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English

Etymology

pix (“pictures”), + el(ement); often taken to be a blend of “picture” and “element”. The x stems from the abbreviation pics being sometimes also written as pix, which has been in use since the 1880s. First attested in 1965.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?ks?l/, /?p?ks?l/
• Rhymes: -?ks?l

Noun

pixel (plural pixels)

1. One of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory.
2. One of the squares that make up a pixel art work or a zoomed in image in a computer.

Synonyms

• pel (rare)
• pictel (dated)
• px

Hyponyms

• gigapixel
• macropixel
• megapixel
• micropixel
• terapixel

Derived terms

Related terms

• peep pixels
• pixel peeper

Translations

Verb

pixel (third-person singular simple present pixels, present participle pixeling or pixelling, simple past and past participle pixeled or pixelled)

1. To create computer graphics by editing individual pixels.
   • 2006, NFGMan, Character Design for Mobile Devices (page 110)

     Whether he's pixeling for cellphones or PCs, here is one artist who has a unique and imaginative vision.

See also

• triangle

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “pixel”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Further reading

• pixel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• plexi

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English pixel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?k.s?l/
• Hyphenation: pi?xel

Noun

pixel m (plural pixels, diminutive pixeltje n)

1. pixel

   Synonym: beeldpunt

Derived terms

• megapixel
• pixelig

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English pixel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pik.s?l/

Noun

pixel m (plural pixels)

1. (computing) pixel

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English pixel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?piks?l]
• Hyphenation: pi?xel
• Rhymes: -?l

Noun

pixel (plural pixelek)

1. (computing) pixel (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory)

Declension

Derived terms

• megapixel

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from English pixel, abbreviation of "picture element".

Noun

pixel m (definite singular pixelen, indefinite plural pixeler or pixler, definite plural pixelene or pixlene)

1. (computing) alternative form of piksel

Usage notes

The plural forms pixler and pixlene are not listed officially, but are in common use, and also occur in Danish (as pixler and pixlerne).

References

• “pixel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• píxel (uncommon)

Etymology

Borrowed from English pixel.

Noun

pixel m (plural pixels or pixeis)

1. (computing) pixel (one of the dots that make up an image)

   Synonym: ponto

Usage notes

The use of the plural pixeis (as opposed to píxeis) is sometimes discouraged as it does not correspond to the natural plural formation in either of the two languages.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:pixel.

References

Spanish

Noun

pixel m (plural pixeles)

1. Alternative form of píxel

English

Alternative forms

• vender

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman vendor (Old French vendeor), from Latin venditor (“seller”), from vendere (“to sell, cry up for sale, praise”), contraction of venundare, venumdare, also, as originally, two words venum dare (“to sell”), from venum (“sale, price”) + dare (“to give”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?v?n.d?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?v?n.d?/
• Rhymes: -?nd?(?)
• Homophone: Venda (in non-rhotic accents)

Noun

vendor (plural vendors)

1. A person or a company that vends or sells.
2. A vending machine.
   • 2015, Jennifer Ott, Rays of Civilization (page 64)

     She left her duties guarding the cola vendor and brushed past Earl to the aisle with the creamed corn.

Synonyms

• merchant
• seller

Related terms

• vend
• vending machine
• vendor bid
• vendue

Translations

Verb

vendor (third-person singular simple present vendors, present participle vendoring, simple past and past participle vendored)

1. (transitive, software engineering) To bundle third-party dependencies with the source code for one's own program.

   I distributed my application with a vendored copy of Perl so that it wouldn't use the system copies of Perl where it is installed.

2. (transitive, software engineering) As the software vendor, to bundle one's own, possibly modified version of dependencies with a standard program.

   Strawberry Perl contains vendored copies of some CPAN modules, designed to allow them to run on Windows.

Anagrams

• Verdon, droven

Latin

Verb

v?ndor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of v?nd?