ordinateur
French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin ōrdinātōrem (“one who orders”), from ōrdinō (“to order, organize”).
In its application to computing, it was coined by the professor of philology Jacques Perret in a letter dated 16 April 1955, in response to a request from IBM France, who believed the word calculateur was too restrictive in light of the possibilities of these machines.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editordinateur m (plural ordinateurs)
- (computing) a computer, a computing device. [from 1955]
- Synonyms: calculateur, ordi
- Hyponyms: micro, micro-ordinateur, mini-ordinateur, PC
- Il a un ordinateur. ― He has a computer.
- Elle est à l’ordinateur. ― She is at the computer.
- (archaic, Christianity) one who performs an ordination ceremony
Derived terms
editSee also
editFurther reading
edit- “ordinateur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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