trojan

See also: Trojan, Trójan, and tröjan

English

Etymology

From Trojan horse.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹəʊd͡ʒən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹoʊd͡ʒən/

Noun

trojan (plural trojans)

1. (computing) Malware that appears to perform or actually performs a desired task for a user while performing a harmful task without the user's knowledge or consent.

Hypernyms

• malware

Translations

malware

• Finnish: troijalainen (fi)
• French: cheval de Troie (fr) m, trojan (fr) m
• German: Trojaner (de) m
• Polish: koń trojański (pl) m, trojan (pl) m
• Russian: троя́н (ru) m (troján)
• Sicilian: trojan m, trujanu m

Adjective

trojan (not comparable)

1. (astronomy) Describing a satellite (moon or minor planet) that shares an orbit with another

Translations

celestial object sharing an orbit

• Finnish: troijalainen (fi)
• French: troyen (fr)

Verb

trojan (third-person singular simple present trojans, present participle trojaning, simple past and past participle trojaned)

1. (computing, transitive) To infect (a system) with a trojan.

Anagrams

• jötnar

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁɔ.ʒɑ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

trojan m (plural trojans)

1. (computing, Anglicism) trojan, Trojan horse (computing)

Related terms

• troyen

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

trojan m (definite singular trojanen, indefinite plural trojanar, definite plural trojanane)

1. (pre-2016) alternative form of trojanar

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Trojan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɔjan/
• Rhymes: -ɔjan
• Syllabification: tro‧jan
• Homophone: Trojan

Noun

trojan m animal

1. (computer security) Trojan, Trojan horse (malicious program that is disguised as legitimate software)

   Synonym: koń trojański

Declension

Declension of trojan

	singular	plural
nominative	trojan	trojany
genitive	trojana	trojanów
dative	trojanowi	trojanom
accusative	trojana	trojany
instrumental	trojanem	trojanami
locative	trojanie	trojanach
vocative	trojanie	trojany

Related terms

adjectives

• trojański

 

adverbs

• trojańsko

 

nouns

• Troja
• trojanin
• Trojanin
• trojanka
• Trojanka
• Trojańczyk

 

Further reading

• trojan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• trojan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

trojan m (plural trojans)

1. (computing) Trojan horse (malicious program disguised as legitimate software)

   Synonym: cavalo de Troia