Standard Lemma guide

digital

adj · noun · 12 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈdɪd͡ʒɪtl̩/
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  • CMU ARPABET: D IH1 JH AH0 T AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Having to do with digits (fingers or toes); especially, performed with a finger.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • digital palpation
  • digital examination

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Property of representing values as discrete, often binary, numbers rather than a continuous spectrum.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • digital computer
  • digital clock

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Of or relating to computers or the Information Age.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: computerized, electronic, digitized, virtual
  • Digital payment systems are replacing cash transactions.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: computerized, electronic, digitized, virtual

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A digital option.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: business, finance

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Digital equipment or technology.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • He moved to digital for the first time, using a Sony camera.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Ellipsis of digital watch.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Ellipsis of digital art.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

Any of the keys of a piano or similar instrument.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

A finger.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial, countable, humorous, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

adjective

Meaning 10

of a circuit or device that represents magnitudes in digits

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • digital computer

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: analogue

11

adjective

Meaning 11

relating to or performed with the fingers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • digital examination

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

adjective

Meaning 12

displaying numbers rather than scale positions

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • digital clock
  • digital readout

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin digitālis, from digitus (“finger, toe”) + -alis (“-al”), equivalent to digit + -al. Doublet of digitalis.

Across languages

Translations

146 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: vinger- — having to do or performed with a finger
  • Arabic: إِصْبَعِيّ (ʔiṣbaʕiyy) — having to do or performed with a finger
  • Belarusian: пальцавы́ (palʹcavý) — having to do or performed with a finger
  • Bulgarian: пръ́стов (prǎ́stov) — having to do or performed with a finger
  • Bulgarian: на пръ́стите (na prǎ́stite) — having to do or performed with a finger
  • Catalan: digital — having to do or performed with a finger
  • Czech: digitální — having to do or performed with a finger
  • Dutch: vinger- — having to do or performed with a finger
  • Esperanto: fingra — having to do or performed with a finger
  • Finnish: sormi- — having to do or performed with a finger
  • French: digital — having to do or performed with a finger
  • Galician: dixital — having to do or performed with a finger
  • German: Finger- — having to do or performed with a finger
  • German: digital — having to do or performed with a finger
  • Greek: δακτυλικός (daktylikós) — having to do or performed with a finger
  • Hindi: डिजिटल (dijiṭal) — having to do or performed with a finger
  • Italian: digitale — having to do or performed with a finger
  • Macedonian: дигитален (digitalen) — having to do or performed with a finger
  • Polish: palcowy — having to do or performed with a finger
  • Portuguese: digital — having to do or performed with a finger
  • Romanian: digital — having to do or performed with a finger
  • Russian: пальцево́й (palʹcevój) — having to do or performed with a finger
  • Serbo-Croatian: прстни — having to do or performed with a finger
  • Serbo-Croatian: prstni — having to do or performed with a finger
  • Slovak: digitálny — having to do or performed with a finger
  • Slovene: prsten — having to do or performed with a finger
  • Spanish: digital — having to do or performed with a finger
  • Spanish: dactilar — having to do or performed with a finger
  • Ukrainian: пальцьови́й (palʹcʹovýj) — having to do or performed with a finger
  • Afrikaans: digitaal — representing discrete values
  • Afrikaans: diskreet — representing discrete values
  • Arabic: رَقْمِيّ (raqmiyy) — representing discrete values
  • Arabic: ديچيتال (díjital) — representing discrete values
  • Armenian: թվային (tʻvayin) — representing discrete values
  • Belarusian: лі́чбавы (líčbavy) — representing discrete values
  • Belarusian: цыфравы́ (cyfravý) — representing discrete values
  • Bulgarian: ци́фров (cífrov) — representing discrete values
  • Bulgarian: дигита́лен (digitálen) — representing discrete values
  • Catalan: digital — representing discrete values
  • Chinese Mandarin: 數字 /数字 (shùzì) — representing discrete values
  • Czech: číslicový — representing discrete values
  • Czech: digitální — representing discrete values
  • Czech: diskrétní — representing discrete values
  • Dutch: discreet — representing discrete values
  • Esperanto: cifereca — representing discrete values
  • Esperanto: diĝita — representing discrete values
  • Finnish: digitaalinen — representing discrete values
  • Finnish: numeerinen — representing discrete values
  • French: numérique — representing discrete values
  • French: digital — representing discrete values
  • Galician: dixital — representing discrete values
  • Georgian: ციფრული (cipruli) — representing discrete values
  • German: digital — representing discrete values
  • Greek: ψηφιακός (psifiakós) — representing discrete values
  • Hebrew: דיגיטאלי (digit'ali) — representing discrete values
  • Hindi: डिजिटल (ḍijiṭal) — representing discrete values
  • Hungarian: digitális — representing discrete values
  • Icelandic: stafrænt — representing discrete values
  • Italian: digitale — representing discrete values
  • Italian: discreto — representing discrete values
  • Japanese: デジタル (dejitaru) — representing discrete values
  • Korean: 디지털 (dijiteol) — representing discrete values
  • Macedonian: дигитален (digitalen) — representing discrete values
  • Manx: bun-earrooagh — representing discrete values
  • Persian: دیجیتال (dijitâl) — representing discrete values
  • Persian: رقمی (raqami) — representing discrete values
  • Polish: cyfrowy — representing discrete values
  • Portuguese: digital — representing discrete values
  • Romanian: digital — representing discrete values
  • Russian: цифрово́й (cifrovój) — representing discrete values
  • Scottish Gaelic: figearail — representing discrete values
  • Serbo-Croatian: znamčani — representing discrete values
  • Serbo-Croatian: znamenčani — representing discrete values
  • Serbo-Croatian: digitalni — representing discrete values
  • Spanish: digital — representing discrete values
  • Swedish: digital — representing discrete values
  • Swedish: numerisk — representing discrete values
  • Swedish: diskret — representing discrete values
  • Turkish: dijital — representing discrete values
  • Ukrainian: цифрови́й (cyfrovýj) — representing discrete values
  • Vietnamese: số — representing discrete values
  • Afrikaans: digitaal — of or relating to computers
  • Arabic: رَقْمِيّ (raqmiyy) — of or relating to computers
  • Arabic: ديچيتال (díjital) — of or relating to computers
  • Aragonese: dichital — of or relating to computers
  • Armenian: թվային (tʻvayin) — of or relating to computers
  • Azerbaijani: rəqəmsal — of or relating to computers
  • Azerbaijani: digital — of or relating to computers
  • Belarusian: лі́чбавы (líčbavy) — of or relating to computers
  • Belarusian: цыфравы́ (cyfravý) — of or relating to computers
  • Bulgarian: ци́фров (cífrov) — of or relating to computers
  • Bulgarian: дигита́лен (digitálen) — of or relating to computers
  • Catalan: digital — of or relating to computers
  • Chinese Mandarin: 數字 /数字 (shùzì) — of or relating to computers
  • Czech: počítačový — of or relating to computers
  • Czech: digitální — of or relating to computers
  • Danish: digital — of or relating to computers
  • Dutch: digitaal — of or relating to computers
  • Esperanto: cifereca — of or relating to computers
  • Finnish: tietokone- — of or relating to computers
  • Finnish: digitaalinen — of or relating to computers
  • French: numérique — of or relating to computers
  • French: digital — of or relating to computers
  • Galician: dixital — of or relating to computers
  • Georgian: ციფრული (cipruli) — of or relating to computers
  • German: digital — of or relating to computers
  • Greek: ψηφιακός (psifiakós) — of or relating to computers
  • Hebrew: דיגיטאלי (digit'ali) — of or relating to computers
  • Hindi: डिजिटल (ḍijiṭal) — of or relating to computers
  • Hungarian: digitális — of or relating to computers
  • Indonesian: digital — of or relating to computers
  • Italian: digitale — of or relating to computers
  • Italian: informatico — of or relating to computers
  • Japanese: デジタル (dejitaru) — of or relating to computers
  • Korean: 디지털 (dijiteol) — of or relating to computers
  • Kyrgyz: санарип (sanarip) — of or relating to computers
  • Kyrgyz: санариптик (sanariptik) — of or relating to computers
  • Ladino: dijital — of or relating to computers
  • Lao: ດິຈິຕອນ (di chi tǭn) — of or relating to computers
  • Macedonian: дигитален (digitalen) — of or relating to computers
  • Malay: digital — of or relating to computers
  • Manx: bun-earrooagh — of or relating to computers
  • Māori: matihiko — of or relating to computers
  • Norman: digital — of or relating to computers
  • Norwegian Bokmål: digital — of or relating to computers
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: digital — of or relating to computers
  • Persian: دیجیتال (dijitâl) — of or relating to computers
  • Persian: رقمی (raqami) — of or relating to computers
  • Polish: cyfrowy — of or relating to computers
  • Portuguese: digital — of or relating to computers
  • Romanian: numeric — of or relating to computers
  • Romanian: digital — of or relating to computers
  • Russian: цифрово́й (cifrovój) — of or relating to computers
  • Serbo-Croatian: ди̏гита̄лнӣ — of or relating to computers
  • Serbo-Croatian: dȉgitālnī — of or relating to computers
  • Slovak: digitálny — of or relating to computers
  • Slovene: digitalen — of or relating to computers
  • Spanish: digital — of or relating to computers
  • Swahili: kidijitali — of or relating to computers
  • Swedish: digital — of or relating to computers
  • Swedish: numerisk — of or relating to computers
  • Swedish: diskret — of or relating to computers
  • Thai: ดิจิทัล (dí-jì-tâl) — of or relating to computers
  • Ukrainian: цифрови́й (cyfrovýj) — of or relating to computers
  • Vietnamese: số — of or relating to computers
  • Welsh: digidol — of or relating to computers
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