laptop
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- lap-top (dated)
Etymology edit
From lap (“upper legs of a seated person”) + top, modeled after desktop.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
laptop (plural laptops)
- (computing) A laptop computer.
- 2006, Corey Sandler, Upgrading and Fixing Laptops For Dummies, page 8:
- Over time, the difference in size between laptops and notebooks became a matter of no more than an inch or two in length and width, and a fraction of an inch in thickness.
- 2013 August 3, “Revenge of the nerds”, in The Economist[1], volume 408, number 8847:
- Think of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future, however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London, where bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food.
Synonyms edit
- (laptop computer): laptop computer, notebook computer
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Adjective edit
laptop (not comparable)
- Designed for use on a lap.
- 1984 November, Gregg Williams, Ken Sheldon, “The Data General/One”, in BYTE, volume 9, number 12, McGraw-Hill Inc., →ISSN, page 105, column 1:
- At NCC, however, laptop portables such as the Gavilan were stealing the show, and when Miyashita returned to japan, his list of possible projects included a proposal for a portable computer.
- 1988 March 29, John Dickinson, “The Quest for the ‘Least Computer’”, in PC Magazine, volume 7, number 6, →ISSN, page 134, column 2:
- Otherwise, the keyboard feel and layout are good for a laptop machine but, as with most portables, I wouldn’t want to use the T1000 to write the entire great American novel—just a chapter or two at a time.
- 1999 July, Chris O’Malley, “Little laptops”, in Popular Science, volume 255, number 1, →ISSN, page 73:
- Nestled snugly into a cattle-class seat aboard a 737, you drop your tray table and open your laptop PC.
Derived terms edit
Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English laptop.
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Noun edit
laptop m (plural laptops, diminutive laptopje n)
- laptop (computer with a clamshell design, portable and foldable)
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Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
From English laptop. It may also be considered as a phono-semantic matching of English laptop, its first element reinterpreted as Hungarian lap (“sheet”) due to its being slim.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
laptop (plural laptopok)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | laptop | laptopok |
accusative | laptopot | laptopokat |
dative | laptopnak | laptopoknak |
instrumental | laptoppal | laptopokkal |
causal-final | laptopért | laptopokért |
translative | laptoppá | laptopokká |
terminative | laptopig | laptopokig |
essive-formal | laptopként | laptopokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | laptopban | laptopokban |
superessive | laptopon | laptopokon |
adessive | laptopnál | laptopoknál |
illative | laptopba | laptopokba |
sublative | laptopra | laptopokra |
allative | laptophoz | laptopokhoz |
elative | laptopból | laptopokból |
delative | laptopról | laptopokról |
ablative | laptoptól | laptopoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
laptopé | laptopoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
laptopéi | laptopokéi |
Possessive forms of laptop | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | laptopom | laptopjaim |
2nd person sing. | laptopod | laptopjaid |
3rd person sing. | laptopja | laptopjai |
1st person plural | laptopunk | laptopjaink |
2nd person plural | laptopotok | laptopjaitok |
3rd person plural | laptopjuk | laptopjaik |
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
laptop (first-person possessive laptopku, second-person possessive laptopmu, third-person possessive laptopnya)
- (computing) laptop, laptop computer: a portable computer that is small enough and light enough to be used on one's lap, but large enough to have an integrated keyboard.
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Further reading edit
- “laptop” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
laptop m (definite singular laptopen, indefinite plural laptoper, definite plural laptopene)
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References edit
- “laptop” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English laptop.
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Noun edit
laptop m inan
Declension edit
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English laptop.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
laptop m (plural laptops)
- (computing) laptop computer (class of portable computers)
- Synonym: notebook
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
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laptop n (plural laptopuri)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) laptop | laptopul | (niște) laptopuri | laptopurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) laptop | laptopului | (unor) laptopuri | laptopurilor |
vocative | laptopule | laptopurilor |
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English laptop.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
laptop m or f same meaning (plural laptops)
Usage notes edit
- Per the Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, the term is predominantly feminine in most of Latin America, but masculine in Ecuador and Argentina, and either gender in Chile. When used in Spain, it is masculine, although the term is rare there.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
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laptop c
Declension edit
Declension of laptop | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | laptop | laptopen | laptopar | laptoparna |
Genitive | laptops | laptopens | laptopars | laptoparnas |