password
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈpæswɜːɹd/
- (Southern England) IPA(key): /ˈpɑːswɜː(ɹ)d/
- (Northern England) IPA(key): /ˈpæswɜːd/
- Hyphenation: pass‧word
NounEdit
password (plural passwords)
- A word used to gain admittance or to gain access to information; watchword.
- (computing) A string of characters used to log in to a computer or network, to access a level in a video game, etc.
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
- (computing): password salting, what is the Wi-Fi password
TranslationsEdit
word used to gain admittance
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computing: string of characters known only to a user
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See alsoEdit
VerbEdit
password (third-person singular simple present passwords, present participle passwording, simple past and past participle passworded)
- (computing, transitive) To protect with a password.
See alsoEdit
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
First attested in 1983, borrowed from English password.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
password n (singular definite passwordet, plural indefinite password or passwords)
InflectionEdit
Declension of password
neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | password | passwordet | password passwords |
passwordene |
genitive | passwords | passwordets | passwords passwords' |
passwordenes |
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ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English password.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
password f (invariable)
- (computing) password
- Synonym: parola d'ordine
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
password f (plural passwords)
Further readingEdit
- “password” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2021.
SpanishEdit
NounEdit
password m (plural passwords)