calculator

Engleski

An electronic calculator

Etymology

In the sense of a person, from Middle English calkelatour (“mathematician, astrologer”), borrowed from Latinski calculātor, equivalent to calculate +‎ -or. The other meanings arose in Modern English.

Pronunciation

• MFA^(ključ): /ˈkæl.kjə.leɪ.tə(ɹ)/
• (General American) MFA^(ključ): /kæl.kjə.leɪ.tɚ/, [ˈkʰæɫ.kjəˌleɪ̯.ɾɚ]

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Noun

calculator (plural calculators)

1. A mechanical or electronic device that performs mathematical calculations.
2. (dated) A person who performs mathematical calculation.
   • 2020, Paul Krugman, Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future, strana 145:

3. A person who calculates (in the sense of scheming).
   • Šablon:RQ:Bulwer-Lytton Alice
   • 1858, John Cumming, Thy Word is Truth: an apology for Christianity, strana 112:

4. (obsolete) A set of mathematical tables.

Synonyms

• (electronic device): electronic calculator, pocket calculator
• (mechanical device): adding machine
• (person who performs mathematical calculations): computer (dated)
• (person who schemes): plotter, schemer
• (mathematical tables): ready reckoner, tables

Derived terms

• electronic calculator
• graphing calculator
• pocket calculator
• scientific calculator

 

Related terms

• calculate

Translations

electronic device that performs mathematical calculations

• Afrikaans: sakrekenaar
• Albanian: njehsues m, makinë llogaritëse f
• Amharic: ካልኩሌተር (kalkuletär)
• Arabic: حَاسِبَة‎ f (ḥāsiba)
• Armenian: հաշվիչ (hy) (hašvičʿ)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܚܲܫܘܼܒ݂ܘܿܢܵܐ‎ m (ḥašuḇonā)
• Asturian: calculadora f
• Azerbaijani: kalkulyator
• Basque: kalkulagailu (eu)
• Belarusian: kalьkulя́tar m (kalʹkuljátar)
• Bengali: ক্যালকুলেটর (kjalkuleṭôr)
• Bulgarian: kalkulátor m (kalkulátor)
• Burmese: ဂဏန်းတွက်စက် (my) (ga.nan:twakcak)
• Catalan: calculadora (ca) f
• Cheyenne: hoéstónéó'o
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 計數機／计数机 (gai³ sou³ gei¹)

  Mandarin: (電子)計算器／(电子)计算器 ((diànzi) jìsuànqì), 電子計算機／电子计算机 (zh) (Taiwan, HK)

• Czech: kalkulačka (cs) f, kalkulátor (cs) m, počítačka f
• Danish: lommeregner (da), regnemaskine c
• Dutch: rekenmachine (nl) f, zakrekenmachine (nl) f, rekentoestel n (Flemish), calculator (nl) m
• Esperanto: kalkulilo
• Estonian: kalkulaator, taskuarvuti
• Faroese: telduhvølpur m, roknimaskina f
• Finnish: laskin (fi)
• French: calculatrice (fr) f, calculette (fr) f
• Fula:

  Adlam: 𞤳𞤭𞥅𞤥𞤭𞤪𞤺𞤢𞤤‎, 𞤼𞤮𞤲𞤺𞤭𞤪𞤣𞤫‎

  Latin: kiimirgal, tongirde

• Galician: calculadora f
• Georgian: კალკულატორი (ḳalḳulaṭori)
• German: Rechner (de) m, Taschenrechner (de) m
• Greek: αριθμομηχανή (el) f (arithmomichaní), (colloquial) κομπιουτεράκι (el) n (kompiouteráki)
• Hawaiian: mīkini helu
• Hebrew: מַחְשְׁבוֹן‎ (he) m (makhsh'vón)
• Hindi: परिकलक (pariklak), कैलकुलेटर m (kailkuleṭar), परिकलित्र m (pariklitra)
• Hungarian: számológép (hu)
• Icelandic: reiknivél f
• Ido: kalkulatoro
• Indonesian: kalkulator (id), mesin hitung (id)
• Irish: áireamhán m
• Italian: calcolatrice (it) f
• Japanese: 電卓 (ja) (でんたく, dentaku), 計算機 (ja) (けいさんき, keisanki)
• Kannada: ಲೆಕ್ಕರಣೆ (kn) (lekkaraṇe)
• Kazakh: kalьkulяtor (kalkulätor)
• Khmer: គណិតចរ (kônĕtchâr)
• Korean: 계산기(計算機) (ko) (gyesan'gi)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: pêjimêrk (ku)

• Kyrgyz: kalьkulяtor (ky) (kalʹkulyator)
• Lao: ຈັກຄິດໄລ່ (lo) (chak khit lai)
• Latvian: kalkulators m
• Lithuanian: kalkuliatorius (lt) m, skaičiuotuvas (lt) m
• Low German:

  Dutch Low Saxon: telmesiene, rekkenmesiene

• Macedonian: smetač m (smetač), digitrón m (digitrón), kalkulátor m (kalkulátor)
• Malagasy: mpikajy
• Malay: mesin kira, kalkulator, mesin kira
• Maltese: kalkulatur m, maqjes m
• Manx: co-earrooder m
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: toonы mašin (toony mašin)

• Norman: caltchuleux m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kalkulator (no) m

  Nynorsk: kalkulator (no) m

• Pali: saṅkhyāna n
• Pashto: شمېرماشين‎ m (šmermāšín)
• Persian: ماشین حساب‎ (fa) (mâšin-e hesâb)
• Polish: kalkulator (pl) m
• Portuguese: calculadora (pt) f
• Romanian: calculator (ro), computer (ro) n
• Romansch: calculader m, calculatur m, calculatour m, quintader m, chintader m
• Russian: kalьkulя́tor (ru) m (kalʹkuljátor)
• Sanskrit: गणकयन्त्रम् (gaṇakayantram)
• Scottish Gaelic: àireamhair m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: računar m (Bosnian, Serbian), računalo n (Croatian)

  Roman: računar (sh) m (Bosnian, Serbian), računalo (sh) n (Croatian)

• Slovak: kalkulačka f
• Slovene: kalkulator m, računalo
• Spanish: calculador (es) m or f, calculadora (es) f
• Swahili: kikokotozi
• Swedish: räknare (sv) c, miniräknare (sv) c, kalkylator (sv) c
• Tagalog: pantaya
• Tajik: mošini ҳisob (mošini hisob), ҳisobgar (hisobgar), ҳisobkunak (hisobkunak)
• Tamil: கணிப்பான் (ta) (kaṇippāṉ)
• Telugu: గణికుడు (te) (gaṇikuḍu)
• Thai: เครื่องคิดเลข (th)
• Tigrinya: መተሓሳሰቢ (mätäḥasasäbi)
• Turkish: hesap makinesi (tr)
• Turkmen: kalkulýator
• Udmurt: lыdъяntыk (lydʺjantyk)
• Ukrainian: kalьkulя́tor m (kalʹkuljátor)
• Urdu: کیلکولیٹر‎ m (kailkuleṭar)
• Uyghur: ھېسابلىغۇچ‎ (hësablighuch)
• Uzbek: kalkulyator (uz)
• Vietnamese: máy tính cầm tay
• Welsh: cyfrifiannell (cy) f
• West Frisian: rekkenmasine, bûsrekkenmasine
• Yiddish: קאַלקולאַטאָר‎ m (kalkulator)

mechanical device that performs mathematical calculations

• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܚܲܫܘܼܒ݂ܘܿܢܵܐ‎ m (ḥašuḇonā)
• Bulgarian: smetačna mašina f (smetačna mašina)
• Catalan: calculadora (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 計算器／计算器 (zh) (jìsuànqì), 計算機／计算机 (zh) (jìsuànjī)

• Dutch: rekenmachine (nl) f, calculator (nl) m
• Finnish: laskin (fi), laskukone (fi)
• Galician: calculadora f
• Greek: αριθμομηχανή (el) f (arithmomichaní)
• Hebrew: מונה‎ m (mone)
• Hungarian: számológép (hu)
• Ido: kalkulilo (io)
• Indonesian: kalkulator (id)
• Italian: calcolatrice (it)
• Macedonian: smetač m (smetač)
• Polish: kalkulator (pl) m
• Portuguese: calculadora (pt) f
• Romanian: calculator (ro), mașină de calculat
• Russian: vыčislítelьnaя mašína f (vyčislítelʹnaja mašína), sčёtnaя mašína f (sčótnaja mašína), arifmómetr (ru) m (arifmómetr)
• Vietnamese: máy tính cơ khí, máy tính tương tự, dụng cụ tính toán

dated: a person who performs mathematical calculations

• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܚܫܒ݂ܵܢܵܐ‎ m (maḥšḇānā), ܡܲܚܫܒ݂ܵܢܝܼܬܵܐ‎ f (maḥšḇānītā), ܚܲܫܒܢܵܢܵܐ‎ m (ḥašbnānā)
• Bulgarian: izčislitel m (izčislitel)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 計算者／计算者 (jìsuànzhě)

• Dutch: berekenaar (nl) m
• Finnish: laskija (fi)
• Galician: calculador m
• Hebrew: חשבונאי‎ m (kheshbona'y), חשבונאית‎ f (kheshbona'yt)
• Hindi: परिकलक m (pariklak)
• Indonesian: penghitung
• Italian: calcolatore (it) m, calcolatrice (it) f
• Japanese: 計算者 (けいさんしゃ, keisansha)
• Khmer: អ្នកគិតលេខ (ʾnɑɑkkɨtleik)
• Macedonian: smetač m (smetač)
• Manx: co-earrooder m
• Portuguese: calculador m, calculista (pt)
• Romanian: calculator (ro) m, calculatoare (ro) f
• Russian: sčёtčik (ru) m (sčótčik), rasčёtčik (ru) m (rasčótčik)
• Sanskrit: गुणक (sa) m (guṇaka)
• Ukrainian: lіčbár m (ličbár)
• Vietnamese: người tính

person who calculates (in the sense of scheming)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 計算者／计算者 (jìsuànzhě)

• Dutch: planner (nl) m
• Finnish: laskelmoija, taulukko (fi)
• German: Rechner (de) m
• Portuguese: calculista (pt) m
• Vietnamese: người láu cá

set of mathematical tables

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 計算表／计算表 (zh) (jìsuànbiǎo)

• Finnish: laskuri (fi)
• French: tables f pl
• Hebrew: טבלת חישובים‎ f (t'avlat khishuvym)
• Italian: tabelle (it) f pl
• Japanese: 計算表 (けいさんひょう, keisannhyō)
• Romanian: tabele f pl
• Russian: tablícы rasčёtov f pl (tablícy rasčótov), tablíca (ru) f (tablíca)
• Vietnamese: máy tính dạng bảng

See also

• ready reckoner
• slide rule
• tables
• calculators na Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

References

• Šablon:R:Oxford English Dictionary

Cebuano

Etymology

From Engleski calculator.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: cal‧cu‧la‧tor

Noun

calculator

1. calculator (device)

   Sinonims: calcu, kalkulador

Latinski

Etymology

From calculō (“I calculate”) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) MFA^(ključ): /kal.kuˈlaː.tor/, [kaɫ̪.kʊˈɫ̪aː.t̪ɔr]

Noun

calculator

1. calculator, bookkeeper, accountant
2. computer, one versed in/teacher of arithmetic

Declension

Third declension..

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	calculātor	calculātōrēs
Genitive	calculātōris	calculātōrum
Dative	calculātōrī	calculātōribus
Accusative	calculātōrem	calculātōrēs
Ablative	calculātōre	calculātōribus
Vocative	calculātor	calculātōrēs

Synonyms

• calculātrīx

Verb

calculātor

1. drugo lice jednine budućeg vremena pasiva imperativa of calculō
   1. "thou shalt be calculated, thou shalt be computed"
   2. (figurative) "thou shalt be considered as, thou shalt be esteemed"
2. treće lice jednine budućeg vremena pasiva imperativa of calculō
   1. "it shall be calculated, it shall be computed"
   2. (figurative) "she shall be considered as, she shall be esteemed"

References

• “calculator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• calculator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• calculator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• “calculator”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “calculator”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Rumunski

Etymology

Pozajmljeno od Francuski calculateur; compare also English and Latin calculator. Equivalent to calcula +‎ -tor.

Noun

calculator n (plural calculatoare)

1. calculator (device)
2. computer

   Sinonims: computer, ordinator

Declension

declension of calculator

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) calculator	calculatorul	(niște) calculatoare	calculatoarele
genitive/dative	(unui) calculator	calculatorului	(unor) calculatoare	calculatoarelor
vocative	calculatorule		calculatoarelor