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parser

noun · 3 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɑː(ɹ).zə/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɑː(ɹ).sə/
  • General-American: /ˈpɑɹ.sɚ/
  • rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)zə(ɹ)
  • rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)sə(ɹ)
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: P AA1 R S ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A computer program that parses.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

One who parses.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a computer program that divides code up into functional components

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • compilers must parse source code in order to translate it into object code

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: program, programme, computer program, computer programme

History

Etymology

From parse + -er.

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تجزئَة — computer program
  • Chinese Mandarin: 解析器 (jiěxīqì) — computer program
  • Finnish: parseri — computer program
  • Finnish: jäsentäjä — computer program
  • French: analyseur — computer program
  • German: Parser — computer program
  • German: Zerteiler — computer program
  • German: Syntaxanalysierer — computer program
  • Hebrew: מפרק (mefarék) — computer program
  • Hebrew: נתח תחבירי (natákh takhbirí) — computer program
  • Hebrew: מפענח (mefaanéakh) — computer program
  • Icelandic: þáttari — computer program
  • Japanese: パーサー (pāsā) — computer program
  • Japanese: 構文解析器 (kōbunkaiseki-ki) — computer program
  • Malay: penghurai — computer program
  • Māori: papatono poroporo — computer program
  • Portuguese: parser — computer program
  • Russian: анализа́тор (analizátor) — computer program
  • Spanish: escrutador — computer program
  • Swedish: parser — computer program
  • Thai: ตัวแจง (dtua jaeng) — computer program
  • Turkish: ayrıştırıcı — computer program