object

English

Etymology

From Latin obiectum (“object”) literally "thrown against", from obiectus, perfect passive participle of obiciō (“throw against”), from ob (“against”) + iaciō (“throw”).

Pronunciation

Noun

(UK) enPR: ŏb'jĕkt, IPA: /ˈɒb.dʒɛkt/, X-SAMPA: /"Qb.dZEkt/
(US) enPR: ŏb'jĕkt, IPA: /ˈɑb.dʒɛkt/, X-SAMPA: /"Ab.dZEkt/

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Verb

(UK, US) enPR: əb-jĕkt', IPA: /əbˈdʒɛkt/, X-SAMPA: /@b"dZEkt/

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Rhymes: -ɛkt

Noun

object (plural objects)

A thing that has physical existence.
The goal, end or purpose of something.
- 2000, Phyllis Barkas Goldman & John Grigni, Monkeyshines on Ancient Cultures
  The object of tlachtli was to keep the rubber ball from touching the ground while trying to push it to the opponent's endline.
(grammar) The noun phrase which is an internal complement of a verb phrase or a prepositional phrase. In a verb phrase with a transitive action verb, it is typically the receiver of the action.
A person or thing toward which an emotion is directed.
Mary Jane had been the object of Peter's affection for years.

The convertible, once object of his desire, was now the object of his hatred.
(computing) In object-oriented programming, an instantiation of a class or structure.

Synonyms

(thing): article, item, thing
(person or thing toward which an emotion is directed): target
See also Wikisaurus:goal

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

thing

Afrikaans: objek (af)
Arabic: هدف (ar) (hádaf) m
Armenian: օբյեկտ (hy) (òbyekt), իր (hy) (ir)
Belarusian: прадмет (be) (pradmét) m, аб'ект (be) (ab'jékt) m
Bulgarian: предмет (bg) (predmét) m, обект (bg) (obékt) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 物體 (cmn), 物体 (cmn) (wùtǐ), 物件 (cmn) (wùjiàn)
Czech: předmět (cs) m, objekt (cs) m
Danish: objekt (da), ting (da)
Dutch: object (nl) n, voorwerp (nl) n
Estonian: ese (et)
Finnish: esine (fi), objekti (fi)
French: objet (fr) m
Galician: obxeto (gl) m
German: Objekt (de) n, Gegenstand (de) m
Haitian Creole: objè
Hebrew: אוביקט (he) m, חפץ (he) m
Hindi: चीज़ (hi) (cīz) f
Hungarian: tárgy (hu)
Icelandic: hlutur (is) m
Ido: objekto (io)
Italian: oggetto (it) m
Japanese: 物体 (ja) (ぶったい, buttai), 物 (ja) (もの, mono), 物件 (ja) (ぶっけん, bukken)
Jèrriais: objet m
Korean: 물건 (ko) (mulgeon) (物件 (ko))

Macedonian: предмет (mk) (prédmet) m
Malagasy: zavatra (mg)
Marathi: वस्तु (mr) (vastu)
Norwegian: objekt (no) n, ting (no) m, gjenstand (no) m
Persian: چیز (fa) (čiz), شیء (fa) (šey')
Polish: przedmiot (pl) m, obiekt (pl) m
Portuguese: objeto (pt) m
Romanian: obiect (ro) n, lucru (ro) n
Russian: объект (ru) (obʺjékt) m, предмет (ru) (predmét) m
Sanskrit: वस्तु (sa) (vastu)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: (Bosnian, Serbian) објекат (sh) m, (Croatian) објект (sh) m, предмет (sh) m

Roman: (Bosnian, Serbian) objekat (sh) m, (Croatian) objekt (sh) m, predmet (sh) m
Sindhi: شَي (sd) f, وَٿَ (sd) f, وَکَرُ (sd) m
Slovak: predmet (sk) m, objekt (sk) m
Slovene: predmet (sl) m, objekt (sl) m
Spanish: objeto (es) m
Swedish: objekt (sv) n, föremål (sv) n
Tajik: шайъ (tg) (šaj')
Telugu: వస్తువు (te) (vastuvu)
Turkish: cisim (tr), nesne (tr)
Ukrainian: предмет (uk) (predmét) m, об'єкт (uk) (ob'jékt) m
Urdu: چیز (ur) (cīz) f
Vietnamese: đồ vật (vi), vật thể (vi)

the goal, end or purpose of something

Spanish: objeto (es) m

in grammar

Arabic: مفعول (ar) (mafʿūl) m
Armenian: խնդիր (hy) (xndir)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 賓語 (cmn), 宾语 (cmn) (bīnyǔ)
Czech: předmět (cs) m
Dutch: lijdend voorwerp (nl) n, meewerkend voorwerp (nl) n
Finnish: objekti (fi)
French: objet (fr) m
German: Objekt (de) n
Hebrew: מושא (he) m
Hindi: कर्म (hi) (karma)
Hungarian: tárgy (hu)
Icelandic: andlag (is) n, andl. (is) n
Italian: oggetto (it) m
Japanese: 目的語 (ja) (もくてきご, mokutekigo)
Jèrriais: objet m
Khmer: កម្មបទ (km) (kambɑt)
Macedonian: предмет (mk) (prédmet) m, објект (mk) (objékt) m

Marathi: कर्म (mr) (karma)
Norwegian: objekt (no) n
Persian: مفعول (fa) (maf'ul)
Polish: dopełnienie (pl) n
Portuguese: objeto (pt) m
Russian: объект (ru) (obʺjékt) m, дополнение (ru) (dopolnénije) n
Sanskrit: कर्म (sa) (karma)
Scottish Gaelic: cuspair (gd) m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: (Bosnian, Serbian) објекат (sh) m, (Croatian) објект (sh) m

Roman: (Bosnian, Serbian) objekat (sh) m, (Croatian) objekt (sh) m
Sindhi: مفعول (sd) m
Spanish: complemento (es) m, objeto (es) m
Swedish: objekt (sv) n
Telugu: కర్మ (te) (karma)
Turkish: nesne (tr)
Vietnamese: tân ngữ (vi)

person or thing to which an emotion is directed

Chinese:
Mandarin: 對象 (cmn), 对象 (cmn) (duìxiàng)
Finnish: kohde (fi)
French: objet (fr) m
Italian: oggetto (it) m
Japanese: 対象 (ja) (たいしょう, taishō)
Khmer: វត្ថុវិស័យ (km) (voattʰo vi’say)
Maori: rauwene (mi) (of censure, criticism, blame)
Norwegian: gjenstand (no) m
Polish: przedmiot (pl) m, obiekt (pl) m

Portuguese: objetivo (pt) m
Russian: объект (ru) (obʺjékt) m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: (Bosnian, Serbian) објекат (sh) m, (Croatian) објект (sh) m

Roman: (Bosnian, Serbian) objekat (sh) m, (Croatian) objekt (sh) m
Sindhi: نشانو (sd) m
Swedish: föremål (sv) n
Vietnamese: đối tượng (vi)

in object-oriented programming

Arabic: كائن (ar) (kāʾin) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 對象 (cmn), 对象 (cmn) (duìxiàng)
Dutch: object (nl) n
Finnish: olio (fi)
French: objet (fr) m
German: Objekt (de) n
Hebrew: אוביקט (he) m
Italian: oggetto (it) m
Japanese: オブジェクト (ja) (obujekuto)
Jèrriais: objet m

Macedonian: објект (mk) (objékt) m
Norwegian: objekt (no) n
Persian: شیء (fa) (šey')
Polish: obiekt (pl) m
Portuguese: objeto (pt) m
Russian: объект (ru) (obʺjékt) m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: (Bosnian, Serbian) објекат (sh) m, (Croatian) објект (sh) m

Roman: (Bosnian, Serbian) objekat (sh) m, (Croatian) objekt (sh) m
Spanish: objeto (es) m
Swedish: objekt (sv) n
Turkish: nesne (tr), obje (tr)

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