algorithme

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin algorismus, from Arabic الخَوَارِزْمِيّ (al-ḵawārizmiyy), the nisba of Persian mathematician Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.ɡɔ.ʁitm/

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Noun

algorithme m (plural algorithmes)

1. algorithm

Related terms

• algorithmique
• algorithmiquement

Descendants

• → Esperanto: algoritmo
• → Greek: αλγόριθμος (algórithmos)
• → Persian: الگوریتم
• → Polish: algorytm
• → Romanian: algoritm
• → Russian: алгори́тм (algorítm)
  • → Azerbaijani: alqoritm
  • → Kazakh: алгоритм (algoritm)
  • → Uzbek: algoritm
• → Turkish: algoritma

Further reading

• “algorithme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• logarithme

Latin

Noun

algorithme

1. vocative singular of algorithmus