different between computer vs calendar

English

Etymology

From compute +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k?m?pju?t?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /k?m?pjut?/, [k?m?p?ju??]
• Hyphenation: com?put?er
• Rhymes: -u?t?(r)

Noun

computer (plural computers)

1. (now rare, chiefly historical) A person employed to perform computations; one who computes. [from 17th c.]

   Hyponym: computress

2. (by restriction, chiefly historical) A male computer, where the female computer is called a computress.
3. A programmable electronic device that performs mathematical calculations and logical operations, especially one that can process, store and retrieve large amounts of data very quickly; now especially, a small one for personal or home use employed for manipulating text or graphics, accessing the Internet, or playing games or media. [from 20th c.]

   Synonyms: processor, (informal) 'puter, (slang) box, machine, calculator

   Hyponyms: desktop, laptop, portable computer, stored-program computer

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:computer.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:computer

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Translations

See also

Further reading

• computer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• computer on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English computer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [k??m?p?j?u?d??]

Noun

computer c (singular definite computeren, plural indefinite computere)

1. computer (machine)

Declension

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?m?pjut?r/
• Hyphenation: com?pu?ter
• Rhymes: -ut?r

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English computer.

Noun

computer m (plural computers, diminutive computertje n)

1. computer

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

computer

1. first-person singular present indicative of computeren
2. imperative of computeren

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin comput?, comput?re (“to compute, sum up”). See also the doublets compter and conter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.py.te/
• Homophones: computai, computé, computée, computées, computés, computez

Verb

computer

1. (archaic, rare) To compute.
   • 1802, François-René de Chateaubriand, Génie du christianisme

     Quant aux ères, ici on compte par l'année de la création, là par olympiade, par la fondation de Rome, par la naissance de Jésus-Christ, par l'époque d'Eusèbe, par celle des Séleucides, celle de Nabonassar, celle des martyrs. Les Turcs ont leur hégire, les Persans leur yezdegerdic. On compute encore par les éres julienne, grégorienne, ibérienne et actienne.

     As the eras, here they compute by the year of the creation, there by olympiads, by the foundation of Rome, by the birth of Christ, by the epoch of Eusebius, by that of Seleucids, of Nabonassar, of the Martyrs. The Turks have their hegira, the Persians their yezdegerdie. The Julian, Gregorian, Iberian and Actian eras, are also employed in computation.

Conjugation

See also

• supputer
• compter

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• compteur

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English computer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kom?pju.ter/
• Hyphenation: com?pù?ter

Noun

computer m (invariable)

1. computer (calculating device)

Latin

Verb

computer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of comput?

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English computer.

Noun

computer n (plural computere)

1. computer

Related terms

• computa

See also

• calculator
• ordinator

Romansch

Etymology

Borrowed from English computer.

Noun

computer m (plural computers)

1. computer

   Synonym: calculater

English

Alternative forms

• kalendar (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English kalender, from Old French calendier, from Latin kalendarium (“account book”), from kalendae (“the first day of the month”), from kalare (“to announce solemnly, to call out (the sighting of the new moon)”), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh?-.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kæl.?n.d?/
• (US) enPR: k?l??nd?r, IPA^(key): /?kæl.?n.d?/, [?k?æl.(?)n.d?]
• Rhymes: -?nd?(?)
• Homophones: calender, qalandar

Noun

calendar (plural calendars)

1. Any system by which time is divided into days, weeks, months, and years.

2. A means to determine the date consisting of a document containing dates and other temporal information.

3. A list of planned events.

4. An orderly list or enumeration of persons, things, or events; a schedule.
5. (US) An appointment book (US), appointment diary (UK)

Usage notes

• Calendar should not be confused with calender.

Synonyms

• (list of planned events): agenda, schedule, docket; calends (uncommon)

Derived terms

Descendants

• Tok Pisin: kalenda
• ? Japanese: ????? (karend?)
• ? Korean: ??? (karendeo)
• ? Swahili: kalenda

Translations

Verb

calendar (third-person singular simple present calendars, present participle calendaring, simple past and past participle calendared)

1. (law) To set a date for a proceeding in court, usually done by a judge at a calendar call.

2. To enter or write in a calendar; to register.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Waterhouse to this entry?)

Translations

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) Gregorian calendar month; January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December ^{(Category: en:Gregorian calendar months)}
• (Hebrew calendar months) Hebrew calendar month; Tishrei, Cheshvan, Kislev, Tevet, Shevat, Adar, Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tammuz, Av, Elul ^{(Category: en:Hebrew calendar months)}
• (Islamic calendar months) Islamic calendar month; Muharram, Safar, Rabi I, Rabi II, Jumada I, Jumada II, Rajab, Sha'aban, Ramadan, Shawwal, Dhu al-Qida, Dhu al-Hijjah ^{(Category: en:Islamic months)}

Anagrams

• calander, landcare, landrace

Romanian

Alternative forms

• c?lindar (popular)

Etymology

Borrowed (in this form) from Latin calend?rium. Compare the inherited doublet c?rindar.

Noun

calendar n (plural calendare)

1. calendar
2. almanac

Declension

Related terms

• c?rindar