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programming language

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɹəʊɡɹæmɪŋ læŋɡwɪdʒ/
  • General-American: /ˈpɹoʊɡɹæmɪŋ læŋɡwɪdʒ/
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noun

Meaning 1

A code of reserved words and symbols used in computer programs, which give instructions to the computer on how to accomplish certain computing tasks.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: computer language, computing language

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: language

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noun

Meaning 2

(computer science) a language designed for programming computers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: programing language

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: artificial language

Narrower terms: algorithmic language, assembly language, computer language, computer-oriented language, machine language, machine-oriented language, multidimensional language, object language, target language, object-oriented programming language, object-oriented programing language, one-dimensional language, stratified language, unstratified language, LISP, list-processing language, Prolog, logic programing, logic programming, COBOL, C, BASIC, Pascal

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

88 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: programmeertaal — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Albanian: gjuhë programimi — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Amharic: የፕሮግራም ቋንቋ (yäprogram ḳwanḳwa) — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Arabic: لُغَة بَرْمَجَة (luḡat barmaja) — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Aragonese: luengache de programazión — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Armenian: ծրագրավորման լեզու (cragravorman lezu) — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Asturian: llinguaxe de programación — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Azerbaijani: proqramlaşdırma dilləri — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Basque: programazio-lengoaia — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Belarusian: мо́ва праграмава́ння (móva prahramavánnja) — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Bengali: প্রোগ্রামিং ভাষা (prōgramiṅ bhaśa) — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Bulgarian: ези́к за програми́ране (ezík za programírane) — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Bulgarian: програ́мен ези́к (prográmen ezík) — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Catalan: llenguatge de programació — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Chinese Mandarin: 程序設計語言 /程序设计语言 (chéngxù shèjì yǔyán) — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Chinese Mandarin: 計算機語言 /计算机语言 (jìsuànjī yǔyán) — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Chinese Mandarin: 編程語言 /编程语言 (biānchéng yǔyán) — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Chinese Mandarin: 程式設計語言 /程式设计语言 (chéngshì shèjì yǔyán) — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Czech: programovací jazyk — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Danish: programmeringssprog — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Dutch: programmeertaal — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Esperanto: programlingvo — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Estonian: programmeerimiskeel — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Faroese: forritanarmál — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Finnish: ohjelmointikieli — code of reserved words and symbols
  • French: langage de programmation — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Galician: linguaxe de programación — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Georgian: პროგრამირების ენა (ṗrogramirebis ena) — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Georgian: პროგრამული ენა (ṗrogramuli ena) — code of reserved words and symbols
  • German: Programmiersprache — code of reserved words and symbols
  • German: Programmiersprache — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Greek: γλώσσα προγραμματισμού (glóssa programmatismoú) — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Hebrew: שְׁפַת תִּכְנוּת (s'fat tikhnút) — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Hindi: क्रमादेशन भाषा (kramādeśan bhāṣā) — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Hindi: प्रोग्रामिंग भाषा (progrāmiṅg bhāṣā) — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Hungarian: programozási nyelv — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Icelandic: forritunarmál — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Ilocano: lengguahe ti panangprograma — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Indonesian: bahasa pemrograman — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Interlingua: linguage de programmation — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Irish: teanga ríomhchlárúcháin — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Irish: teanga ríomhaire — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Irish: teanga ríomhaireachta — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Italian: linguaggio di programmazione — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Japanese: プログラミング言語 (puroguramingu gengo) — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Japanese: プログラム言語 (puroguramu gengo) — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Kazakh: бағдарламалық тілдер (bağdarlamalyq tılder) — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Khmer: ភាសាគណិតូបករណ៍ (phea sar kak net tob kor) — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Khmer: ភាសាកុំព្យូទ័រ (phea sar kom pyuu ter) — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Korean: 프로그래밍 언어 (peurogeuraeming eoneo) — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Northern Kurdish: zimanê bernamekirinê — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Latin: lingua programmandi — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Latvian: programmēšanas valoda — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Lithuanian: programavimo kalba — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Luxembourgish: Programméiersprooch — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Macedonian: програмски јазик (programski jazik) — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Malay: bahasa pengaturcaraan — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Malayalam: പ്രോഗ്രാമിംഗ് ഭാഷ (prōgrāmiṅgŭ bhāṣa) — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Mongolian: програмчлалын хэл (programčlalyn xel) — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Norwegian Bokmål: programmeringsspråk — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: programmeringsspråk — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Persian: زبان برنامهنویسی (zabân-e barnâme-nevisi) — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Persian: زبانهای برنامهنویسی — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Polish: język programowania — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Portuguese: linguagem de programação — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Romanian: limbaj de programare — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Russian: язы́к программи́рования (jazýk programmírovanija) — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Scots: programmin leid — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Serbo-Croatian: програмски језик — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Serbo-Croatian: programski jezik — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Slovak: programovací jazyk — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Slovene: programski jezik — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Upper Sorbian: programěrowanska rěč — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Spanish: lenguaje de programación — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Sundanese: basa program — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Swedish: programmeringsspråk — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Swedish: programspråk — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Tagalog: programa lingwahi — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Tagalog: wikang pamprograma — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Tajik: забони барномасозӣ (zabon-i barnomasozi) — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Tamil: ஆணைமூலம் (āṇaimūlam) — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Telugu: ప్రోగ్రామింగు భాష (prōgrāmiṅgu bhāṣa) — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Thai: ภาษาโปรแกรม (paasăa bprohgraem) — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Turkish: programlama dili — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Ukrainian: мо́ва програмува́ння (móva prohramuvánnja) — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Vietnamese: ngôn ngữ lập trình — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Volapük: kompütapük — code of reserved words and symbols
  • Yakut: программалааһын тыла (programmalaahïn tïla) — code of reserved words and symbols