noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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CMU ARPABET:D EY1 T AH0 B EY2 S
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:D AE1 T AH0 B EY2 S
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A collection of (usually) organized information in a regular structure, usually but not necessarily in a machine-readable format accessible by a computer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Examples
I have a database of all my contacts in my personal organizer.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A set of tables and other objects (queries, reports, forms) in the form of a structured data set.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
verb
Meaning 5
To enter (data) into a database.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
an organized body of related information
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: information, info
Narrower terms: list, listing, electronic database, on-line database, computer database, electronic information service, subdata base
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deh3-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *dédeh3ti Proto-Italic *didō Latin dō Latin datusnom. Latin datumbor. English data Proto-Indo-European *gwem- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *gwémtis Proto-Hellenic *gwə́tis Ancient Greek βᾰ́σῐς (bắsĭs)bor. Latin basis Old French basebor. Middle English base English base English database From data + base.
Across languages
Translations
185 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
databasis
— collection of information
Albanian:
bazë të dhënash
— collection of information
Arabic:
قَاعِدَة بَيَانَات
(qāʕidat bayānāt)
— collection of information
Armenian:
տվյալների բազա
(tvyalneri baza)
— collection of information
Azerbaijani:
məlumat bazası
— collection of information
Azerbaijani:
verilənlər bazası
— collection of information
Basque:
datu-base
— collection of information
Belarusian:
ба́за да́дзеных
(báza dádzjenyx)
— collection of information
Belarusian:
ба́за да́ных
(báza dányx)
— collection of information
Belarusian:
ба́за зве́стак
(báza zvjéstak)
— collection of information
Belarusian:
ба́за зьве́стак
(báza zʹvjéstak)
— collection of information
Bengali:
ডেটাবেজ
(ḍeṭabej)
— collection of information
Bulgarian:
ба́за да́нни
(báza dánni)
— collection of information
Bulgarian:
ба́за от да́нни
(báza ot dánni)
— collection of information
Burmese:
ဒေတာဘေ့စ်
(detabhec.)
— collection of information
Catalan:
base de dades
— collection of information
Chinese Cantonese:
數據庫 /数据库
(sou3 geoi3 fu3)
— collection of information
Chinese Mandarin:
數據庫 /数据库
(shùjùkù)
— collection of information
Czech:
databáze
— collection of information
Danish:
databank
— collection of information
Danish:
database
— collection of information
Dutch:
database
— collection of information
Dutch:
databank
— collection of information
Dutch:
databasis
— collection of information
Dutch:
gegevensbank
— collection of information
Esperanto:
datumbazo
— collection of information
Esperanto:
datumbanko
— collection of information
Esperanto:
datenbazo
— collection of information
Estonian:
andmebaas
— collection of information
Finnish:
tietokanta
— collection of information
French:
base de données
— collection of information
French:
banque de données
— collection of information
French:
database
— collection of information
West-Frisian:
database
— collection of information
West-Frisian:
databank
— collection of information
West-Frisian:
kennisbank
— collection of information
Georgian:
მონაცემთა ბაზა
(monacemta baza)
— collection of information
German:
Datenbank
— collection of information
Greek:
βάση δεδομένων
(vási dedoménon)
— collection of information
Hawaiian:
hōkeo ʻikepili
— collection of information
Hebrew:
בְּסִיס נְתוּנִים
(besis netunim)
— collection of information
Hindi:
डेटाबेस
(ḍeṭābes)
— collection of information
Hungarian:
adatbázis
— collection of information
Icelandic:
gagnagrunnur
— collection of information
Ido:
datumaro
— collection of information
Indonesian:
basis data
— collection of information
Indonesian:
pangkalan data
— collection of information
Interlingua:
base de datos
— collection of information
Interlingua:
database
— collection of information
Irish:
bunachar sonraí
— collection of information
Italian:
database
— collection of information
Italian:
base di dati
— collection of information
Italian:
banca dati
— collection of information
Italian:
archivio
— collection of information
Japanese:
データベース
(dētabēsu)
— collection of information
Kannada:
ಡೇಟಾಬೇಸ್
(ḍēṭābēs)
— collection of information
Kazakh:
дерекқор
(derekqor)
— collection of information
Kazakh:
деректер базасы
(derekter bazasy)
— collection of information
Khmer:
ទិដ្ឋន័យ
(tidthɑɑnɨy)
— collection of information
Korean:
데이터베이스
(deiteobeiseu)
— collection of information
Northern Kurdish:
databas
— collection of information
Northern Kurdish:
danegeh
— collection of information
Kyrgyz:
берилиштер базасы
(berilişter bazası)
— collection of information
Kyrgyz:
берилишбаза
(berilişbaza)
— collection of information
Lao:
ຖານຂໍ້ມູນ
(thān khǭ mūn)
— collection of information
Latvian:
datu bāze
— collection of information
Lithuanian:
duomenų bazė
— collection of information
Lithuanian:
duomenynas
— collection of information
Macedonian:
база на податоци
(baza na podatoci)
— collection of information
Malay:
pangkalan data
— collection of information
Malayalam:
ഡാറ്റാബേസ്
(ḍāṟṟābēsŭ)
— collection of information
Māori:
putunga hōtuku
— collection of information
Māori:
pātengi raraunga
— collection of information
Māori:
raraunga
— collection of information
Mongolian:
өгөгдлийн сан
(ögögdliin san)
— collection of information
Norwegian Bokmål:
database
— collection of information
Norwegian Nynorsk:
database
— collection of information
Pashto:
د ارقامو بانک
— collection of information
Pashto:
د معلوماتو بانک
— collection of information
Iranian Persian:
پایْگاهِ دادِهها
(pâygâh-e dâde-hâ)
— collection of information
Iranian Persian:
پایْگاهِدادِه
(pâygâh-e-dâde)
— collection of information
Iranian Persian:
بانْکِ اِطِّلاعات
(bânk-e ettelâ'ât)
— collection of information
Iranian Persian:
بانْکِ دادِه
(bânk-e dâde)
— collection of information
Polish:
baza danych
— collection of information
Polish:
bank danych
— collection of information
Portuguese:
banco de dados
— collection of information
Portuguese:
base de dados
— collection of information
Romanian:
bancă de date
— collection of information
Romanian:
bază de date
— collection of information
Russian:
ба́за да́нных
(báza dánnyx)
— collection of information
Sanskrit:
दत्तनिधि
(dattanidhi)
— collection of information
Scottish Gaelic:
stòr-dàta
— collection of information
Serbo-Croatian:
база података
— collection of information
Serbo-Croatian:
baza podataka
— collection of information
Sindhi:
اعدادخانو
(āʻdādxāno)
— collection of information
Sinhalese:
දත්ත සංචිතය
(datta saṁcitaya)
— collection of information
Slovak:
databáza
— collection of information
Slovene:
podatkovna zbirka
— collection of information
Spanish:
base de datos
— collection of information
Spanish:
banco de datos
— collection of information
Swahili:
hifadhidata
— collection of information
Swedish:
databas
— collection of information
Tagalog:
database
— collection of information
Tajik:
пойгоҳи додаҳо
(poygoh-i dodaho)
— collection of information
Tamil:
தரவுத்தளம்
(taravuttaḷam)
— collection of information
Tatar:
мәгълүмат базасы
(mäğlümat bazası)
— collection of information
Tatar:
бирелмәләр нигезе
(birelmälär nigeze)
— collection of information
Tatar:
бирелмәләр базасы
(birelmälär bazası)
— collection of information
Telugu:
డేటాబేస్
(ḍēṭābēs)
— collection of information
Thai:
ฐานข้อมูล
(tǎan-kɔ̂ɔ-muun)
— collection of information
Turkish:
veritabanı
— collection of information
Turkish:
veri tabanı
— collection of information
Turkmen:
maglumatlar binýady
— collection of information
Ukrainian:
ба́за да́них
(báza dányx)
— collection of information
Urdu:
ڈیٹابیس
(ḍeṭābes)
— collection of information
Urdu:
ڈیٹا بیس
(ḍeṭā bes)
— collection of information
Urdu:
ذخیرہ معلومات
(zaxīra-e-mālūmāt)
— collection of information
Urdu:
شماریاتی ذخیرہ
(śumāriyātī-zaxīra)
— collection of information
Urdu:
اعداد خانہ
(ādād-xāna)
— collection of information
Urdu:
ذخیرہ اعدادیات
(zaxīra-e-ā'dādiyāt)
— collection of information
Urdu:
ذخیرہ اعداد و شمار
(zaxīra-e-ā'dād-o-śumār)
— collection of information
Urdu:
ذخیرہ معطیات
(zaxīra-e-mu'tiyāt)
— collection of information
Urdu:
کوائفیہ
(kawā'ifiya)
— collection of information
Urdu:
قاعدہ معطیات
(qā'ida-e-mu'tiyāt)
— collection of information
Uyghur:
مەلۇمات ئامبىرى
(melumat ambiri)
— collection of information
Uyghur:
سانلىق مەلۇمات ئامبىرى
(sanliq melumat ambiri)
— collection of information
Uzbek:
maʻlumotlar bazasi
— collection of information
Vietnamese:
cơ sở dữ liệu
— collection of information
Vietnamese:
CSDL
— collection of information
Volapük:
nünodem
— collection of information
Welsh:
data-bas
— collection of information
Welsh:
cronfa ddata
— collection of information
Arabic:
قَاعِدَة بَيَانَات
(qāʕidat bayānāt)
— software program
Azerbaijani:
verilənlər bazası
— software program
Basque:
data-base
— software program
Bulgarian:
ба́за да́нни
(báza dánni)
— software program
Catalan:
base de dades
— software program
Chinese Cantonese:
數據庫 /数据库
(sou3 geoi3 fu3)
— software program
Chinese Mandarin:
數據庫 /数据库
(shùjùkù)
— software program
Czech:
databáze
— software program
Danish:
database
— software program
Dutch:
database
— software program
Dutch:
databank
— software program
Esperanto:
datumbazo
— software program
Esperanto:
datumbanko
— software program
Esperanto:
datenbazo
— software program
Finnish:
tietokantaohjelma
— software program
Finnish:
tietokanta
— software program
French:
base de données
— software program
French:
database
— software program
French:
banque de données
— software program
Georgian:
მონაცემთა ბაზა
(monacemta baza)
— software program
German:
Datenbank
— software program
Greek:
βάση δεδομένων
(vási dedoménon)
— software program
Hebrew:
בְּסִיס נְתוּנִים
(besis netunim)
— software program
Hindi:
डेटाबेस
(ḍeṭābes)
— software program
Indonesian:
basis data
— software program
Indonesian:
pangkalan data
— software program
Interlingua:
base de datos
— software program
Interlingua:
database
— software program
Irish:
bunachar sonraí
— software program
Italian:
database
— software program
Italian:
base di dati
— software program
Japanese:
データベース
(dētabēsu)
— software program
Korean:
데이터베이스
(deiteobeiseu)
— software program
Latvian:
datu bāze
— software program
Malay:
pangkalan data
— software program
Polish:
baza danych
— software program
Polish:
bank danych
— software program
Portuguese:
banco de dados
— software program
Portuguese:
base de dados
— software program
Romanian:
bază de date
— software program
Russian:
ба́за да́нных
(báza dánnyx)
— software program
Scottish Gaelic:
stòr-dàta
— software program
Serbo-Croatian:
база података
— software program
Serbo-Croatian:
baza podataka
— software program
Spanish:
base de datos
— software program
Swahili:
hifadhidata
— software program
Swedish:
databas
— software program
Swedish:
databasprogram
— software program
Ukrainian:
ба́за да́них
(báza dányx)
— software program