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Webster 1913 Edition

Calculator

Cal′cu-la-tor

Noun.

[L.: cf. F.

calculateur

One who computes or reckons: one who estimates or considers the force and effect of causes, with a view to form a correct estimate of the effects.

Ambition is no exact

calculator

Burke.

Webster 1828 Edition

Calculator

CALCULATOR

Noun.

One who computes or reckons; one who estimates or considers the force and effect of causes, with a view to form a correct estimate of the effects.

Definition 2024

calculator

English

An electronic calculator

Noun

calculator ‎(plural calculators)

A mechanical or electronic device that performs mathematical calculations.
(dated) A person who performs mathematical calculation
A person who calculates (in the sense of scheming).
(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
pocket calculator

Related terms

calculate

Translations

electronic device that performs mathematical calculations

Albanian: makinë llogaritëse f
Arabic: آلَة حَاسِبَة f ‎(ʾāla ḥāsiba)
Armenian: հաշվիչ (hy) ‎(hašvičʿ)
Asturian: calculadora f
Azeri: kalkulyator
Basque: kalkulagailu (eu)
Belarusian: калькуля́тар m ‎(kalʹkuljátar)
Bulgarian: калкула́тор m ‎(kalkulátor)
Burmese: ဂဏန်းတွက်စက် (my) ‎(ga.nan:twakcak)
Catalan: calculadora f
Cheyenne: hoéstónéó'o
Chinese:

Cantonese: 計數機, 计数机 ‎(gai³ sou³ gei¹)

Mandarin: 計算器 (zh), 计算器 (zh) ‎(jìsuànqì), 計算機 (zh), 计算机 (zh) ‎(jìsuànjī)
Czech: kalkulačka (cs) f, kalkulátor m
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
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)
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: калькулятор ‎(kalʹkwlyator)
Khmer: អ្នកគិតលេខ ‎(neak kit leek, neak kɨt leek)
Korean: 계산기 (ko) ‎(gyesan-gi) (計算機 (ko))
Kurdish: pêjimêrk (ku)
Kyrgyz: калькулятор (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: сметач m ‎(smetač), дигитро́н m ‎(digitrón), калкула́тор m ‎(kalkulátor)
Malagasy: mpikajy (mg)
Malay: mesin kira, kalkulator, mesin kira
Manx: co-earrooder m
Mongolian: тооцоо гаргагч ‎(tootsoo gargagč)
Norman: caltchuleux m
Norwegian:

Bokmål: kalkulator (no) m

Nynorsk: kalkulator (no) m
Persian: ماشین حساب (fa) ‎(mâšin-e hesâb)
Polish: kalkulator (pl) m
Portuguese: calculadora (pt) f
Romanian: calculator (ro), computer (ro) n, computere n pl
Romansch: calculader m, calculatur m, calculatour m, quintader m, chintader m
Russian: калькуля́тор (ru) m ‎(kalʹkuljátor)
Sanskrit: गणकयन्त्रम् ‎(gaṇakayantram)
Scottish Gaelic: àireamhair m
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: рачунар m (Bosnian, Serbian), рачунало n (Croatian)

Roman: računar (sh) m (Bosnian, Serbian), računalo (sh) n (Croatian)
Slovak: kalkulačka f
Slovene: kalkulator m, računalo
Spanish: calculador (es) m, f, calculadora (es) f
Swedish: räknare (sv) c, miniräknare (sv) c, kalkylator (sv) c
Tagalog: pantaya
Tajik: мошини ҳисоб ‎(mošini hisob), ҳисобгар ‎(hisobgar), ҳисобкунак ‎(hisobkunak)
Tamil: கணிப்பான் (ta) ‎(kaṇippāṉ)
Telugu: గణికుడు (te) ‎(gaṇikuḍu)
Thai: เครื่องคิดเลข ‎(krʉ̂ang kít lêek)
Turkish: hesap makinesi (tr)
Turkmen: kalkulýator
Udmurt: лыдъянтык ‎(lydʺjantyk)
Ukrainian: калькуля́тор m ‎(kalʹkuljátor)
Urdu: کیلکولیٹر m ‎(kailkuleṭar)
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

Bulgarian: сметачна машина f ‎(smetačna mašina)
Catalan: calculadora f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 計算器 (zh), 计算器 (zh) ‎(jìsuànqì), 計算機 (zh), 计算机 (zh) ‎(jìsuànjī)
Dutch: rekenmachine (nl) f, calculator (nl) m
Finnish: laskin (fi), laskukone (fi)
Greek: αριθμομηχανή (el) f ‎(arithmomichaní)
Hebrew: מונה m ‎(mone)

Hungarian: számológép (hu)
Ido: kalkulilo (io)
Italian: calcolatrice (it)
Macedonian: сметач m ‎(smetač)
Polish: kalkulator (pl) m
Portuguese: calculadora (pt) f
Romanian: calculator (ro), mașină de calculat
Russian: вычисли́тельная маши́на f ‎(vyčislítelʹnaja mašína), счётная маши́на f ‎(sčótnaja mašína), арифмо́метр (ru) m ‎(arifmómetr)
Vietnamese: máy tính cơ khí, máy tính tương tự, dụng cụ tính toán

dated: a person who performs mathematical calculations

Bulgarian: изчислител m ‎(izčislitel)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 計算者, 计算者 ‎(jìsuànzhě)
Dutch: berekenaar (nl) m
Finnish: laskija (fi)
Hebrew: חשבונאי m (kheshbona'y), חשבונאית f (kheshbona'yt)
Italian: calcolatore (it) m, calcolatrice (it) f

Japanese: 計算者 ‎(けいさんしゃ, keisansha)
Macedonian: сметач m ‎(smetač)
Manx: co-earrooder m
Portuguese: calculador m, calculista (pt)
Romanian: calculator (ro) m, calculatoare (ro) f
Russian: счётчик (ru) m ‎(sčótčik), расчётчик (ru) m ‎(rasčótčik)
Vietnamese: người tính

person who calculates (in the sense of scheming)

Chinese:
Mandarin: 計算者, 计算者 ‎(jìsuànzhě)
Dutch: planner m
Finnish: laskelmoija, taulukko (fi)

German: Rechner (de) m
Portuguese: calculista (pt) m
Vietnamese: người láu cá

set of mathematical tables

Chinese:
Mandarin: 計算器 (zh), 计算表 (zh) ‎(jìsuànbiǎo)
Finnish: laskuri
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: табли́цы расчётов f pl ‎(tablícy rasčótov), табли́ца (ru) f ‎(tablíca)
Vietnamese: máy tính dạng bảng

Cebuano

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: cal‧cu‧la‧tor

Etymology

From English calculator.

Noun

calculator

calculator (device)

Synonyms

(device): calcu, kalkulador

Latin

Verb

calculātor

second-person singular future passive imperative of calculō
1. "thou shalt be calculated, thou shalt be computed"
2. (figuratively) "thou shalt be considered as, thou shalt be esteemed"
third-person singular future passive imperative of calculō
1. "it shall be calculated, it shall be computed"
2. (figuratively) "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)
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “calculator”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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

Borrowing from French calculateur, Latin calculator.

Noun

calculator n ‎(plural calculatoare)

calculator (device)
(computing) computer

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

Synonyms

(computer): computer, ordinator

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Webster 1913 Edition

Calculator

Cal′cu-la-tor

Webster 1828 Edition

Calculator

CALCULATOR

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calculator

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