noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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CMU ARPABET:S UW2 P ER0 K AH0 M P Y UW1 T ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Any computer that has a far greater processing power than others of its generation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a mainframe computer that is one of the most powerful available at a given time
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mainframe, mainframe computer
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin com- Latin putus Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin computō Latin computārelbor. French computerbor. English compute Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English computer English supercomputer From super- + computer.
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan:
supercomputador
— computer that has great processing power
Chinese Mandarin:
超級計算機 /超级计算机
(chāojí jìsuànjī)
— computer that has great processing power
Chinese Mandarin:
超級電腦 /超级电脑
(chāojí diànnǎo)
— computer that has great processing power
Dutch:
supercomputer
— computer that has great processing power
Finnish:
supertietokone
— computer that has great processing power
French:
superordinateur
— computer that has great processing power
French:
supercalculateur
— computer that has great processing power
German:
Supercomputer
— computer that has great processing power
German:
Superrechner
— computer that has great processing power
Ido:
superkomputero
— computer that has great processing power
Irish:
sár-ríomhaire
— computer that has great processing power
Italian:
supercomputer
— computer that has great processing power
Italian:
supercalcolatore
— computer that has great processing power
Italian:
superelaboratore
— computer that has great processing power
Japanese:
スーパーコンピューター
(sūpākonpyūtā)
— computer that has great processing power
Japanese:
スパコン
(supakon)
— computer that has great processing power
Korean:
슈퍼컴퓨터
(syupeokeompyuteo)
— computer that has great processing power
Korean:
슈퍼컴
(syupeokeom)
— computer that has great processing power
Polish:
superkomputer
— computer that has great processing power
Portuguese:
supercomputador
— computer that has great processing power
Romanian:
supercalculator
— computer that has great processing power
Romanian:
supercomputer
— computer that has great processing power
Russian:
суперкомпью́тер
(superkompʹjútɛr)
— computer that has great processing power
Russian:
супер-ЭВМ
(super-EVM)
— computer that has great processing power
Slovak:
superpočítač
— computer that has great processing power
Spanish:
supercomputador
— computer that has great processing power
Spanish:
supercomputadora
— computer that has great processing power
Spanish:
superordenador
— computer that has great processing power
Swedish:
superdator
— computer that has great processing power
Thai:
ซูเปอร์คอมพิวเตอร์
— computer that has great processing power
Turkish:
süperbilgisayar
— computer that has great processing power
Vietnamese:
siêu máy tính
— computer that has great processing power
Welsh:
uwchgyfrifiadur
— computer that has great processing power