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spreadsheet

noun · verb · 5 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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  • UK: /ˈspɹɛd.ʃiːt/
  • US: /ˈspɹɛd.ʃit/
  • Canada: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: S P R EH1 D SH IY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A computer application for organization, analysis, and storage of data in tabular form.

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

A document created with such an application.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: worksheet

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A sheet of paper, marked with a grid, in which financial data is recorded and totals calculated manually.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To model or compute by means of a spreadsheet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

a screen-oriented interactive program enabling a user to lay out financial data on the screen

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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

History

Etymology

From spread + sheet.

Across languages

Translations

104 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: جَدْوَل بَيَانَات (jadwal bayānāt) — computer application
  • Armenian: էլեկտրոնային աղյուսակ (ēlektronayin aġyusak) — computer application
  • Azerbaijani: elektron cədvəl — computer application
  • Belarusian: электро́нная таблі́ца (eljektrónnaja tablíca) — computer application
  • Bulgarian: електро́нна та́блица (elektrónna táblica) — computer application
  • Catalan: full de càlcul — computer application
  • Chinese Mandarin: 試算表 /试算表 (shìsuànbiǎo) — computer application
  • Chinese Mandarin: 電子表格 /电子表格 (diànzǐ biǎogé) — computer application
  • Czech: tabulkový procesor — computer application
  • Danish: regneark — computer application
  • Dutch: spreadsheet — computer application
  • Dutch: rekenblad — computer application
  • Esperanto: kalkultabelo — computer application
  • Finnish: laskentataulukko — computer application
  • French: tableur — computer application
  • French: chiffrier — computer application
  • German: Tabellenkalkulation — computer application
  • German: Tabellenkalkulationsprogramm — computer application
  • Greek: λογιστικό φύλλο (logistikó fýllo) — computer application
  • Greek: υπολογιστικό φύλλο (ypologistikó fýllo) — computer application
  • Hungarian: táblázatkezelő — computer application
  • Indonesian: lembar kerja — computer application
  • Indonesian: lembar bentang — computer application
  • Indonesian: lembar kalkulasi — computer application
  • Indonesian: lembatang sebar — computer application
  • Indonesian: lembar lajur — computer application
  • Irish: scarbhileog — computer application
  • Italian: foglio di calcolo — computer application
  • Japanese: 表計算ソフト (hyōkeisan sofuto) — computer application
  • Japanese: スプレッドシート (supureddoshīto) — computer application
  • Korean: 스프레드시트 (seupeuredeusiteu) — computer application
  • Lithuanian: elektroninė skaičiuoklė — computer application
  • Malay: hamparan — computer application
  • Māori: ripanga — computer application
  • Norwegian Bokmål: regneark — computer application
  • Iranian Persian: بَرْگِهٔ گُسْتَرْدِه (barge-ye gostarde) — computer application
  • Polish: arkusz kalkulacyjny — computer application
  • Portuguese: planilha — computer application
  • Portuguese: folha de cálculo — computer application
  • Romanian: tabel — computer application
  • Romanian: foaie de calcul — computer application
  • Russian: электро́нная табли́ца (elektrónnaja tablíca) — computer application
  • Serbo-Croatian: proračunska tablica — computer application
  • Serbo-Croatian: unakrsna tabela — computer application
  • Slovene: preglednica — computer application
  • Spanish: hoja de cálculo — computer application
  • Swedish: kalkylark — computer application
  • Tajik: ҷадвали электронӣ (jadval-i elektroni) — computer application
  • Tamil: அட்டவணைச்செயலி (aṭṭavaṇaicceyali) — computer application
  • Tamil: விரிதாள் (viritāḷ) — computer application
  • Turkish: elektronik tablo — computer application
  • Turkish: hesap tablosu — computer application
  • Turkmen: elektron tablisa — computer application
  • Ukrainian: табли́чний проце́сор (tablýčnyj procésor) — computer application
  • Ukrainian: електро́нна табли́ця (elektrónna tablýcja) — computer application
  • Walloon: tåvleu — computer application
  • Welsh: taenlen — computer application
  • Arabic: جَدْوَل بَيَانَات (jadwal bayānāt) — document
  • Belarusian: электро́нная таблі́ца (eljektrónnaja tablíca) — document
  • Bulgarian: електро́нна та́блица (elektrónna táblica) — document
  • Catalan: full de càlcul — document
  • Chinese Mandarin: 試算表 /试算表 (shìsuànbiǎo) — document
  • Dutch: spreadsheet — document
  • Dutch: rekenblad — document
  • Estonian: arvutustabel — document
  • Finnish: taulukkolaskentaohjelma — document
  • French: feuille de calcul — document
  • German: Tabelle — document
  • German: Kalkulationstabelle — document
  • Latvian: izklājlapa — document
  • Lithuanian: elektroninė skaičiuoklė — document
  • Māori: ripanga — document
  • Norwegian Bokmål: regneark — document
  • Iranian Persian: بَرْگِهٔ گُسْتَرْدِه (barge-ye gostarde) — document
  • Polish: arkusz kalkulacyjny — document
  • Portuguese: planilha — document
  • Portuguese: folha de cálculo — document
  • Russian: электро́нная табли́ца (elektrónnaja tablíca) — document
  • Spanish: hoja de cálculo — document
  • Swedish: tabelldokument — document
  • Tamil: விரிதாள் (viritāḷ) — document
  • Tamil: அட்டவணை (aṭṭavaṇai) — document
  • Ukrainian: електро́нна табли́ця (elektrónna tablýcja) — document
  • Belarusian: таблі́ца (tablíca) — sheet of paper
  • Bulgarian: та́блица (táblica) — sheet of paper
  • Chinese Mandarin: 紙本試算表 /纸本试算表 — sheet of paper
  • Chinese Mandarin: 格線計算紙 /格线计算纸 — sheet of paper
  • Finnish: laskentataulukko — sheet of paper
  • French: tableur — sheet of paper
  • German: Tabelle — sheet of paper
  • German: Kalkulationstabelle — sheet of paper
  • Japanese: 集計用紙 (shūkei yōshi) — sheet of paper
  • Korean: 스프레드시트 (seupeuredeusiteu) — sheet of paper
  • Malay: hamparan — sheet of paper
  • Māori: ripanga — sheet of paper
  • Māori: ripakaute — sheet of paper
  • Portuguese: planilha — sheet of paper
  • Romanian: tabel — sheet of paper
  • Romanian: foaie de calcul — sheet of paper
  • Russian: табли́ца (tablíca) — sheet of paper
  • Swedish: kalkylark — sheet of paper
  • Tamil: கட்டத்தாள் (kaṭṭattāḷ) — sheet of paper
  • Tamil: விரிதாள் (viritāḷ) — sheet of paper
  • Ukrainian: табли́ця (tablýcja) — sheet of paper
Real reading context

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