different between later vs terminal

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?le?t?/
• (US) enPR: l??t?r, IPA^(key): /?le?t?/, [?le????]
• Rhymes: -e?t?(?)

Etymology

• Adverb: From Middle English later, latere, from Old English lator, equivalent to late +? -er.
• Adjective: From Middle English later, latere, from Old English lætra, equivalent to late +? -er.

Cognate with Saterland Frisian leeter (“later”), West Frisian letter (“later”), Dutch later (“later”), German Low German later (“later”).

Adverb

later

1. comparative form of late: more late

2. Afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).

3. At some unspecified time in the future.

Synonyms

• (afterward in time): afterwards, hereafter; see also Thesaurus:subsequently
• (at some unspecified time in the future): later on, someday; see also Thesaurus:one day

Antonyms

• earlier

Derived terms

• smell ya later, smell you later

Translations

Adjective

later

1. comparative form of late: more late

   Jim was later than John.

2. Coming afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).

   The Victorian era is a later period of English history than the Elizabethan era.

3. Coming afterward in distance (following an antecedent distance as embedded within an adverbial phrase)

   I felt some leg pain during the first mile of my run and I strained my calf two miles later .

4. At some time in the future.

   The meeting was adjourned to a later date.

Antonyms

• earlier

Translations

Interjection

later

1. (slang) See you later; goodbye.

   Later, dude.

Translations

Derived terms

Anagrams

• Alert, alert, alter, alter-, altre, artel, ratel, taler, telar

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?la?.t?r/
• Rhymes: -a?t?r

Adjective

later

1. Comparative form of laat
2. Having to do with or occurring in the future.

Inflection

Antonyms

• eerder
• vroeger

Adverb

later

1. later
2. in the future

Antonyms

• eerder

Anagrams

• alert, ratel

Latin

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pleth?- (“flat”), or from *stelh?- (“broad”) (in which case latus would be its neuter form).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?la.ter/, [???ät??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?la.ter/, [?l??t??r]

Noun

later m (genitive lateris); third declension

1. brick, tile

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• later?cius
• laterculus

References

• later in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• later in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• later in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• later in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• later in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French terre

Noun

later

1. land, earth, soil

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

later

1. present of late

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse latr, from Proto-Germanic *lataz.

Adjective

later

1. lazy, sluggish

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: lat

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French terre

Noun

later

1. land, earth, soil

Swedish

Noun

later

1. indefinite plural of lat

Anagrams

• alert, artel, letar, realt

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin terminalis (“pertaining to a boundary or to the end, terminal, final”), from Latin terminus (“a bound, boundary, limit, end”). See term, terminus.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?t?m?n?l/

Noun

terminal (plural terminals)

1. A building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.

2. A harbour facility where ferries embark and disembark passengers and load and unload vehicles.
3. A rail station where service begins and ends; the end of the line. For example: Grand Central Terminal in New York City.
4. A rate charged on all freight, regardless of distance, and supposed to cover the expenses of station service, as distinct from mileage rate, generally proportionate to the distance and intended to cover movement expenses.
5. A town lying at the end of a railroad, in which the terminal is located; more properly called a terminus.
6. A storage tank for bulk liquids (such as oil or chemicals) prior to further distribution.
7. (electronics) the end of a line where signals are either transmitted or received, or a point along the length of a line where the signals are made available to apparatus.
8. An electric contact on a battery.
9. (telecommunications) The apparatus to send and/or receive signals on a line, such as a telephone or network device.
10. (computing) A device for entering data into a computer or a communications system and/or displaying data received, especially a device equipped with a keyboard and some sort of textual display.
11. (computing) A computer program that emulates a physical terminal.
12. (computing theory) A terminal symbol in a formal grammar.
13. (biology) The end ramification (of an axon, etc.) or one of the extremities of a polypeptide.

Derived terms

• coterminal

Related terms

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ????? (t?minaru)
• ? Korean: ??? (teomineol)

Translations

Adjective

terminal (comparative more terminal, superlative most terminal)

1. Fatal; resulting in death.

   terminal cancer

2. Appearing at the end; top or apex of a physical object.
3. Occurring at the end of a word, sentence, or period of time, and serves to terminate it
4. (archaic) Occurring every term; termly.

   a student's terminal fees

Synonyms

• (appearing at the end): endly, final, late, endsome

Antonyms

• non-terminal
• (illness): early
• (appearing at the end): initial, early

Derived terms

• terminally
• terminal moraine

Translations

Verb

terminal (third-person singular simple present terminals, present participle terminaling or terminalling, simple past and past participle terminaled or terminalled)

1. To store bulk liquids (such as oil or chemicals) in storage tanks prior to further distribution.

Further reading

• terminal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• terminal in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• trailmen, tram line, tramline

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin terminalis, from Latin terminus.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /t??.mi?nal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /t?r.mi?nal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /te?.mi?nal/

Adjective

terminal (masculine and feminine plural terminals)

1. terminal

Related terms

• terminar
• terme

Noun

terminal m (plural terminals)

1. (computing) terminal

Cebuano

Etymology

From English terminal, from French terminal, from Late Latin terminalis (“pertaining to a boundary or to the end, terminal, final”), from Latin terminus (“a bound, boundary, limit, end”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ter?mi?nal

Noun

terminal

1. a terminus
2. an airport terminal
3. a port terminal
4. a rail station

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin terminalis, from Latin terminus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??.mi.nal/
• Homophones: terminale, terminales

Adjective

terminal (feminine singular terminale, masculine plural terminaux, feminine plural terminales)

1. terminal

Related terms

• terminer

Noun

terminal m (plural terminaux)

1. terminal

Further reading

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

German

Adjective

terminal (not comparable)

1. terminal

Declension

Further reading

• “terminal” in Duden online

Indonesian

Etymology

From English terminal, from Late Latin terminalis (“pertaining to a boundary or to the end, terminal, final”), from Latin terminus (“a bound, boundary, limit, end”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t??r?minal], [t??r?minal]
• Hyphenation: tèr?mi?nal

Noun

terminal (plural terminal-terminal, first-person possessive terminalku, second-person possessive terminalmu, third-person possessive terminalnya)

1. terminal:
   1. (transport) facility to embark and disembark passengers.

      Synonym: stasiun

   2. (computing) a device for entering data into a computer or a communications system and/or displaying data received, especially a device equipped with a keyboard and some sort of textual display.

Derived terms

Further reading

• “terminal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin terminus, via English terminal

Pronunciation

Noun

terminal m (definite singular terminalen, indefinite plural terminaler, definite plural terminalene)

1. a terminal

Derived terms

• ferjeterminal
• flyterminal
• godsterminal

References

• “terminal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin terminus, via English terminal

Noun

terminal m (definite singular terminalen, indefinite plural terminalar, definite plural terminalane)

1. a terminal

Derived terms

• ferjeterminal
• flyterminal
• godsterminal

References

• “terminal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From English terminal, from Late Latin termin?lis, from Latin terminus.

Noun

terminal m inan

1. airport terminal (building at an airport from which passengers board the planes)
2. transportation hub
3. computer terminal (device for entering data into a computer)

Declension

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin terminalis, from Latin terminus.

Adjective

terminal m or f (plural terminais, comparable)

1. relating to or occurring during the conclusion or end of something
2. (of a disease) terminal (resulting in death)

Noun

terminal m (plural terminais)

1. terminal (section of a station or airport where passengers board the vehicle or craft)
2. (electronics) terminal (the end of a line where signals are transmitted or received)
3. (computing) terminal (device for entering and displaying data)
4. (computing) terminal (computer program that emulates a terminal)

Romanian

Etymology

From French terminale

Adjective

terminal m or n (feminine singular terminal?, masculine plural terminali, feminine and neuter plural terminale)

1. terminal

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin termin?lis, from Latin terminus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te?mi?nal/, [t?e?.mi?nal]

Adjective

terminal (plural terminales)

1. final, last

   Synonyms: último, final

   Antonym: primero

2. terminal, fatal (resulting in death)
3. terminally ill

Derived terms

• paraterminal

Noun

terminal m or f (plural terminales)

1. terminal (a building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to airplanes)
2. terminal (a device for entering data into a computer)

Noun

terminal m (plural terminales)

1. mobile phone

   Synonyms: teléfono móvil, teléfono celular

Related terms

• terminar
• término

Further reading

• “terminal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.