 (kiyaku) — body of law
• Korean: 규약 (gyuyak) — body of law
• Lithuanian: kodeksas — body of law
• Malay: kanun — body of law
• Occitan: còdi — body of law
• Polish: kodeks — body of law
• Portuguese: código — body of law
• Romanian: cod — body of law
• Russian: ко́декс (kódɛks) — body of law
• Russian: уста́в (ustáv) — body of law
• Scottish Gaelic: riaghailt — body of law
• Spanish: código — body of law
• Swedish: balk — body of law
• Turkish: kural — body of law
• Turkish: düstur — body of law
• Ottoman Turkish: دستور (düstur) — body of law
• Ukrainian: ко́декс (kódeks) — body of law
• Venetan: codexe — body of law
• Vietnamese: luật — body of law
• Welsh: cod — body of law
• Arabic: اِصْطِلَاح (iṣṭilāḥ) — system of principles, rules or regulations
• Aragonese: codigo — system of principles, rules or regulations
• Asturian: códigu — system of principles, rules or regulations
• Basque: kode — system of principles, rules or regulations
• Belarusian: ко́дэкс (kódeks) — system of principles, rules or regulations
• Bulgarian: ко́декс (kódeks) — system of principles, rules or regulations
• Catalan: codi — system of principles, rules or regulations
• Chinese Mandarin: 規章 /规章 (guīzhāng) — system of principles, rules or regulations
• Chinese Mandarin: 法典 (fǎdiǎn) — system of principles, rules or regulations
• Chinese Mandarin: 章程 (zhāngchéng) — system of principles, rules or regulations
• Chinese Mandarin: 準則 /准则 (zhǔnzé) — system of principles, rules or regulations
• Czech: kodex — system of principles, rules or regulations
• Danish: kodeks — system of principles, rules or regulations
• Danish: kodex — system of principles, rules or regulations
• Dutch: code — system of principles, rules or regulations
• Esperanto: kodo — system of principles, rules or regulations
• Estonian: kood — system of principles, rules or regulations
• Finnish: säännöt — system of principles, rules or regulations
• French: code — system of principles, rules or regulations
• Galician: código — system of principles, rules or regulations
• German: Kodex — system of principles, rules or regulations
• Greek: κώδικας (kódikas) — system of principles, rules or regulations
• Hindi: संहिता (sãhitā) — system of principles, rules or regulations
• Hungarian: kódex — system of principles, rules or regulations
• Ido: kodexo — system of principles, rules or regulations
• Italian: codice — system of principles, rules or regulations
• Italian: norma — system of principles, rules or regulations
• Japanese: 掟 (okite) — system of principles, rules or regulations
• Japanese: 法典 (hōten) — system of principles, rules or regulations
• Japanese: コード (kōdo) — system of principles, rules or regulations
• Korean: 법전 (beopjeon) — system of principles, rules or regulations
• Korean: 코드 (kodeu) — system of principles, rules or regulations
• Lithuanian: kodeksas — system of principles, rules or regulations
• Occitan: còdi — system of principles, rules or regulations
• Polish: kodeks — system of principles, rules or regulations
• Portuguese: código — system of principles, rules or regulations
• Romanian: cod — system of principles, rules or regulations
• Russian: ко́декс (kódɛks) — system of principles, rules or regulations
• Scottish Gaelic: còd — system of principles, rules or regulations
• Spanish: código — system of principles, rules or regulations
• Swedish: regel — system of principles, rules or regulations
• Swedish: lag — system of principles, rules or regulations
• Ukrainian: ко́декс (kódeks) — system of principles, rules or regulations
• Venetan: codexe — system of principles, rules or regulations
• Welsh: cod — system of principles, rules or regulations
• Arabic: رُمُوز (rumūz) — set of rules for converting information
• Aragonese: codigo — set of rules for converting information
• Asturian: códigu — set of rules for converting information
• Basque: kode — set of rules for converting information
• Belarusian: код (kod) — set of rules for converting information
• Bulgarian: код (kod) — set of rules for converting information
• Catalan: codi — set of rules for converting information
• Chinese Mandarin: 代碼 /代码 (dàimǎ) — set of rules for converting information
• Chinese Mandarin: 編碼 /编码 (biānmǎ) — set of rules for converting information
• Czech: kód — set of rules for converting information
• Dutch: code — set of rules for converting information
• Esperanto: kodo — set of rules for converting information
• Finnish: avain — set of rules for converting information
• Finnish: koodi — set of rules for converting information
• Finnish: koodisto — set of rules for converting information
• French: code — set of rules for converting information
• Galician: código — set of rules for converting information
• German: Code — set of rules for converting information
• German: Kode — set of rules for converting information
• Greek: κώδικας (kódikas) — set of rules for converting information
• Hebrew: קוֹד (kod) — set of rules for converting information
• Hungarian: kód — set of rules for converting information
• Ido: kodexo — set of rules for converting information
• Italian: codice — set of rules for converting information
• Japanese: コード (kōdo) — set of rules for converting information
• Japanese: 符号 (fugō) — set of rules for converting information
• Korean: 코드 (kodeu) — set of rules for converting information
• Korean: 부호 (buho) — set of rules for converting information
• Macedonian: код (kod) — set of rules for converting information
• Māori: uhingaro — set of rules for converting information
• Occitan: còdi — set of rules for converting information
• Polish: kod — set of rules for converting information
• Portuguese: código — set of rules for converting information
• Romanian: cod — set of rules for converting information
• Russian: код (kod) — set of rules for converting information
• Scottish Gaelic: còd — set of rules for converting information
• Serbo-Croatian: ко̑д — set of rules for converting information
• Serbo-Croatian: kȏd — set of rules for converting information
• Slovak: kód — set of rules for converting information
• Slovene: kod — set of rules for converting information
• Spanish: código — set of rules for converting information
• Swedish: kod — set of rules for converting information
• Tagalog: palahudyatan — set of rules for converting information
• Turkish: kod — set of rules for converting information
• Ukrainian: код (kod) — set of rules for converting information
• Vietnamese: mã — set of rules for converting information
• Welsh: cod — set of rules for converting information
• Arabic: تَرْمِيز (tarmīz) — cryptographic system
• Arabic: شِفْرَة (šifra) — cryptographic system
• Arabic: رَمْز (ramz) — cryptographic system
• Aragonese: codigo — cryptographic system
• Asturian: códigu — cryptographic system
• Basque: kode — cryptographic system
• Belarusian: код (kod) — cryptographic system
• Belarusian: шыфр (šyfr) — cryptographic system
• Bulgarian: код (kod) — cryptographic system
• Bulgarian: ши́фър (šífǎr) — cryptographic system
• Catalan: codi — cryptographic system
• Catalan: clau — cryptographic system
• Chinese Mandarin: 代碼 /代码 (dàimǎ) — cryptographic system
• Chinese Mandarin: 密碼 /密码 (mìmǎ) — cryptographic system
• Czech: kód — cryptographic system
• Dutch: code — cryptographic system
• Esperanto: ĉifro — cryptographic system
• Esperanto: kodo — cryptographic system
• Finnish: salakirjoitusjärjestelmä — cryptographic system
• Galician: código — cryptographic system
• Georgian: კოდექსი (ḳodeksi) — cryptographic system
• Greek: κώδικας (kódikas) — cryptographic system
• Greek: κρυπτογράφημα (kryptográfima) — cryptographic system
• Hebrew: קוֹד (kod) — cryptographic system
• Hindi: कोड (koḍ) — cryptographic system
• Hungarian: kód — cryptographic system
• Ido: kodexo — cryptographic system
• Italian: codice — cryptographic system
• Japanese: 暗号 (angō) — cryptographic system
• Korean: 암호 (amho) — cryptographic system
• Māori: uhingaro — cryptographic system
• Occitan: còdi — cryptographic system
• Persian: کد (kod) — cryptographic system
• Polish: kod — cryptographic system
• Polish: szyfr — cryptographic system
• Portuguese: código — cryptographic system
• Romanian: cod — cryptographic system
• Russian: код (kod) — cryptographic system
• Russian: шифр (šifr) — cryptographic system
• Scottish Gaelic: còd — cryptographic system
• Slovak: kód — cryptographic system
• Spanish: código — cryptographic system
• Spanish: clave — cryptographic system
• Swedish: kod — cryptographic system
• Turkish: kod — cryptographic system
• Ukrainian: код (kod) — cryptographic system
• Ukrainian: шифр (šyfr) — cryptographic system
• Vietnamese: mật mã — cryptographic system
• Welsh: cod — cryptographic system
• Arabic: كود (kod) — instructions for a computer
• Arabic: شِفْرَة (šifra) — instructions for a computer
• Aragonese: codigo — instructions for a computer
• Armenian: կոդ (kod) — instructions for a computer
• Asturian: códigu — instructions for a computer
• Azerbaijani: kod — instructions for a computer
• Basque: kode — instructions for a computer
• Belarusian: код (kod) — instructions for a computer
• Bulgarian: код (kod) — instructions for a computer
• Catalan: codi — instructions for a computer
• Chinese Mandarin: 碼 /码 (mǎ) — instructions for a computer
• Chinese Mandarin: 代碼 /代码 (dàimǎ) — instructions for a computer
• Czech: kód — instructions for a computer
• Dutch: code — instructions for a computer
• Esperanto: kodo — instructions for a computer
• Finnish: koodi — instructions for a computer
• French: code — instructions for a computer
• Galician: código — instructions for a computer
• German: Code — instructions for a computer
• German: Kode — instructions for a computer
• Hebrew: קוֹד (kod) — instructions for a computer
• Hindi: कोड (koḍ) — instructions for a computer
• Hungarian: kód — instructions for a computer
• Ido: kodexo — instructions for a computer
• Italian: codice — instructions for a computer
• Japanese: コード (kōdo) — instructions for a computer
• Japanese: 符号 (fugō) — instructions for a computer
• Korean: 코드 (kodeu) — instructions for a computer
• Korean: 부호 (buho) — instructions for a computer
• Lao: ໂຄດ (khōt) — instructions for a computer
• Māori: waehere — instructions for a computer
• Occitan: còdi — instructions for a computer
• Polish: kod — instructions for a computer
• Portuguese: código — instructions for a computer
• Romanian: cod — instructions for a computer
• Russian: код (kod) — instructions for a computer
• Slovak: kód — instructions for a computer
• Spanish: código — instructions for a computer
• Swedish: kod — instructions for a computer
• Thai: โค้ด (kóot) — instructions for a computer
• Turkish: kod — instructions for a computer
• Ukrainian: код (kod) — instructions for a computer
• Vietnamese: mã hiệu — instructions for a computer
• Welsh: cod — instructions for a computer
• Chinese Mandarin: 編程 /编程 (biānchéng) — to write software programs
• Dutch: programmeren — to write software programs
• Esperanto: kodi — to write software programs
• Finnish: ohjelmoida — to write software programs
• Finnish: koodata — to write software programs
• French: programmer — to write software programs
• German: programmieren — to write software programs
• German: koden (coden) — to write software programs
• Greek: προγραμματίζω (programmatízo) — to write software programs
• Italian: programmare — to write software programs
• Japanese: コーディングする (kōdingu suru) — to write software programs
• Polish: programować — to write software programs
• Polish: kodować — to write software programs
• Portuguese: programar — to write software programs
• Russian: программи́ровать (programmírovatʹ) — to write software programs
• Russian: кодировать (kodirovatʹ) — to write software programs
• Russian: кодить (koditʹ) — to write software programs
• Spanish: programar — to write software programs
• Swedish: programmera — to write software programs
• Swedish: koda — to write software programs
• Ukrainian: програмува́ти (prohramuváty) — to write software programs
• Ukrainian: кодува́ти (koduváty) — to write software programs
• Vietnamese: lập trình — to write software programs
• Vietnamese: viết chương trình — to write software programs
• Welsh: codio — to write software programs
• Finnish: koodata — to categorise by assigning identifiers from a schedule
• German: verschlüsseln — to categorise by assigning identifiers from a schedule
• Hungarian: kódol — to categorise by assigning identifiers from a schedule
• Hungarian: bekódol — to categorise by assigning identifiers from a schedule
• Hungarian: besorol — to categorise by assigning identifiers from a schedule
• Bulgarian: кодирам (kodiram) — cryptography: to encode
• Chinese Mandarin: 编码 (biānmǎ) — cryptography: to encode
• Dutch: coderen — cryptography: to encode
• Esperanto: kodi — cryptography: to encode
• Finnish: salakirjoittaa — cryptography: to encode
• German: verschlüsseln — cryptography: to encode
• Greek: κωδικοποιώ (kodikopoió) — cryptography: to encode
• Greek: κρυπτογραφώ (kryptografó) — cryptography: to encode
• Hebrew: קוֹדֵד (kodéd) — cryptography: to encode
• Hebrew: הִצְפִּין (hitzpín) — cryptography: to encode
• Hungarian: kódol — cryptography: to encode
• Polish: kodować — cryptography: to encode
• Portuguese: encriptar — cryptography: to encode
• Portuguese: criptografar — cryptography: to encode
• Portuguese: codificar — cryptography: to encode
• Russian: коди́ровать (kodírovatʹ) — cryptography: to encode
• Russian: закоди́ровать (zakodírovatʹ) — cryptography: to encode
• Russian: шифрова́ть (šifrovátʹ) — cryptography: to encode
• Russian: зашифрова́ть (zašifrovátʹ) — cryptography: to encode
• Spanish: codificar — cryptography: to encode
• Spanish: encriptar — cryptography: to encode
• Spanish: criptografiar — cryptography: to encode
• Ukrainian: кодува́ти (koduváty) — cryptography: to encode
• Ukrainian: шифрува́ти (šyfruváty) — cryptography: to encode
• Dutch: coderen — to encode a protein
• Finnish: koodata — to encode a protein
• Finnish: saada kohtaus — to suffer a sudden medical emergency
• German: crap — to suffer a sudden medical emergency