Standard Lemma guide

supercomputer

noun · 2 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

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • 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

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 mainframe computer that is one of the most powerful available at a given time

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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
Real reading context

supercomputer in complete knowledge articles