digital

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin digitālis, from digitus (“finger, toe”) + -alis (“-al”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɪd͡ʒɪtəɫ]

• Audio (US)

  (file)

AdjectiveEdit

digital (not comparable)

1. Having to do with digits (fingers or toes); performed with a finger.
2. Property of representing values as discrete, usually binary, numbers rather than a continuous spectrum.
   • 2013 July-August, Catherine Clabby, “Focus on Everything”, in American Scientist:

     Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. […] A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that. Developed as a tool to electronically combine the sharpest bits of multiple digital images, focus stacking is a boon to biologists seeking full focus on a micron scale.

   digital computer;  digital clock

3. Of or relating to computers or the Information Age.

   Digital payment systems are replacing cash transactions.

AntonymsEdit

• nondigital
• undigital
• (representing discrete values): analog, analogue, continuous

Derived termsEdit

Derived terms

• digital brownshirt
• digital computer
• digital electronics
• digital meter

• digital signal processing
• digital signal
• digital storage
• digitize, digitalize, digitalization

Related termsEdit

Related terms

• digitalis
• digitality

• digitate
• digitigrade

DescendantsEdit

• Thai: ดิจิทัล

TranslationsEdit

having to do or performed with a finger

• Bulgarian: пръстов (prǎstov), на пръстите (na prǎstite)
• Catalan: digital (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 數位 (zh), 数位 (zh) (shùwèi)

• Czech: digitální (cs)
• Dutch: vinger- (nl)
• Finnish: sormi- (fi)
• French: digital (fr)
• Galician: dixital (gl) m, f

• German: Finger- (de), (medicine) digital (de)
• Greek: δακτυλικός (el) m (daktylikós)
• Italian: digitale (it)
• Polish: palcowy
• Portuguese: digital (pt) m, f
• Romanian: digital (ro) m
• Serbo-Croatian: prstni (sh)
• Spanish: digital (es), dactilar (es)

representing discrete values

• Afrikaans: digitaal, diskreet
• Arabic: رَقَمِي‎‎ (raqamī)
• Bulgarian: цифров (cifrov), дигитален (digitalen)
• Catalan: digital (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 數字 (zh), 数字 (zh) (shùzì)

• Czech: číslicový m, digitální (cs) m, diskrétní (cs) m
• Dutch: discreet (nl)
• Esperanto: cifereca (eo)
• Finnish: digitaalinen (fi), numeerinen (fi)
• French: numérique (fr), digital (fr) (anglicism)
• Georgian: ციფრული (cipruli)
• German: digital (de)
• Greek: ψηφιακός (el) m (psifiakós)
• Hebrew: דיגיטאלי‎‎ (digit'ali)
• Hindi: डिजिटल (ḍijiṭal)

• Hungarian: digitális (hu)
• Italian: digitale (it), discreto (it)
• Japanese: デジタル (ja) (dejitaru)
• Korean: 디지털 (ko) (dijiteol)
• Manx: bun-earrooagh
• Persian: دیجیتال‎‎ (fa) (dijitâl)
• Polish: cyfrowy (pl)
• Portuguese: digital (pt) m, f
• Romanian: digital (ro) m, digitală (ro) f
• Russian: цифрово́й (ru) (cifrovój)
• Scottish Gaelic: figearail
• Serbo-Croatian: znamčani, znamenčani, digitalni (sh)
• Spanish: digital (es)
• Swedish: digital (sv), numerisk (sv), diskret (sv)
• Turkish: dijital (tr)
• Vietnamese: số (vi)

of or relating to computers

• Afrikaans: digitaal
• Arabic: رَقَمِي‎‎ (raqamī)
• Bulgarian: цифров (cifrov), дигитален (digitalen)
• Catalan: digital (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 數字 (zh), 数字 (zh) (shùzì)

• Czech: počítačový (cs) m
• Dutch: digitaal (nl)
• Finnish: tietokone- (fi), digitaalinen (fi)
• French: numérique (fr)
• Georgian: ციფრული (cipruli)
• German: digital (de)
• Greek: ψηφιακός (el) m (psifiakós)
• Hebrew: דיגיטאלי‎‎ (digit'ali)
• Hindi: डिजिटल (ḍijiṭal)
• Hungarian: digitális (hu)
• Ido: komputerala
• Indonesian: digital (id)

• Italian: digitale (it), informatico (it)
• Japanese: デジタル (ja) (dejitaru)
• Korean: 디지털 (ko) (dijiteol)
• Malay: digital
• Manx: bun-earrooagh
• Maori: matihiko
• Norman: digital (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: digital

  Nynorsk: digital

• Polish: cyfrowy (pl)
• Portuguese: digital (pt) m, f
• Romanian: numeric (ro) m, digital (ro) m
• Russian: цифрово́й (ru) (cifrovój)
• Spanish: digital (es)
• Swedish: digital (sv), numerisk (sv), diskret (sv)
• Vietnamese: số (vi)
• Welsh: digidol (cy)

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

• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} digital

• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 디지탈 (dijital)

NounEdit

digital (countable and uncountable, plural digitals)

1. (finance) A digital option.
2. (uncountable) Digital equipment or technology.

   He moved to digital for the first time, using a Sony camera.

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CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin digitālis. Doublet of didal, which was inherited.

AdjectiveEdit

digital (masculine and feminine plural digitals)

1. digital

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin digitālis. Doublet of dé.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /di.ʒi.tal/
• Homophones: digitale, digitales

AdjectiveEdit

digital (feminine singular digitale, masculine plural digitaux, feminine plural digitales)

1. of or pertaining to fingers or toes
2. digital

Usage notesEdit

digital is occasionally used in French to describe display devices such as TV screens. Its use for other purposes is often criticised, because this use derives from English, and because digital more commonly has the first meaning above. See also numérique

Further readingEdit

• “digital” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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GermanEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /diɡiˈtaːl/

• Audio (Austria)

  (file)

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aːl

AdjectiveEdit

digital (not comparable)

1. (computing) digital
2. (medicine) digital

DeclensionEdit

Declension of digital

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist digital	sie ist digital	es ist digital	sie sind digital
strong declension (without article)	nominative	digitaler	digitale	digitales	digitale
	genitive	digitalen	digitaler	digitalen	digitaler
	dative	digitalem	digitaler	digitalem	digitalen
	accusative	digitalen	digitale	digitales	digitale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der digitale	die digitale	das digitale	die digitalen
	genitive	des digitalen	der digitalen	des digitalen	der digitalen
	dative	dem digitalen	der digitalen	dem digitalen	den digitalen
	accusative	den digitalen	die digitale	das digitale	die digitalen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein digitaler	eine digitale	ein digitales	(keine) digitalen
	genitive	eines digitalen	einer digitalen	eines digitalen	(keiner) digitalen
	dative	einem digitalen	einer digitalen	einem digitalen	(keinen) digitalen
	accusative	einen digitalen	eine digitale	ein digitales	(keine) digitalen

Further readingEdit

• digital in Duden online

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NormanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin digitālis, from digitus (“finger, toe”) + -ālis (“-al”).

AdjectiveEdit

digital m

1. (Jersey) digital

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin digitalis, via English digital.

AdjectiveEdit

digital (neuter singular digitalt, definite singular and plural digitale)

1. digital

Derived termsEdit

• digitalisere
• digitalkamera

ReferencesEdit

• “digital” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin digitalis, via English digital

AdjectiveEdit

digital (neuter singular digitalt, definite singular and plural digitale)

1. digital

Derived termsEdit

• digitalisere
• digitalkamera

ReferencesEdit

• “digital” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin digitālis. Doublet of dedal, which was inherited.

PronunciationEdit

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.ʒi.ˈtaɫ/
• Hyphenation: di‧gi‧tal

AdjectiveEdit

digital m, f (plural digitais, comparable)

1. digital; having to do with the fingers or toes
2. dealing with discrete values rather than a continuous spectrum of values
3. dealing with the display of numerical values

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RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French digital.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /di.d͡ʒiˈtal/

AdjectiveEdit

digital m, n (feminine singular digitală, masculine plural digitali, feminine and neuter plural digitale)

1. digital (having to do with fingers or toes)
2. digital (dealing with discrete values rather than a continuous spectrum of values)

DeclensionEdit

declension of digital

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	digital		digitală	digitali	digitale
	definite	digitalul		digitala	digitalii	digitalele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	digital		digitale	digitali	digitale
	definite	digitalului		digitalei	digitalilor	digitalelor

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SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin digitālis. Doublet of dedal, which was inherited.

AdjectiveEdit

digital (plural digitales)

1. digital; having to do with the fingers or toes
2. dealing with discrete values rather than a continuous spectrum of values
3. dealing with the display of numerical values

NounEdit

digital f (plural digitales)

1. foxglove (plant, flower)

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SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin digitālis, via English digital.

AdjectiveEdit

digital (not comparable)

1. digital; in (or using) digital (and electronic) form

Usage notesEdit

• Circa 2010, the word took on a wider definition, meaning electronic, modern, or binary (having only two values); digitalisering (“digitization”) started to being used not only of signals, information and documents (e.g. digitizing books or patient's journals), but also about enterprises, as a synonym to automation, computerization (e.g. digitizing libraries and hospitals).

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of digital
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	digital	—	—
Neuter singular	digitalt	—	—
Plural	digitala	—	—
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	digitale	—	—
All	digitala	—	—
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.

Related termsEdit

Related terms

• analog-digitalomvandlare
• digital-analogomvandlare
• digital-tv
• digitalbox

• digitalformat
• digitalfoto
• digitalisera
• digitalisering

• digitalkamera
• digitalklocka
• digitalradio