different between tablet vs programma

English

Etymology

From Middle English tablet, from Old French tablete (Modern French tablette), diminutive of table (“table”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: t?b?l?t, IPA^(key): /?tæbl?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

tablet (plural tablets)

1. A slab of clay used for inscription.
2. (religion) A short scripture written by the founders of the Bahá'í faith.
3. A pill; a small, easily swallowed portion of a substance.

   Many people take vitamin tablets as a food supplement.

4. A block of several sheets of blank paper that are bound together at the top; pad of paper.
5. (computing) A graphics tablet.
6. (computing) A tablet computer, a type of portable computer.
7. (Scotland) A confection made from sugar, condensed milk and butter, produced in flat slabs.
8. (rail transport) A type of round token giving authority for a train to proceed over a single-track line.

Derived terms

• wax tablet

Translations

See also

• caplet
• capsule

Verb

tablet (third-person singular simple present tablets, present participle tableting or tabletting, simple past and past participle tableted or tabletted)

1. (transitive) To form (a drug, etc.) into tablets.

References

• “tablet”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• Battle, batlet, battel, battle

Dutch

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French tablette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta??bl?t/
• Hyphenation: ta?blet
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

tablet f or n (plural tabletten, diminutive tabletje n)

1. tablet, pill (piece of medicine in solid state)
2. flat, rectangular piece or slab

Derived terms

• bruistablet
• kleitablet
• zuigtablet

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English tablet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?.bl?t/
• Hyphenation: ta?blet

Noun

tablet m (plural tablets)

1. tablet computer

Middle English

Alternative forms

• tabelett, tabelet, tabblet, tabulet, tabulette

Etymology

From Old French tablete; equivalent to table +? -et.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tab(?)l?t(?)/, /?ta?b(?)l?t(?)/

Noun

tablet (plural tablettes)

1. A tablet, especially an easily carried one for writing on.
2. (biblical) The Ten Commandments in physical form handed down from heaven.
3. A level surface for painting or working upon.
4. A piece of jewellery with a level portion present.
5. (rare) A marble slab utilised as tiling.
6. (rare) A tablet or pill for medication.

Descendants

• English: tablet
• Scots: taiblet

References

• “tablet, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-27.

Polish

Etymology

From English tablet, from Middle English tablet, from Old French tablete.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tab.l?t/

Noun

tablet m inan

1. (computing) digitizer, graphics tablet (small, easily swallowed portion of a substance)
2. (computing) tablet computer

Declension

Further reading

• tablet in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• tablet in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From English tablet.

Noun

tablet m (plural tablets)

1. (computing) tablet computer (a type of portable computer)

   Synonym: táblete

Further reading

• “tablet” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Noun

tablet m or f (plural tablets)

1. (computing) tablet

   Synonym: tableta

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ????????? (prógramma). Doublet of program.

Noun

programma (plural programmata)

1. (obsolete, historical, Ancient Greece) Any law, which, after it had passed the Athenian senate, was fixed on a tablet for public inspection before being proposed to the general assembly of the people.
2. (obsolete) An edict published for public information; an official bulletin; a public proclamation.
   • 1774-1781, Thomas Warton, History of English Poetry

     a programma was issued in one of the most ample colleges

3. (obsolete) A preface.

References

• programma in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

programma n (plural programma's, diminutive programmaatje n)

1. literally, a program
2. a show, especially a t.v show (television program)

Derived terms

• computerprogramma

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: programa

French

Verb

programma

1. third-person singular past historic of programmer

Italian

Etymology 1

From Late Latin programma, from Ancient Greek ????????? (prógramma).

Noun

programma m (plural programmi)

1. programme, program, schedule, agenda

   Synonyms: progetto, piano

2. plan

3. (television, radio) programme, program, show

   Synonyms: trasmissione, spettacolo

4. (computing) software, application, program, routine

   Synonyms: software, applicazione

5. syllabus, schedule, curriculum

   Synonym: curriculum

6. (politics) platform, manifesto, program

   Synonym: piattaforma

7. (theater) playbill, programme

   Synonyms: cartellone, programmazione

8. washing machine cycle

Derived terms

• programmare
• programmatico

Etymology 2

Verb

programma

1. third-person singular present of programmare
2. second-person singular imperative of programmare

Further reading

• programma in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• programmene

Noun

programma n

1. definite plural of program

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

programma n

1. definite plural of program