See also: data-base and data base

English

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Etymology

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From data +‎ base.

Pronunciation

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Audio (General American):(file)

Noun

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database (plural databases)

  1. (general) A collection of (usually) organized information in a regular structure, usually but not necessarily in a machine-readable format accessible by a computer.
    I have a database of all my contacts in my personal organizer.
  2. (computing) A set of tables and other objects (queries, reports, forms) in the form of a structured data set.
    The "books" database will have three tables, and the "customers" database will have two tables.
  3. (computing, loosely, metonymic) A software program (application) for storing, retrieving and manipulating such a structured data set.
    Which database do you use: MySQL or Oracle?
  4. (computing, loosely, metonymic) A combination of such data sets and the programs for using them.

Synonyms

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  • (computer software): DB

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Descendants

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  • Danish: database
  • Dutch: database
  • Hindi: डेटाबेस (ḍeṭābes)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: database
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: database

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Verb

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database (third-person singular simple present databases, present participle databasing, simple past and past participle databased)

  1. (transitive) To enter (data) into a database.
    • 2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide[1], page 5:
      The resulting citation collection was databased and coded for meaning, etymon, and date range (earliest and latest occurrence found).

Danish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English database.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /daːtabaːsə/, [ˈd̥æːtˢaˌb̥æːsə], [ˌd̥æːtˢaˈb̥æːsə]

Noun

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database c (singular definite databasen, plural indefinite databaser)

  1. database [from 1970]

Inflection

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Declension of database
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative database databasen databaser databaserne
genitive databases databasens databasers databasernes

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English database.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdaː.taːˌbeːs/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: da‧ta‧base

Noun

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database f (plural databases, diminutive databaseje n)

  1. database

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French

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Noun

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database f (plural databases)

  1. (dated) database
    Synonym: base de données

Interlingua

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Noun

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database (plural databases)

  1. database

Italian

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database m (invariable)

  1. database

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From data +‎ base.

Noun

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database m (definite singular databasen, indefinite plural databaser, definite plural databasene)

  1. (computing) a database

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From data +‎ base.

Noun

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database m (definite singular databasen, indefinite plural databasar, definite plural databasane)

  1. (computing) a database

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