Definify.com

Definition 2024

ordinateur

ordinateur

French

Noun

ordinateur m ‎(plural ordinateurs)

  1. A computer, a computing device.
    Il a un ordinateur. — He has a computer.
    Elle est à l’ordinateur. — She is at the computer.
  2. (archaic, Christianity) One who performs an ordination ceremony.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Etymology

From Latin ordinator ‎(“one who orders”), from ōrdinō ‎(“to order, to organize”)

In its application to computing, it was coined by the professor of philology Jacques Perret in a letter dated 16 April 1955, in response to a request from IBM France, who believed the word calculateur was too restrictive in light of the possibilities of these machines (this is a very rare example of the creation of a neologism authenticated by dated letter.)

Pronunciation

Similar Results