emulator
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English
Pronunciation
Noun
emulator (plural emulators)
- A person or thing that emulates.
- (Can we date this quote by The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?) (volume 1)
- I admire the conqueror of Tlajcala and of Culna, but I find in the life of this emulator of Caesar actions which, if necessity warranted, the heart must still refuse to approve
- (Can we date this quote by The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?) (volume 1)
- (computing) A piece of software or hardware that simulates another system.
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Japanese: エミュレータ (emyurēta)
Translations
person or thing that emulates
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software or hardware that simulates another system
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Further reading
- “emulator”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “emulator”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “emulator”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “emulator”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
Polish
Etymology
Internationalism; compare English emulator, French émulateur, German Emulator, ultimately from Latin aemulātor.
Pronunciation
Noun
emulator m inan
- (computing) emulator (piece of software or hardware that simulates another system)
- Hypernym: program
Declension
Declension of emulator
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | emulator | emulatory |
| genitive | emulatora | emulatorów |
| dative | emulatorowi | emulatorom |
| accusative | emulator | emulatory |
| instrumental | emulatorem | emulatorami |
| locative | emulatorze | emulatorach |
| vocative | emulatorze | emulatory |
Related terms
(nouns):
(verbs):
- emulować impf
Further reading
- emulator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- emulator in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French emulateur. Equivalent to emula + -tor.
Pronunciation
Adjective
emulator m or n (feminine singular emulatoare, masculine plural emulatori, feminine and neuter plural emulatoare)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | emulator | emulatoare | emulatori | emulatoare | |||
| definite | emulatorul | emulatoarea | emulatorii | emulatoarele | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | emulator | emulatoare | emulatori | emulatoare | |||
| definite | emulatorului | emulatoarei | emulatorilor | emulatoarelor | ||||
Further reading
- emulator in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from English emulator.
Noun
emulator c
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | emulator | emulators |
| definite | emulatorn | emulatorns | |
| plural | indefinite | emulatorer | emulatorers |
| definite | emulatorerna | emulatorernas |