laptop
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laptopy
See also: Laptop
English
Alternative forms
- lap-top (dated)
Etymology
From lap (“upper legs of a seated person”) + top, modeled after desktop.
Pronunciation
Noun
laptop (plural laptops)
- (computing) A laptop computer.
- 2006, Corey Sandler, Upgrading and Fixing Laptops For Dummies, page 8:
- Over time, the difference in size between laptops and notebooks became a matter of no more than an inch or two in length and width, and a fraction of an inch in thickness.
- 2013 August 3, “Revenge of the nerds”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:
- Think of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future, however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London, where bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food.
Synonyms
- (laptop computer): laptop computer, notebook computer
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
computing: a laptop computer
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Adjective
laptop (not comparable)
- Designed for use on a lap.
- 1984 November, Gregg Williams, Ken Sheldon, “The Data General/One”, in BYTE, volume 9, number 12, McGraw-Hill Inc., →ISSN, page 105, column 1:
- At NCC, however, laptop portables such as the Gavilan were stealing the show, and when Miyashita returned to japan, his list of possible projects included a proposal for a portable computer.
- 1988 March 29, John Dickinson, “The Quest for the ‘Least Computer’”, in PC Magazine, volume 7, number 6, →ISSN, page 134, column 2:
- Otherwise, the keyboard feel and layout are good for a laptop machine but, as with most portables, I wouldn’t want to use the T1000 to write the entire great American novel—just a chapter or two at a time.
- 1999 July, Chris O’Malley, “Little laptops”, in Popular Science, volume 255, number 1, →ISSN, page 73:
- Nestled snugly into a cattle-class seat aboard a 737, you drop your tray table and open your laptop PC.
Derived terms
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English laptop.
Pronunciation
Noun
laptop m (plural laptops, diminutive laptopje n)
- laptop (computer with a clamshell design, portable and foldable)
Derived terms
Hungarian
Etymology
From English laptop. It may also be considered as a phono-semantic matching of English laptop, its first element reinterpreted as Hungarian lap (“sheet”) due to its being slim.
Pronunciation
Noun
laptop (plural laptopok)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | laptop | laptopok |
| accusative | laptopot | laptopokat |
| dative | laptopnak | laptopoknak |
| instrumental | laptoppal | laptopokkal |
| causal-final | laptopért | laptopokért |
| translative | laptoppá | laptopokká |
| terminative | laptopig | laptopokig |
| essive-formal | laptopként | laptopokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | laptopban | laptopokban |
| superessive | laptopon | laptopokon |
| adessive | laptopnál | laptopoknál |
| illative | laptopba | laptopokba |
| sublative | laptopra | laptopokra |
| allative | laptophoz | laptopokhoz |
| elative | laptopból | laptopokból |
| delative | laptopról | laptopokról |
| ablative | laptoptól | laptopoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
laptopé | laptopoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
laptopéi | laptopokéi |
| Possessive forms of laptop | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | laptopom | laptopjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | laptopod | laptopjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | laptopja | laptopjai |
| 1st person plural | laptopunk | laptopjaink |
| 2nd person plural | laptopotok | laptopjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | laptopjuk | laptopjaik |
Indonesian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
laptop (first-person possessive laptopku, second-person possessive laptopmu, third-person possessive laptopnya)
- (computing) laptop, laptop computer: a portable computer that is small enough and light enough to be used on one's lap, but large enough to have an integrated keyboard.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “laptop” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Noun
laptop m (definite singular laptopen, indefinite plural laptoper, definite plural laptopene)
- (computing) a laptop
- 2011, Jan Mehlum, Madrugada, EbnPublish, →ISBN:
- Forretningsfolk, barnefamilier, unge kvinner med moderne klær, avanserte mobiltelefoner og laptoper.
- Business people, families with children, young women with modern clothes, advanced mobile phones and laptops.
Synonyms
References
- “laptop” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Polish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
laptop m inan or m animal (related adjective laptopowy)
- (computing) laptop, laptop computer (portable computer that is small enough and light enough to be used on one's lap, but large enough to have an integrated keyboard)
Declension
Declension of laptop
Derived terms
nouns
Further reading
- laptop in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- laptop in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- laptop in PWN's encyclopedia
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English laptop.
Pronunciation
Noun
laptop m (plural laptops)
- (computing) laptop computer (class of portable computers)
- Synonym: notebook
Romanian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
laptop n (plural laptopuri)
Declension
Declension of laptop
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) laptop | laptopul | (niște) laptopuri | laptopurile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) laptop | laptopului | (unor) laptopuri | laptopurilor |
| vocative | laptopule | laptopurilor | ||
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English laptop.
Pronunciation
Noun
laptop m or f same meaning (plural laptops)
Usage notes
- Per the Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, the term is predominantly feminine in most of Latin America, but masculine in Ecuador and Argentina, and either gender in Chile. When used in Spain, it is masculine, although the term is rare there.
Swedish
Etymology
Noun
laptop c
Declension
| Declension of laptop | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | laptop | laptopen | laptopar | laptoparna |
| Genitive | laptops | laptopens | laptopars | laptoparnas |