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Webster 1913 Edition


Compiler

Com-pil′er

(kŏm-pīl′ẽr)
,
Noun.
[OE.
compiluor
; cf. OF.
compileor
, fr. L.
compilator
.]
1.
One who compiles; esp., one who makes books by compilation.

Webster 1828 Edition


Compiler

COMPILER

,
Noun.
A collector of parts of authors, or of separate papers or accounts; one who forms a book or composition from various authors or separate papers.

Definition 2024


Compiler

Compiler

See also: compiler

German

Noun

Compiler m

  1. (computing) A compiler, computer program to translate between machine code and a readable program

compiler

compiler

See also: Compiler

English

Noun

compiler (plural compilers)

  1. One who compiles.
    a compiler of poetry anthologies
    my favourite crossword compiler
  2. (software compilation) A computer program which transforms source code into object code.

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French

Etymology

From Latin compīlō.

Verb

compiler

  1. (programming) to compile
    Je n'arrive pas à compiler ce programme...
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Conjugation


Latin

Verb

compīler

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of compīlō

Old French

Verb

compiler

  1. to compile
    • Les Faits des Romains
      Ici commence les fes des Romains, compilé ensemble de Salustes, de Suetoine et de Lucan

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ils, *-ilt are modified to is, it. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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