adj
Meaning 1
Designed for use on a lap.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
laptop
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: /ˈlæp.tɒp/
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US: /ˈlæp.tɑp/
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noun
Meaning 2
A laptop computer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
Examples
- He was playing a video game on his laptop.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To use a laptop computer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncommon
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a portable computer small enough to use in your lap
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: laptop computer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: portable computer
History
Etymology
From lap (“upper legs of a seated person”) + top, modeled after desktop.
Across languages
Translations
162 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: skootrekenaar — computing: a laptop computer
- Albanian: laptop — computing: a laptop computer
- Amharic: ላፕቶፕ (laptop) — computing: a laptop computer
- Arabic: كَمْبْيُوتِر مَحْمُول (kambyūtir maḥmūl) — computing: a laptop computer
- Arabic: حَاسُوب مَحْمُول (ḥāsūb maḥmūl) — computing: a laptop computer
- Arabic: لَابْتُوب (laptup, labtob) — computing: a laptop computer
- Arabic: لابتوب (lābtōb) — computing: a laptop computer
- Arabic: لاپتوپ (lāptōp, lāptup) — computing: a laptop computer
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܚܲܫܘܼܒ݂ܵܐ ܡܙܝܼܥܵܢܵܐ (ḥašūḇā mzīˁānā) — computing: a laptop computer
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܠܵܦܬܘܿܦ (lāptōp) — computing: a laptop computer
- Armenian: նոթբուք (notʻbukʻ) — computing: a laptop computer
- Armenian: նոութբուք (noutʻbukʻ) — computing: a laptop computer
- Azerbaijani: noutbuk — computing: a laptop computer
- Belarusian: но́ўтбук (nówtbuk) — computing: a laptop computer
- Belarusian: лэпто́п (leptóp) — computing: a laptop computer
- Bengali: ল্যাপটপ (lêpoṭop) — computing: a laptop computer
- Bengali: ল্যাপটপ কম্পিউটার (lêpoṭop kompiuṭar) — computing: a laptop computer
- Bulgarian: ла́птоп (láptop) — computing: a laptop computer
- Bulgarian: но́утбук (nóutbuk) — computing: a laptop computer
- Burmese: လပ်တော့ (laptau.) — computing: a laptop computer
- Burmese: လက်ပ်တော့ပ် (lakptaup.) — computing: a laptop computer
- Catalan: ordinador portàtil — computing: a laptop computer
- Catalan: portàtil — computing: a laptop computer
- Chinese Cantonese: 手提電腦 /手提电脑 (sau2 tai4 din6 nou5) — computing: a laptop computer
- Chinese Cantonese: 筆記簿電腦 /笔记簿电脑 — computing: a laptop computer
- Chinese Mandarin: 手提電腦 /手提电脑 (shǒutí diànnǎo) — computing: a laptop computer
- Chinese Mandarin: 手提計算機 /手提计算机 (shǒutí jìsuànjī) — computing: a laptop computer
- Chinese Mandarin: 筆記本電腦 /笔记本电脑 (bǐjìběn diànnǎo) — computing: a laptop computer
- Chinese Mandarin: 筆記本 /笔记本 (bǐjìběn) — computing: a laptop computer
- Chinese Mandarin: 筆記型電腦 /笔记型电脑 (bǐjìxíng diànnǎo) — computing: a laptop computer
- Chinese Mandarin: 筆電 /笔电 (bǐdiàn) — computing: a laptop computer
- Cornish: barrlennel — computing: a laptop computer
- Cornish: laptop — computing: a laptop computer
- Czech: notebook — computing: a laptop computer
- Danish: bærbar computer — computing: a laptop computer
- Dutch: laptop — computing: a laptop computer
- Dutch: notebook — computing: a laptop computer
- Esperanto: tekokomputilo — computing: a laptop computer
- Esperanto: sinokomputilo — computing: a laptop computer
- Estonian: sülearvuti — computing: a laptop computer
- Estonian: rüperaal — computing: a laptop computer
- Estonian: mappraal — computing: a laptop computer
- Estonian: läpakas — computing: a laptop computer
- Estonian: läppar — computing: a laptop computer
- Finnish: kannettava tietokone — computing: a laptop computer
- Finnish: kannettava — computing: a laptop computer
- Finnish: läppäri — computing: a laptop computer
- Finnish: sylimikro — computing: a laptop computer
- French: ordinateur portable — computing: a laptop computer
- French: portable — computing: a laptop computer
- Galician: portátil — computing: a laptop computer
- Galician: ordenador portátil — computing: a laptop computer
- Galician: computador portátil — computing: a laptop computer
- Galician: computadora portátil — computing: a laptop computer
- Georgian: ლეპტოპი (leṗṭoṗi) — computing: a laptop computer
- Georgian: ნოუთბუქი (noutbuki) — computing: a laptop computer
- German: Laptop — computing: a laptop computer
- German: Klapprechner — computing: a laptop computer
- Greek: φορητός υπολογιστής (foritós ypologistís) — computing: a laptop computer
- Greenlandic: qarasaasiaq angallattagaq — computing: a laptop computer
- Hebrew: מחשב נייד — computing: a laptop computer
- Hebrew: מַחְשֵׁב נַיָּד (makhshév nayád) — computing: a laptop computer
- Hebrew: לָפְּטוֹפּ (láptop) — computing: a laptop computer
- Hindi: लैपटॉप (laipṭŏp) — computing: a laptop computer
- Hungarian: laptop — computing: a laptop computer
- Hungarian: notebook — computing: a laptop computer
- Hungarian: hordozható számítógép — computing: a laptop computer
- Icelandic: fartölva — computing: a laptop computer
- Icelandic: ferðatölva — computing: a laptop computer
- Ido: portebla komputero — computing: a laptop computer
- Indonesian: komputer jinjing — computing: a laptop computer
- Indonesian: laptop — computing: a laptop computer
- Irish: ríomhaire glúine — computing: a laptop computer
- Italian: portàtile — computing: a laptop computer
- Japanese: ノートパソコン (nōto pasokon) — computing: a laptop computer
- Japanese: ラップトップ (rapputoppu) — computing: a laptop computer
- Khmer: កុំព្យូទ័រយួរដៃ (kompyuutɔə yuə day) — computing: a laptop computer
- Korean: 노트북 (noteubuk) — computing: a laptop computer
- Korean: 랩톱 (raeptop) — computing: a laptop computer
- Korean: 랩탑 (raeptap) — computing: a laptop computer
- Latvian: klēpjdators — computing: a laptop computer
- Latvian: piezīmjdators — computing: a laptop computer
- Lithuanian: skreitinukas — computing: a laptop computer
- Lithuanian: skreitinis kompiuteris — computing: a laptop computer
- Lithuanian: nešiojamas kompiuteris — computing: a laptop computer
- Lithuanian: nešiojamasis kompiuteris — computing: a laptop computer
- Low German: Klappreekner — computing: a laptop computer
- Low German: Laptop — computing: a laptop computer
- Low German: Notebook — computing: a laptop computer
- Macedonian: пре́нослив компју́тер (prénosliv kompjúter) — computing: a laptop computer
- Macedonian: ла́птоп (láptop) — computing: a laptop computer
- Malay: komputer riba — computing: a laptop computer
- Malayalam: ലാപ്ടോപ്പ് (lāpṭōppŭ) — computing: a laptop computer
- Malayalam: ചെറുഗണിനി (ceṟugaṇini) — computing: a laptop computer
- Maltese: laptop — computing: a laptop computer
- Māori: rorohiko pōnaho — computing: a laptop computer
- Marathi: लॅपटॉप (lĕpṭŏp) — computing: a laptop computer
- Mongolian: зөөврийн компьютер (zöövriin kompʹjüter) — computing: a laptop computer
- Norman: p'tit compiuteu — computing: a laptop computer
- Norwegian Bokmål: bærbar datamaskin — computing: a laptop computer
- Norwegian Bokmål: bærbar PC — computing: a laptop computer
- Norwegian Bokmål: laptop — computing: a laptop computer
- Norwegian Nynorsk: berbar datamaskin — computing: a laptop computer
- Norwegian Nynorsk: berbar PC — computing: a laptop computer
- Persian: لپتاپ (lap-tâp) — computing: a laptop computer
- Persian: رایانهٔ کیفی (râyâne-ye kifi) — computing: a laptop computer
- Persian: رایانه همراه (râyâne-ye hamrah) — computing: a laptop computer
- Polish: laptop — computing: a laptop computer
- Portuguese: computador portátil — computing: a laptop computer
- Portuguese: portátil — computing: a laptop computer
- Portuguese: laptop — computing: a laptop computer
- Portuguese: notebook — computing: a laptop computer
- Romanian: computer portabil — computing: a laptop computer
- Romanian: laptop — computing: a laptop computer
- Romanian: notebook — computing: a laptop computer
- Romanian: calculator portabil — computing: a laptop computer
- Russian: но́утбук (nóutbuk) — computing: a laptop computer
- Russian: ноутбу́к (noutbúk) — computing: a laptop computer
- Russian: лэпто́п (lɛptóp) — computing: a laptop computer
- Sanskrit: अङ्कसङ्गणक (aṅkasaṅgaṇaka) — computing: a laptop computer
- Scottish Gaelic: coimpiutair-uchd — computing: a laptop computer
- Scottish Gaelic: laptop — computing: a laptop computer
- Serbo-Croatian: пре́носнӣк — computing: a laptop computer
- Serbo-Croatian: прије́носнӣк — computing: a laptop computer
- Serbo-Croatian: лаптоп — computing: a laptop computer
- Serbo-Croatian: prénosnīk — computing: a laptop computer
- Serbo-Croatian: prijénosnīk — computing: a laptop computer
- Serbo-Croatian: laptop — computing: a laptop computer
- Sinhalese: ජංගම පරිගණකය (jaṁgama parigaṇakaya) — computing: a laptop computer
- Slovak: notbuk — computing: a laptop computer
- Slovak: laptop — computing: a laptop computer
- Slovene: prenosnik — computing: a laptop computer
- Spanish: portátil — computing: a laptop computer
- Spanish: computador portátil — computing: a laptop computer
- Spanish: computadora portátil — computing: a laptop computer
- Spanish: ordenador portátil — computing: a laptop computer
- Spanish: laptop — computing: a laptop computer
- Spanish: lap — computing: a laptop computer
- Swedish: laptop — computing: a laptop computer
- Swedish: bärbar dator — computing: a laptop computer
- Swedish: portföljdator — computing: a laptop computer
- Tajik: ноутбук (noutbuk) — computing: a laptop computer
- Tajik: роёнаи кифӣ (royona-yi kifi) — computing: a laptop computer
- Tamil: மடிக்கணினி (maṭikkaṇiṉi) — computing: a laptop computer
- Thai: คอมพิวเตอร์วางตัก — computing: a laptop computer
- Thai: แล็ปท็อป — computing: a laptop computer
- Turkish: dizüstü — computing: a laptop computer
- Turkish: dizüstü bilgisayar — computing: a laptop computer
- Turkish: laptop — computing: a laptop computer
- Turkmen: noutbuk — computing: a laptop computer
- Ukrainian: ноутбу́к (noutbúk) — computing: a laptop computer
- Urdu: لیپ ٹاپ (laip ṭāp) — computing: a laptop computer
- Urdu: دستی کمپیوٹر (dasti-kampyūṭar) — computing: a laptop computer
- Urdu: گشتی حاسب (gaśtī-hāsib) — computing: a laptop computer
- Uzbek: noutbuk — computing: a laptop computer
- Uzbek: laptop — computing: a laptop computer
- Vietnamese: máy tính xách tay — computing: a laptop computer
- Vietnamese: láp-tóp — computing: a laptop computer
- Welsh: gliniadur — computing: a laptop computer
- Yiddish: לעפּטאָפּ (leptop) — computing: a laptop computer
- Yiddish: שויס־קאָמפּיוטער (shoys-kompyuter) — computing: a laptop computer
- Yoruba: ẹ̀rọ ayárabíàṣá — computing: a laptop computer
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