terminal

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From French terminal, from Late Latin terminalis (“pertaining to a boundary or to the end, terminal, final”), from Latin terminus (“a bound, boundary, limit, end”); see term, terminus.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈtɚmɪnəl/, X-SAMPA: /"t@`mIn@l/

Noun

terminal (plural terminals)

1. A building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.
2. A rail station where service begins and ends; the end of the line. For example: Grand Central Terminal in New York City.
3. In electronics, the end of a line where signals are either transmitted or received, or a point along the length of a line where the signals are made available to apparatus.
4. An electric contact on a battery.
5. In telecommunications, the apparatus to send and/or receive signals on a line, such as a telephone or network device.
6. (computing) In the context of computer hardware, a device for entering data into a computer or a communications system and/or displaying data received, especially a device equipped with a keyboard and some sort of textual display.
7. (computing) A computer program that emulates a terminal (6).
8. (computing theory) A terminal symbol in a formal grammar.

Translations

airport building

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 航站 (cmn) (hángzhàn)

• Czech: terminál (cs) m
• Finnish: terminaali (fi)
• French: terminal (fr) m, aérogare (fr) f
• German: Terminal (de) m and n
• Greek: τερματικός σταθμός (el) (termatikós stathmós) m 

• Hebrew: בית נתיבות (he) (beit niteevot)
• Japanese: ターミナル (ja) (tāminaru), エアターミナル (ja) (eatāminaru)
• Norwegian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: terminal (pl) m
• Portuguese: terminal (pt) m
• Russian: аэровокзал (ru) (aerovokzál) m , терминал (ru) (terminál) m 
• Swedish: terminal (sv) c

railway station

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 總站 (cmn), 总站 (cmn) (zǒngzhàn), 站 (cmn) (zhàn)

• French: gare (fr) f, station (fr) f
• German: Bahnhof (de) m
• Greek: σταθμός (el) (stathmós) m , σιδηροδρομικός σταθμός (el) (sidiromdromikós stathmós) m 

• Japanese: 駅 (ja) (えき, eki), 終着駅 (ja) (しゅうちゃくえき, shūchakueki)
• Portuguese: terminal (pt) m
• Russian: вокзал (ru) (vokzál) m , терминал (ru) (terminál) m , станция (ru) (stáncija) f , конечная станция (ru) (konéčnaja stáncija) f 
• Scottish Gaelic: ceann-rèile (gd) m

device for entering data into a computer

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 終端機 (cmn), 终端机 (cmn) (zhōngduānjī), 末端 (cmn) (mòduān)

• Czech: terminál (cs) m
• German: Terminal (de) m and n
• Greek: τερματικό (el) (termatikó) n 

• Japanese: 端末 (ja) (たんまつ, tanmatsu), ターミナル (ja) (tāminaru)
• Polish: terminal (pl) m
• Portuguese: terminal (pt) m
• Romanian: terminal (ro) n
• Russian: терминал (ru) (terminál) m 

computer program that emulates a terminal

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 終端 (cmn), 终端 (cmn) (zhōngduān)

• Finnish: terminaali (fi), terminaaliemulaattori (fi), pääte-emulaattori (fi)
• German: Terminal (de) m and n
• Greek: τερματικό (el) (termatikó) n 

• Japanese: ターミナル (ja) (tāminaru)
• Polish: terminal (pl) m
• Portuguese: terminal (pt) m
• Russian: терминал (ru) (terminál) m 

Related terms

• coterminal
• term
• terminable
• terminally
• terminate
• terminus

Adjective

terminal (not comparable)

1. Fatal, resulting in death.
2. Appearing at the end, top or apex of a physical object.
3. Occurring at the end of a word, sentence, or period of time.

Antonyms

• non-terminal

Translations

fatal, resulting in death

• Greek: καταληκτική ασθένεια (el) (kataliktikí asthéneia) f , μοιραία ασθένεια (el) (moiraía asthéneia) f 
• Polish: śmiertelny (pl) m

• Russian: смертельный (ru) (smertélʹnyj) 
• Swedish: dödlig (sv)

appearing at the end

• Greek: τελικός (el) (telikós) m , ληκτικός (el) (liktikós) m , έσχατος (el) (éschatos) m 

• Polish: końcowy (pl) m, graniczny (pl) m
• Russian: конечный (ru) (konéčnyj) 

External links

• terminal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• terminal in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• tramline

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɛʁ.mi.nal/

• Audio (Paris)

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• Homophones: terminale, terminales

Adjective

terminal m (feminine terminale, masculine plural terminaux, feminine plural terminales)

1. terminal

Noun

terminal m (plural terminaux)

1. terminal

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Polish

Noun

terminal m

1. terminal

Declension

    declension of terminal

	singular	plural
nominative	terminal	terminale
genitive	[[terminalu (terminala)#Polish|terminalu (terminala)]]	[[terminali /terminalów#Polish|terminali /terminalów]]
dative	terminalowi	terminalom
accusative	terminal	terminale
instrumental	terminalem	terminalami
locative	terminalu	terminalach
vocative	terminalu	terminale

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Spanish

Adjective

terminal m and f (plural terminales)

1. final
2. deadly

Noun

terminal m (plural terminales)

1. terminal
2. closure

Synonyms

• (closure): terminación

Related terms

• terminar