different between workstation vs laptop

English

Etymology

From work +? station

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

workstation (plural workstations)

1. a desktop computer, normally more powerful than a normal PC and often dedicated to a specific task, such as graphics
2. an area, at a workplace, for a single worker

Synonyms

• (workplace): workstead

Translations

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English workstation.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?wo?ks.?tej.?õ/

Noun

workstation f (plural workstations)

1. (computing) workstation (powerful desktop computer)

   Synonym: estação de trabalho

English

Alternative forms

• lap-top (dated)

Etymology

From lap (“upper legs of a seated person”) +? top, modeled after desktop.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?læp.t?p/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?læp.t?p/

Noun

laptop (plural laptops)

1. (computing) A laptop computer.

Synonyms

• (laptop computer): laptop computer, notebook computer

Derived terms

• laptronica

Related terms

• desktop
• palmtop

Translations

Anagrams

• applot

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English laptop.

Pronunciation

• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): /?l?p.t?p/
• (Belgium) IPA^(key): /?l?p.t?p/
• Hyphenation: lap?top

Noun

laptop m (plural laptops, diminutive laptopje n)

1. laptop (computer with a clamshell design, portable and foldable)

Hungarian

Etymology

From English laptop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?l?ptop]
• Hyphenation: lap?top
• Rhymes: -op

Noun

laptop (plural laptopok)

1. laptop

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from English laptop

Noun

laptop m (definite singular laptopen, indefinite plural laptoper, definite plural laptopene)

1. (computing) a laptop
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Synonyms

• bærbar datamaskin

References

• “laptop” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English laptop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lap.t?p/

Noun

laptop m inan

1. laptop

Declension

Further reading

• laptop in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English laptop.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?l?p.?t?p/

Noun

laptop m (plural laptops)

1. (computing) laptop computer (class of portable computers)

   Synonym: notebook

Spanish

Etymology

From English laptop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lab?top/, [la???t?op]

Noun

laptop m or f (plural laptops)

1. laptop

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English laptop.

Noun

laptop c

1. (computing) laptop

Declension