noun
Meaning 1
One who compiles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a compiler of poetry anthologies
- my favourite crossword compiler
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
compiler
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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UK: /kəmˈpaɪlə/
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US: /kəmˈpaɪlɚ/
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rhymes with -aɪlə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: K AH0 M P AY1 L ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A computer program that transforms source code into object code.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
(computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: compiling program
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: program, programme, computer program, computer programme
Narrower terms: C compiler, Fortran compiler, LISP compiler, Pascal compiler
noun
Meaning 4
a person who compiles information (as for reference purposes)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: writer, author
Narrower terms: encyclopedist, encyclopaedist, lexicographer, lexicologist
History
Etymology
From Middle English compilour, from Anglo-Norman compilour, from Old French compileur, from Latin compīlātōrem, equivalent to compile + -er.
Across languages
Translations
72 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: compilador — computer program
- Chinese Mandarin: 編譯器 /编译器 (biānyìqì) — computer program
- Czech: překladač — computer program
- Esperanto: tradukilo — computer program
- Estonian: kompilaator — computer program
- Finnish: kääntäjä — computer program
- French: compilateur — computer program
- German: Compiler — computer program
- German: Kompiler — computer program
- German: Übersetzer — computer program
- Greek: μεταγλωττιστής (metaglottistís) — computer program
- Hebrew: מְהַדֵּר — computer program
- Hungarian: fordító — computer program
- Hungarian: fordítóprogram — computer program
- Icelandic: þýðandi — computer program
- Icelandic: vistþýðandi — computer program
- Icelandic: þýðingarforrit — computer program
- Indonesian: kompilator — computer program
- Irish: tiomsaitheoir — computer program
- Italian: compilatore — computer program
- Japanese: コンパイラ (kompaira) — computer program
- Kazakh: компилятор (kompilätor) — computer program
- Korean: 컴파일러 (keompailleo) — computer program
- Lithuanian: kompiliatorius — computer program
- Malagasy: mpandika — computer program
- Norwegian Bokmål: kompilator — computer program
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kompilator — computer program
- Persian: ترجمیسال — computer program
- Persian: ترجمیسار — computer program
- Polish: kompilator — computer program
- Portuguese: compilador — computer program
- Romanian: compilator — computer program
- Russian: компиля́тор (kompiljátor) — computer program
- Serbo-Croatian: kompilator — computer program
- Serbo-Croatian: kompajler — computer program
- Spanish: compilador — computer program
- Swedish: kompilator — computer program
- Thai: คอมไพเลอร์ — computer program
- Turkish: derleyici — computer program
- Vietnamese: trình biên dịch — computer program
- Welsh: crynhoydd — computer program
- Bulgarian: съставител (sǎstavitel) — a person who compiles
- Catalan: compilador — a person who compiles
- Chinese Mandarin: 编者 (bīanzhě) — a person who compiles
- Finnish: kokoaja — a person who compiles
- Finnish: koostaja — a person who compiles
- French: compilateur — a person who compiles
- French: compilatrice — a person who compiles
- German: Kompilator — a person who compiles
- Greek: συντάκτης (syntáktis) — a person who compiles
- Irish: tiomsaitheoir — a person who compiles
- Irish: teaglamaí — a person who compiles
- Japanese: コンパイラ (kompaira) — a person who compiles
- Latin: compīlātor — a person who compiles
- Māori: kaiwhakahiato — a person who compiles
- Norwegian Bokmål: kompilator — a person who compiles
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kompilator — a person who compiles
- Persian: گرداور — a person who compiles
- Polish: kompilator — a person who compiles
- Portuguese: compilador — a person who compiles
- Romanian: compilator — a person who compiles
- Romanian: compilatoare — a person who compiles
- Russian: состави́тель (sostavítelʹ) — a person who compiles
- Russian: компиля́тор (kompiljátor) — a person who compiles
- Serbo-Croatian: kompilator — a person who compiles
- Serbo-Croatian: kompilatorica — a person who compiles
- Swedish: sammanställare — a person who compiles
- Swedish: kompilator — a person who compiles
- Ukrainian: укладач (ukladač) — a person who compiles
- Vietnamese: biên dịch viên — a person who compiles
- Welsh: crynhoydd — a person who compiles
- Welsh: casglwr — a person who compiles
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