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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
programmer (plural programmers)
- (computing) One who writes computer programs; a software developer.
- Synonyms: coder, computer programmer, developer
- (radio, television) One who decides which programs will be shown on a television station, or which songs will be played on a radio station.
1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 151:The handful of never-ending summer classics annually activated by rock-radio programmers.
2005, Steve Warren, Radio:So if there is a real shortage of training material and opportunities for radio programmers, then let's write some.
- A device that installs or controls a software program in some other machine.
1999, Peter Spasov, Microcontroller technology, the 68HC11:The EPROM programmer burns the data into the EPROM chip. When programming is completed, remove the EPROM chip and plug it into the circuit […]
2015, Brian Scaddan, Electrical Installation Work, page 201:This system comprises a boiler with its own thermostat to regulate the water temperature, a pump, a hot-water storage tank, a room thermostat and some form of timed programmer.
- (now rare) A short film feature as part of a longer film program.
2019, Delia Malia Caparoso Konzett, Hollywood at the Intersection of Race and Identity:As a programmer, the Chan series is linked to the B picture, known for its low production value and overt, disruptive, unpolished, even lurid narratives.
Derived terms
Translations
one who writes computer programs
- Albanian: programues (sq) m
- Arabic: مُبَرْمِج m (mubarmij), مُبَرْمِجَة f (mubarmija)
- Armenian: ծրագրավորող (hy) (cragravoroġ)
- Asturian: programador m
- Azerbaijani: proqramçı
- Belarusian: праграмі́ст m (prahramíst), праграмі́стка f (prahramístka)
- Bulgarian: програми́ст m (programíst), програми́стка f (programístka)
- Burmese: please add this translation if you can
- Catalan: programador m, programadora f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 程序員 / 程序员 (zh) (chéngxùyuán), 程式員 / 程式员 (chéngshìyuán)
- Czech: programátor (cs) m, programátorka f
- Danish: programmør c
- Dutch: programmeur (nl)
- Esperanto: programisto
- Estonian: programmeerija
- Faroese: forritari m
- Finnish: ohjelmoija (fi)
- French: programmeur (fr) m, programmeuse (fr) f
- Galician: programador (gl) m, programadora f
- Georgian: პროგრამისტი (ṗrogramisṭi)
- German: Programmierer (de) m, Programmiererin (de) f
- Greek: προγραμματιστής (el) m (programmatistís), προγραμματίστρια (el) f (programmatístria)
- Greenlandic: programmiliortoq
- Hebrew: מְתַכְנֵת (he) m (m'takhnét), תוכניתן m (tokhnithan)
- Hindi: प्रोग्रामर m (progrāmar)
- Hungarian: programozó (hu)
- Icelandic: forritari (is) m
- Indonesian: pemrogram (id)
- Italian: programmatore (it) m, programmatrice (it) f
- Japanese: プログラマー (ja) (puroguramā)
- Kazakh: бағдарламашы (bağdarlamaşy)
- Khmer: អ្នកសរសេរកម្មវិធី (nĕək sɑsee kamvithii)
- Korean: 프로그래머 (peurogeuraemeo)
- Kyrgyz: программист (programmist)
- Lao: please add this translation if you can
- Latvian: programmētājs m, programmētāji m pl, programmētāja f, programmētājas f pl
- Lithuanian: programuotojas m
- Macedonian: програмер m (programer), програмерка f (programerka)
- Malay: pengaturcara
- Marathi: प्रोग्रामर m (progrāmar)
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: програмист (programist)
- Mongolian: ᠫᠷᠣᠭᠷᠠᠮᠢᠰᠲ᠋ (proɣramist)
- Norman: programmeux m, programmeux d'compiuteu m
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: programmerer m
- Nynorsk: programmerar m
- Persian: برنامهنویس (barnâme-nevis)
- Polish: programista (pl) m, programistka (pl) f
- Portuguese: programador (pt) m, programadora f
- Romanian: programator (ro) m, programatoare (ro) f
- Russian: программи́ст (ru) m (programmíst), программи́стка (ru) f (programmístka)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: програ̀ме̄р m
- Roman: progràmēr (sh) m
- Slovak: programátor (sk) m, programátorka f
- Slovene: programer m, programerka f
- Spanish: programador (es) m, programadora (es) f
- Swedish: programmerare (sv) c
- Tajik: программасоз (programmasoz)
- Thai: โปรแกรมเมอร์ (bproh-graem-me) , ผู้เขียนโปรแกรม, นักเขียนโปรแกรม
- Turkish: programcı (tr)
- Ukrainian: програмі́ст m (prohramíst), програмі́стка f (prohramístka)
- Uzbek: programmachi, dasturchi
- Vietnamese: lập trình viên (vi)
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one who decides which programs will be shown on a television station
a device that installs a software program into some other machine
Translations to be checked
See also
French
Etymology
From programme + -er.
Pronunciation
Verb
programmer
- to program
- (computing) to program, to write program code
Conjugation
programmer
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avoir + past participle
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programmant /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mɑ̃/
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ayant + past participle
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programmé /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.me/
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indicative
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je (j’)
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tu
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il, elle, on
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nous
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vous
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ils, elles
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(simple tenses)
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present
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programme /pʁɔ.ɡʁam/
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programmes /pʁɔ.ɡʁam/
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programme /pʁɔ.ɡʁam/
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programmons /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mɔ̃/
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programmez /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.me/
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programment /pʁɔ.ɡʁam/
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imperfect
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programmais /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mɛ/
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programmais /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mɛ/
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programmait /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mɛ/
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programmions /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mjɔ̃/
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programmiez /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mje/
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programmaient /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mɛ/
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past historic2
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programmai /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.me/
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programmas /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.ma/
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programma /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.ma/
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programmâmes /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mam/
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programmâtes /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mat/
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programmèrent /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mɛʁ/
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future
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programmerai /pʁɔ.ɡʁam.ʁe/
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programmeras /pʁɔ.ɡʁam.ʁa/
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programmera /pʁɔ.ɡʁam.ʁa/
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programmerons /pʁɔ.ɡʁam.ʁɔ̃/
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programmerez /pʁɔ.ɡʁam.ʁe/
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programmeront /pʁɔ.ɡʁam.ʁɔ̃/
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conditional
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programmerais /pʁɔ.ɡʁam.ʁɛ/
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programmerais /pʁɔ.ɡʁam.ʁɛ/
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programmerait /pʁɔ.ɡʁam.ʁɛ/
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programmerions /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mə.ʁjɔ̃/
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programmeriez /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mə.ʁje/
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programmeraient /pʁɔ.ɡʁam.ʁɛ/
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(compound tenses)
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present perfect
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present indicative of avoir + past participle
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pluperfect
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imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
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past anterior2
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past historic of avoir + past participle
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future perfect
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future of avoir + past participle
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conditional perfect
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conditional of avoir + past participle
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subjunctive
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que je (j’)
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que tu
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qu’il, qu’elle
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que nous
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que vous
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qu’ils, qu’elles
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(simple tenses)
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present
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programme /pʁɔ.ɡʁam/
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programmes /pʁɔ.ɡʁam/
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programme /pʁɔ.ɡʁam/
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programmions /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mjɔ̃/
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programmiez /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mje/
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programment /pʁɔ.ɡʁam/
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imperfect2
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programmasse /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mas/
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programmasses /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mas/
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programmât /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.ma/
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programmassions /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.ma.sjɔ̃/
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programmassiez /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.ma.sje/
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programmassent /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mas/
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(compound tenses)
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past
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present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
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pluperfect2
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imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
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imperative
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–
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tu
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–
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nous
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vous
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–
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simple
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—
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programme /pʁɔ.ɡʁam/
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—
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programmons /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mɔ̃/
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programmez /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.me/
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compound
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—
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simple imperative of avoir + past participle
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—
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simple imperative of avoir + past participle
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simple imperative of avoir + past participle
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—
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1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
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2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
- past historic → present perfect
- past anterior → pluperfect
- imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
- pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).
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Further reading
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
programmer n
- indefinite plural of program
Verb
programmer
- imperative of programmere