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English
Etymology
From French programme , from Late Latin programma ( “ a proclamation, edict ” ) , from Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα ( prógramma , “ a written public notice, an edict ” ) , from προγράφω ( prográphō , “ I set forth as a public notice ” ) , from πρό ( pró , “ before ” ) + γράφω ( gráphō , “ I write ” ) . Doublet of programma .
Pronunciation
Noun
program (plural programs )
A set of structured activities ; a plan of action.
Hyponym: curriculum
Coordinate terms: agenda , schedule
get with the program
Our program for today’s exercise class includes swimming and jogging.
A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity.
The program consisted of ads for restaurants and the credits of everyone connected with the play.
( politics ) A set of principal goals which are supported by a political party or individual candidate.
Synonym: platform
( broadcasting ) A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television .
Tonight’s program was hosted by Johnny Carson.
( computing ) A software application, or a collection of software applications , designed to perform a specific task .
( especially in the phrase "get with the program " ) A particular mindset or method of doing things.
1988 , Die Hard :Ellis: Come on, John, why don’t you get with the program and tell him where the detonators are?
( music , computing ) A custom tracklist .
program playbackplaying tracks in a custom order
Usage notes
Usage of program and programme :
US: program is the only spelling normally used, no matter which sense it is used in.
UK: programme is used in all cases except for computer code, in which case program is generally used. However, programme is occasionally used for computer code, and some still consider it the only correct spelling even with this meaning.
Canada: both program and programme are used, but program is more common.
Australia: program is endorsed by the Macquarie Dictionary and is frequently used in both formal and informal settings.
New Zealand: programme is favoured by New Zealand dictionaries, and is endorsed by government usage; program is rarely seen outside the computing meaning.
Singapore: program and programme are interchangeable (the latter is more common), but only program is used in computing.
Synonyms
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
set of structured activities
Afrikaans: program
Albanian: program (sq) m
Arabic: بَرْنَامَج (ar) m ( barnāmaj )
Hijazi Arabic: بَرْنَامَج m ( barnāmaj )
Armenian: ծրագիր (hy) ( cragir )
Azerbaijani: proqram (az)
Bashkir: программа ( programma )
Belarusian: прагра́ма f ( prahráma )
Bengali: কার্যক্রম (bn) ( karjokrom )
Bulgarian: програ́ма (bg) f ( prográma )
Burmese: အစီအစဉ် (my) ( a.cia.cany )
Catalan: programa (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 計劃 / 计划 ( gai3 waak6 )
Dungan: җихуа ( žihua )
Mandarin: 計劃 / 计划 (zh) ( jìhuà )
Czech: program (cs) m
Danish: program
Dutch: programma (nl) n
Esperanto: programo
Finnish: ohjelma (fi)
French: programme (fr) m
Friulian: program m
Galician: programa (gl) m
German: Programm (de) n
Greek: πρόγραμμα (el) n ( prógramma )
Hebrew: תוכנית / תָכְנִית (he) f ( tokhnit )
Hindi: प्रोग्राम (hi) m ( progrām ) , कार्यक्रम (hi) m ( kāryakram )
Hungarian: program (hu) , napirend (hu) , terv (hu) , tervezet (hu)
Icelandic: dagskrá (is) f
Ido: programo (io)
Indonesian: program (id)
Irish: clár m
Italian: programma (it) m , scaletta (it) f
Japanese: 計画 (ja) ( けいかく, keikaku ) , 予定 (ja) ( よてい, yotei )
Kazakh: бағдарлама (kk) ( bağdarlama )
Khmer: កម្មវិធី (km) ( kamvithii ) , ពិធាន ( pithiən )
Korean: 일정(日程) (ko) ( iljeong ) , 프로그램 (ko) ( peurogeuraem )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: پرۆگرام ( program ) , بەرنامە (ckb) ( bername )
Northern Kurdish: program (ku) , bername (ku)
Kyrgyz: программа (ky) ( programma ) , колдонмо (ky) ( koldonmo )
Lao: ໂຄງການ ( khōng kān )
Latin: institūtum (la) n
Macedonian: програма (mk) f ( programa )
Malay: program
Maori: hōtaka , papatono
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: програм ( program ) , хөтөлбөр (mn) ( xötölbör )
Norman: programme m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: program n
Pashto: مرامنامه f ( marāmnāma )
Persian:
Iranian Persian: بَرْنامِه ( barnâme )
Polish: program (pl) m
Portuguese: programa (pt) m , programação (pt) f
Romanian: program (ro) n
Russian: програ́мма (ru) f ( prográmma )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: про̀грам m
Roman: prògram (sh) m
Slovak: program (sk) m
Slovene: program m
Spanish: programa (es) m
Swahili: programu (sw)
Swedish: program (sv) n
Tajik: барнома (tg) ( barnoma ) , нақша ( naqša ) , программа ( programma )
Telugu: కార్యక్రమం (te) ( kāryakramaṁ )
Thai: โครงการ (th) ( kroong-gaan )
Turkish: izlence (tr) , program (tr)
Turkmen: programa
Ukrainian: програ́ма f ( prohráma )
Urdu: پیش نامہ ( peś-nāma ) , برنامہ ( barnāma ) , پروگرام ( progrâm )
Uyghur: پروگرامما ( programma )
Uzbek: dastur (uz) , programma (uz)
Vietnamese: chương trình (vi) (章程 ), kế hoạch (vi) (計畫 )
Welsh: rhaglen (cy) f
Yiddish: פּראָגראַם ( program )
software application
Afrikaans: program
Albanian: program (sq) m
Arabic: بَرْنَامَج (ar) m ( barnāmaj )
Hijazi Arabic: بَرْنَامَج m ( barnāmaj )
Armenian: ծրագիր (hy) ( cragir )
Azerbaijani: proqram (az)
Belarusian: прагра́ма f ( prahráma )
Bengali: প্রোগ্রাম (bn) ( prōgram )
Breton: goulev (br) , program (br) m
Bulgarian: програ́ма (bg) f ( prográma )
Burmese: ပရိုဂရမ် ( pa.ruiga.ram )
Carpathian Rusyn: проґрам m ( program )
Catalan: programa (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 應用程式 / 应用程式 ( jing3 jung6 cing4 sik1 ) , 程序 ( cing4 zeoi6 ) , 程式 ( cing4 sik1 )
Mandarin: 應用程式 / 应用程式 (zh) ( yìngyòng chéngshì ) , 程序 (zh) ( chéngxù ) , 程式 (zh) ( chéngshì )
Czech: program (cs) m
Danish: program n
Dutch: programma (nl) n
Esperanto: programaro
Estonian: programm
Finnish: ohjelma (fi)
French: programme (fr) m
Galician: programa (gl) m
Georgian: პროგრამა ( ṗrograma )
German: Programm (de) n
Greek: πρόγραμμα (el) n ( prógramma )
Gujarati: ક્રમાદેશ ( kramādeś )
Hebrew: תוכנית / תָכְנִית (he) ( tokhnit )
Hindi: प्रोग्राम (hi) m ( progrām ) , क्रमादेश ( kramādeś )
Hungarian: program (hu)
Icelandic: forrit (is) n , tölvuforrit (is) n
Ido: komputeroprogramo (io)
Indonesian: tata olah (id) , program (id)
Irish: ríomhchlár m
Italian: programma (it) m
Japanese: プログラム (ja) ( puroguramu ) , 算譜 ( sanpu ) ( rare )
Kazakh: бағдарлама (kk) ( bağdarlama ) , программа ( programma )
Khmer: កម្មវិធី (km) ( kamvithii )
Korean: 프로그램 (ko) ( peurogeuraem )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: پرۆگرام ( program ) , بەرنامە (ckb) ( bername )
Northern Kurdish: program (ku) , bername (ku)
Kyrgyz: программа (ky) ( programma )
Lao: ໂປຣກຣາມ ( pō kām )
Latvian: programma f
Lithuanian: programa (lt) f
Macedonian: програм m ( program )
Malay: atur cara , program
Maori: papatono
Marathi: क्रमादेश ( kramādeś )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: програм ( program )
Nepali: क्रमादेश ( kramādeś )
Norman: programme m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: program n
Pashto: پروګرام m ( progerām )
Persian:
Iranian Persian: بَرْنامِه ( barnâme )
Polish: program (pl) m
Portuguese: programa (pt) m
Romanian: program (ro) n
Russian: програ́мма (ru) f ( prográmma )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: про̀грам m
Roman: prògram (sh) m
Slovak: program (sk) m
Slovene: program m
Spanish: programa (es) m
Swedish: program (sv) n , mjukvara (sv) c
Tajik: барнома (tg) ( barnoma )
Thai: โปรแกรม (th) ( bproo-grɛm )
Turkish: program (tr) , izlence (tr)
Turkmen: programma
Ukrainian: програ́ма f ( prohráma )
Urdu: پْروگْرام m ( progrām ) , پَروگَرام m ( parogarām )
Uyghur: پروگرامما ( programma )
Uzbek: programma (uz) , dastur (uz)
Vietnamese: chương trình (vi)
Volapük: nünömaprogram
Welsh: rhaglen (cy) f
Yiddish: פּראָגראַם ( program )
Verb
program (third-person singular simple present programs , present participle programming or programing , simple past and past participle programmed or programed )
( transitive ) To enter a program or other instructions into (a computer or other electronic device ) to instruct it to do a particular task.
He programmed the DVR to record his favorite show.
( transitive ) To develop (software) by writing program code.
I programmed a small game as a demonstration.
( transitive ) To put together the schedule of an event .
Mary will program Tuesday’s festivities.
( broadcasting ) To schedule the programming ; to determine what will be broadcast .
1956 , United States. Congress. Senate, Hearings , volume 5, page 2586 :We program for special audience groups, too, as shown by our Mexican language program each Sunday morning.
( transitive ) To cause to automatically behave in a particular way.
The lab rat was programmed to press the lever when the bell rang.
1982 December 18, Andrea Loewenstein, “Soap Author Responds”, in Gay Community News , volume 10 , number 22 , page 5:My point was not to commend but to expose her, and her way of thinking. In another place a teenage character worries that her stomach is too big. I, the author don't think her stomach is too big—the character does, because she's been programmed that way.
Derived terms
Translations
to enter a program or other instructions into a computer
Afrikaans: programmeer
Arabic: بَرْمَجَ ( barmaja ) , وَضَعَ بَرْنَامَجًا ( waḍaʕa barnāmajan )
Armenian: ծրագրավորել (hy) ( cragravorel )
Belarusian: праграмава́ць impf ( prahramavácʹ ) , запраграмава́ць pf ( zaprahramavácʹ )
Bulgarian: програмирам ( programiram )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 編 程序 / 编 程序 ( biān chéngxù ) , 編程 / 编程 (zh) ( biānchéng )
Czech: programovat
Dutch: programmeren (nl)
Finnish: ohjelmoida (fi)
French: programmer (fr)
German: programmieren (de)
Greek: προγραμματίζω (el) ( programmatízo )
Hebrew: תכנת (he) ( tikhnét )
Hungarian: beprogramoz (hu)
Icelandic: forrita
Japanese: プログラム を供給 する ( プログラムをきょうきゅうする, puroguramu o kyōkyū suru ) , プログラム を作る ( プログラムをつくる, puroguramu o tsukuru )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: bername kirin (ku)
Polish: programować (pl)
Portuguese: programar (pt)
Russian: программи́ровать (ru) impf ( programmírovatʹ ) , писа́ть програ́мму impf ( pisátʹ prográmmu )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: програми́рати
Roman: programírati (sh)
Slovak: programovať , naprogramovať
Spanish: programar (es)
Swahili: programu (sw)
Swedish: programmera (sv) , mjukvaruutveckla , utveckla mjukvara
Ukrainian: програмува́ти impf ( prohramuváty ) , запрограмува́ти pf ( zaprohramuváty )
Welsh: rhaglennu (cy)
to put together the schedule of an event
to cause to automatically behave in a particular way
Translations to be checked
Further reading
“program ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam , 1913 , →OCLC .
“program ”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co. , 1911 , →OCLC .
Albanian
Noun
program m
program
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
program m inan
program ( set of activities )
program ( for theater or TV )
program ( computing )
agenda ( of a meeting )
Declension
Declension of program (hard masculine inanimate )
Derived terms
Further reading
“program ”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
“program ”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
“program ”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Friulian
Etymology
From Late Latin programma ( “ a proclamation, edict ” ) , from Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα ( prógramma , “ a written public notice, an edict ” ) .
Noun
program m (plural programs )
program
Hungarian
Etymology
From German Programm or English program , from Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα ( prógramma , “ a written public notice, an edict ” ) .[ 1]
Pronunciation
Noun
program (plural programok )
program ( set of activities )
( computing ) program
( politics ) platform
Declension
Derived terms
References
Further reading
program in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh . A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz. ). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch program , from Late Latin programma ( “ a proclamation, edict ” ) , from Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα ( prógramma , “ a written public notice, an edict ” ) . Doublet of programa .
Pronunciation
Noun
program (plural program -program )
program , programme
a set of structured activities.
( computing ) a software application, or a collection of software applications, designed to perform a specific task.
Synonyms: tata olah , aplikasi
Derived terms
Further reading
Ladin
Noun
program m (plural programs )
programme
manifesto
Malay
Etymology
English program
Noun
program (Jawi spelling ڤروݢرم , plural program -program , informal 1st possessive programku , 2nd possessive programmu , 3rd possessive programnya )
( computing ) program
Synonym: atur cara
Further reading
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
program n (definite singular programmet , indefinite plural program or programmer , definite plural programma or programmene )
a programme (UK) or program (US)
( computing ) program
schedule
Derived terms
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
program n (definite singular programmet , indefinite plural program , definite plural programma )
program(me)
( computing ) program
Derived terms
References
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from French programme .[ 1] [ 2] First attested in the 19th cenetury.[ 3] [ 4]
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈprɔ.ɡram/
Rhymes: -ɔɡram
Syllabification: pro‧gram
Noun
program m inan (diminutive programik , related adjective programowy )
program ( a set of structured activities ; a plan of action )
program ( list of goals of an organization )
program ( a leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity )
Synonyms: ( list itself ) repertuar , ( physically ) broszura
( broadcasting ) program ( a performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television )
program ( list of information relating to broadcasts )
program ( set of broadcasts )
program ( range of information a teacher teaches )
( computing ) program ( a software application, or a collection of software applications , designed to perform a specific task )
program ( set of actions determined by a computer program )
( music ) program ( extra-musical element, e.g. a literary text, a painting to which the composer of a musical piece refers, signaling it in its title, playing a fundamental role in the listener's interpretation of the piece )
program ( series of elements of a play, performance, etc., following each other in a specific order )
Declension
Trivia
According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), program is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 15 times in scientific texts, 67 times in news, 93 times in essays, 3 times in fiction, and 1 time in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 179 times, making it the 323rd most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[ 5]
References
^ Stanisław Dubisz , editor (2003 ), “program ”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language ] (in Polish), volumes 1-4 , Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
^ Mirosław Bańko , Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021 ) “program ”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych , →ISBN
^ Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861 ) “program ”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000 ) “program ”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language ] (in Polish)
^ Ida Kurcz (1990 ) “program ”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language ] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 436
Further reading
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French programme .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /pro.ˈɡram/
Rhymes: -am
Hyphenation: pro‧gram
Noun
program n (plural programe )
program
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
prògram m (Cyrillic spelling про̀грам )
program (set of activities )
program (for theater or TV )
program ( computing )
Declension
Further reading
“program ”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal ] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Slovak
Pronunciation
Noun
program m inan (genitive singular programu , nominative plural programy , genitive plural programov , declension pattern of dub )
program ( set of structured activities )
program ( computer program )
Declension
Declension of
program (pattern
dub )
Derived terms
Further reading
“program ”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science ] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk , 2003–2024
Swedish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα ( prógramma ) .
Noun
program n
a program (a set of structured activities )
a program (a leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity)
a program (a performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television )
Hyponyms: radioprogram , TV-program
( computing ) a software application, or a collection of software applications , designed to perform a specific task
a program on a washing machine; a cycle
an education at gymnasium level
Synonym: linje ( dated )
Declension
Hyponyms
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English program .
Noun
program
program
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish پروغرام ( program ) , from French programme .
Pronunciation
Noun
program (definite accusative programı , plural programlar )
program
( programming ) computer program
Synonym: bilgisayar programı
Declension
Derived terms
References