analog

See also: analóg and analōg

Contents

EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• analogue (Commonwealth)

PronunciationEdit

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.nə.lɒɡ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.nə.lɔɡ/
• (US, cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.nə.lɑɡ/

• Audio (US)

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EtymologyEdit

Early 19th century; from French analogue, from Ancient Greek ἀνάλογος (análogos, “proportionate”), from ἀνά (aná, “up to”) + λόγος (lógos, “ratio”).

AdjectiveEdit

analog (not comparable)

1. (of a device or system) in which the value of a data item (such as time) is represented by a continuous(ly) variable physical quantity that can be measured (such as the shadow of a sundial)

AntonymsEdit

• digital
• discrete

Derived termsEdit

• analog circuit
• analog computer
• analog meter

TranslationsEdit

represented by a continuously variable physical quantity

• Arabic: تَنَاظِرِيَّة‎ (tanāẓiriyya)
• Armenian: անալոգային (analogayin)
• Bulgarian: аналогов (analogov), непрекъснат (bg) (neprekǎsnat)
• Czech: analogový m
• Dutch: analoog (nl)
• Esperanto: analoga (eo)
• Finnish: analoginen (fi)
• French: analogique (fr)
• German: analog (de)
• Greek: αναλογικός (el) m (analogikós)
• Hebrew: אָנָלוֹגִי‎ m
• Hungarian: analóg (hu)
• Icelandic: hliðrænt
• Irish: analógach

• Italian: analogico (it)
• Japanese: アナログ (anarogu)
• Korean: 아날로그 (ko) (anallogeu)
• Norwegian: analog
• Polish: analogowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: analógico (pt)
• Romanian: analog (ro), analogic (ro)
• Russian: ана́логовый (ru) m (análogovyj)
• Slovene: analogen
• Swahili: Mfano
• Swedish: analog (sv)
• Turkish: analog (tr)
• Vietnamese: tương tự (vi)

NounEdit

analog (plural analogs)

1. (countable) something that bears an analogy to something else
2. (countable, biology) an organ or structure that is similar in function to one in another kind of organism but is of dissimilar evolutionary origin
3. (chemistry) a structural derivative of a parent compound that often differs from it by a single element

Related termsEdit

• homolog
• analogy
• homology
• superanalog

TranslationsEdit

something that bears an analogy

• Armenian: նմանակ (hy) (nmanak)
• Bulgarian: аналог (bg) (analog)
• Finnish: vertaus (fi), analogia (fi)
• German: Analogon (de) n
• Greek: ανάλογος (el) m (análogos)

• Hungarian: analogon
• Irish: analóg f
• Portuguese: análogo (pt) m
• Russian: ана́лог (ru) m (análog)
• Swedish: motsvarighet (sv) c

organ or structure

• Finnish: samatoimintainen elin (fi)

• Russian: ана́лог (ru) m (análog)

structural derivative

• Bulgarian: аналог (bg) (analog)
• French: analogue (fr)
• Italian: analogo (it)

• Portuguese: análogo (pt)
• Russian: ана́лог (ru) m (análog)
• Spanish: análogo (es)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Irish: ^{(please verify)} analóg f

Related termsEdit

• analogetic
• analogical
• analogous

AnagramsEdit

• Angola, agonal

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CzechEdit

NounEdit

analog m

1. analog, analogue (something that bears an analogy to something else)
   • 2007, Karel Riegel, Ekonomická psychologie^[1]:

     Průmyslová výroba, industriální věk již těží ze zdroje, kterému se nešťastně říká "lidská pracovní síla". Je napojena na cyklus, v němž se člověk stává analogem přírodní síly a oživuje soustavu strojů.

2. (chemistry) analog, analogue (structural derivative of a parent compound)
   • 2006, Jaroslav Rybka, Diabetologie pro sestry^[2]:

     Prvním dlouze působícím inzulinovým analogem byl glargin připravený DNA-rekombinantní technologií.

Related termsEdit

• analogický
• analogie

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PronunciationEdit

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AdjectiveEdit

analog (not comparable)

1. analogous
2. analogue

DeclensionEdit

Declension of analog

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist analog	sie ist analog	es ist analog	sie sind analog
strong declension (without article)	nominative	analoger	analoge	analoges	analoge
	genitive	analogen	analoger	analogen	analoger
	dative	analogem	analoger	analogem	analogen
	accusative	analogen	analoge	analoges	analoge
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der analoge	die analoge	das analoge	die analogen
	genitive	des analogen	der analogen	des analogen	der analogen
	dative	dem analogen	der analogen	dem analogen	den analogen
	accusative	den analogen	die analoge	das analoge	die analogen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein analoger	eine analoge	ein analoges	(keine) analogen
	genitive	eines analogen	einer analogen	eines analogen	(keiner) analogen
	dative	einem analogen	einer analogen	einem analogen	(keinen) analogen
	accusative	einen analogen	eine analoge	ein analoges	(keine) analogen

SynonymsEdit

• analogisch

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

AdjectiveEdit

analog (neuter singular analogt, definite singular and plural analoge)

1. analogous
2. analogue (UK) or analog (US)

ReferencesEdit

• “analog” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

AdjectiveEdit

analog (neuter singular analogt, definite singular and plural analoge)

1. analogous
2. analog (US) or analogue (UK)

ReferencesEdit

• “analog” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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RomanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /a.naˈloɡ/

AdjectiveEdit

analog m, n (feminine singular analoagă, masculine plural analogi, feminine and neuter plural analoage)

1. analogue (represented by a continuously variable physical quantity)

DeclensionEdit

declension of analog

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	analog		analoagă	analogi	analoage
	definite	analogul		analoaga	analogii	analoagele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	analog		analoage	analogi	analoage
	definite	analogului		analoagei	analogilor	analoagelor

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SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

ana- +‎ -log

AdjectiveEdit

analog

1. analogue

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of analog
Indefinite/attributive	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	analog	—	—
Neuter singular	analogt	—	—
Plural	analoga	—	—
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	analoge	—	—
All	analoga	—	—
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in an attributive role.

AntonymsEdit

• digital