calculator

== English == === Etymology === In the sense of a person, from Middle English calkelatour (“a mathematician, an astrologer”), borrowed from Latin calculātor, equivalent to calculate +‎ -or. The other meanings arose in Modern English. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkæl.kjə.leɪ.tə(ɹ)/ (General American) IPA(key): /kæl.kjə.leɪ.tɚ/, [ˈkʰæɫ.kjəˌleɪ̯.ɾɚ] === Noun === calculator (plural calculators) A mechanical or electronic device that performs mathematical calculations; (now usually) an electronic one specifically. Synonym: electronic calculator Hypernyms: device, machine Hyponym: adding machine (coordinate to the narrower sense) Coordinate terms: abacus; computer (historical) A person who performs mathematical calculation. Synonyms: computer (archaic), reckoner (archaic) A person who calculates (in the sense of scheming). Near-synonyms: schemer, plotter; manipulator (obsolete) A set of mathematical tables. Synonym: ready reckoner ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === === References === James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Calculator”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume II (C), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 27–28, column 3. === Further reading === calculator on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Category:calculators on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons == Cebuano == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English calculator. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kalkjuˈleitoɾ/ [kɐl̪.kjʊˈl̪iɪ.t̪oɾ̪] === Noun === calculator (Badlit spelling ᜃᜎ᜔ᜃ᜔ᜌᜓᜎᜒᜌ᜔ᜆᜓᜇ᜔) calculator (device) Synonyms: calcu, kalkulador == Latin == === Etymology === From calculō (“to calculate”) + -tor. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kaɫ.kʊˈɫaː.tɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kal.kuˈlaː.tor] === Noun === calculātor m (genitive calculātōris, feminine calculātrīx); third declension calculator, bookkeeper, accountant computer, one versed in/teacher of arithmetic ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== calculātrīx === Verb === calculātor second-person singular future passive imperative of calculō "thou shalt be calculated, thou shalt be computed" (figuratively) "thou shalt be considered as, thou shalt be esteemed" third-person singular future passive imperative of calculō "it shall be calculated, it shall be computed" (figuratively) "she shall be considered as, she shall be esteemed" ==== Descendants ==== → Ancient Greek: καλκουλάτωρ (kalkoulátōr) === References === “calculator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "calculator", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French calculateur; compare also English and Latin calculator. Equivalent to calcula +‎ -tor. === Noun === calculator n (plural calculatoare) calculator (device) computer Synonyms: computer, ordinator ==== Declension ====