noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/kəmˌpjuːtəɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/
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CMU ARPABET:K AH0 M P Y UW2 T ER0 IH0 Z EY1 SH AH0 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The act of computerizing something, or something computerized.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: informatisation
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
the control of processes by computer
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin com- Latin putus 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 putō Latin computō Latin computārelbor. French computerbor. English compute 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 computer Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English computerize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English computerization From computerize + -ation.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
համակարգչայնացում
(hamakargčʻaynacʻum)
— the act of computerizing
Belarusian:
камп'ютэрыза́цыя
(kampʺjuteryzácyja)
— the act of computerizing
Catalan:
informatització
— the act of computerizing
Chinese Mandarin:
電腦化 /电脑化
(diànnǎohuà)
— the act of computerizing
Chinese Mandarin:
計算機化 /计算机化
(jìsuànjīhuà)
— the act of computerizing
Dutch:
computerisatie
— the act of computerizing
Finnish:
tietokoneistus
— the act of computerizing
French:
informatisation
— the act of computerizing
German:
Computerisierung
— the act of computerizing
Hebrew:
מחשוב
(mikhshuv)
— the act of computerizing
Hungarian:
komputerizáció
— the act of computerizing
Japanese:
コンピュータ化
(konpyūta-ka)
— the act of computerizing
Japanese:
コンピュータリゼーション
(konpyūtarizeshon)
— the act of computerizing
Kazakh:
ақпараттандыру
(aqparattandyru)
— the act of computerizing
Korean:
컴퓨터화
(keompyuteohwa)
— the act of computerizing
Malay:
pengkomputeran
— the act of computerizing
Malay:
komputerisasi
— the act of computerizing
Malayalam:
കമ്പ്യൂട്ടർവൽക്കരണം
(kampyūṭṭaṟvalkkaraṇaṁ)
— the act of computerizing
Polish:
komputeryzacja
— the act of computerizing
Portuguese:
computadorização
— the act of computerizing
Portuguese:
informatização
— the act of computerizing
Romanian:
computerizare
— the act of computerizing
Russian:
компьютериза́ция
(kompʹjutɛrizácija)
— the act of computerizing
Spanish:
computarización
— the act of computerizing
Spanish:
informatización
— the act of computerizing
Swedish:
datorisering
— the act of computerizing
Telugu:
కంప్యూటరీకరణ
(kampyūṭarīkaraṇa)
— the act of computerizing
Ukrainian:
комп'ютериза́ція
(kompʺjuteryzácija)
— the act of computerizing
Vietnamese:
điện toán hóa
— the act of computerizing