adj
Meaning 1
Capable of being programmed.
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
programmable
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /pɹəʊˈɡɹæməbəl/
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CMU ARPABET: P R OW1 G R AE2 M AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A calculator that allows the user to write programs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English program Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English programmable From program + -able.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 可編程 /可编程 (kěbiānchéng) — capable of being programmed
- Czech: programovatelný — capable of being programmed
- Danish: programmerbar — capable of being programmed
- Faroese: forritsbærur — capable of being programmed
- Finnish: ohjelmoitava — capable of being programmed
- French: programmable — capable of being programmed
- German: programmierbar — capable of being programmed
- Hebrew: בר־תכנות — capable of being programmed
- Icelandic: forritanlegur — capable of being programmed
- Norman: programmabl'ye — capable of being programmed
- Norwegian Bokmål: programmerbar — capable of being programmed
- Norwegian Nynorsk: programmerbar — capable of being programmed
- Polish: programowalny — capable of being programmed
- Portuguese: programável — capable of being programmed
- Romanian: programabil — capable of being programmed
- Spanish: programable — capable of being programmed
- Swedish: programmerbar — capable of being programmed
- Welsh: rhaglenadwy — capable of being programmed
- German: programmierbarer Taschenrechner — calculator that allows the user to write programs
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