firmware

See also: Firmware

English

Etymology

From firm +‎ -ware, coined in a 1967 article as an intermediary term between hardware and software.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

firmware (uncountable)

1. (computing) Something in between hardware and software. Like software, it is created from source code, but it is closely tied to the hardware it runs on.
2. Software intended for such embedded computer applications.

Descendants

• → Amharic: ፈርምዌር (färməwer)
• → German: Firmware
• → Spanish: firmware

Translations

firmware

• Arabic: بَرْنَامِج ثَابِت m (barnāmij ṯābit)
• Armenian: ներկառուցված ծրագրային ապահովում (nerkaṙucʻvac cragrayin apahovum), ներկառուցված ծրագրաշար (nerkaṙucʻvac cragrašar), պռաշիվկա (pṙašivka)
• Belarusian: прашыўка f (prašyŭka), убудаванае ПЗ n (ubudavanaje PZ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 固件 (zh) (gùjiàn), 韌體／韧体 (zh) (rèntǐ), 塑體／塑体 (sùtǐ)

• Esperanto: mikroprogramaro, integrita programaro, firmprogramo, firmvaro
• Finnish: laiteohjelmisto, firmware (fi), firmis (colloquial); sulautettu ohjelma, laiteohjelma (program)
• French: micrologiciel (fr) m (Canada), firmware (fr) m (Europe), logiciel interne m, microprogramme (fr) m
• Georgian: მიკროპროგრამა (miḳroṗrograma)
• German: Firmware (de) f
• Hebrew: קושחה f
• Hungarian: készülékszoftver (hu), firmware (hu)
• Indonesian: perangkat tegar
• Italian: firmware (it) m
• Japanese: ファームウェア (fāmuwea)
• Korean: 펌웨어 (peomweeo)
• Lithuanian: įmontuotoji programinė įranga (lt) ?
• Macedonian: вграден софтвер m (vgraden softver), фирмвер m (firmver)
• Maori: pūmanamārō
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fastvare m or f

  Nynorsk: fastvare f

• Polish: oprogramowanie sprzętowe (pl) n, oprogramowanie układowe (pl) n
• Portuguese: firmware m
• Russian: микропрогра́мма (ru) f (mikroprográmma), проши́вка (ru) f (prošívka), фи́рмвер m (fírmver), фирмве́р m (firmvér), встроенное ПО n (vstrojennoje PO)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: ugrađeni softver m, firmver m

• Slovene: strojna programska oprema f
• Spanish: firmware m, soporte lógico inalterable m
• Swedish: firmware (sv) c, fast programvara (sv) c, inbyggd programvara c
• Thai: เฟิร์มแวร์ (ferm-wae)
• Turkish: donanım yazılımı (tr), bellenim (tr)
• Ukrainian: мікропрограма f (mikroprohrama), вбудоване ПЗ n (vbudovane PZ)
• Vietnamese: phần lõi
• Welsh: cadarnwedd f

Further reading

• firmware on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “firmware”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Finnish

Etymology

From English firmware.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈføːmʋeø/, [ˈfø̞ːmʋe̞ø̞]
• IPA^(key): /ˈførmʋer/, [ˈfø̞r.mʋe̞r]
• IPA^(key): /ˈfirmʋɑre/, [ˈfir.mʋɑ̝re̞]
• Rhymes: -øːmʋeø

Noun

firmware

1. (computing) firmware

Declension

The inflection of this word is problematic. Joukahainen puts it in nalle-category, but it would really require Finnicized pronunciation: /ˈfirmˌʋɑre̞/. As most people tend to pronounce the word more or less like in English, it should rather be of risti-type. It's probably advisable to avoid using the inflected forms in writing and use the provided Finnish synonyms instead.

Inflection of firmware (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		firmware	firmwaret
genitive		firmwaren	firmwarejen
partitive		firmwarea	firmwareja
illative		firmwareen	firmwareihin
		singular	plural
nominative		firmware	firmwaret
accusative	nom.	firmware	firmwaret
	gen.	firmwaren
genitive		firmwaren	firmwarejen firmwarein rare
partitive		firmwarea	firmwareja
inessive		firmwaressa	firmwareissa
elative		firmwaresta	firmwareista
illative		firmwareen	firmwareihin
adessive		firmwarella	firmwareilla
ablative		firmwarelta	firmwareilta
allative		firmwarelle	firmwareille
essive		firmwarena	firmwareina
translative		firmwareksi	firmwareiksi
abessive		firmwaretta	firmwareitta
instructive		—	firmwarein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of firmware (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative firmwareni firmwareni accusative nom. firmwareni firmwareni gen. firmwareni genitive firmwareni firmwarejeni firmwareini rare partitive firmwareani firmwarejani inessive firmwaressani firmwareissani elative firmwarestani firmwareistani illative firmwareeni firmwareihini adessive firmwarellani firmwareillani ablative firmwareltani firmwareiltani allative firmwarelleni firmwareilleni essive firmwarenani firmwareinani translative firmwarekseni firmwareikseni abessive firmwarettani firmwareittani instructive — — comitative — firmwareineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative firmwaresi firmwaresi accusative nom. firmwaresi firmwaresi gen. firmwaresi genitive firmwaresi firmwarejesi firmwareisi rare partitive firmwareasi firmwarejasi inessive firmwaressasi firmwareissasi elative firmwarestasi firmwareistasi illative firmwareesi firmwareihisi adessive firmwarellasi firmwareillasi ablative firmwareltasi firmwareiltasi allative firmwarellesi firmwareillesi essive firmwarenasi firmwareinasi translative firmwareksesi firmwareiksesi abessive firmwarettasi firmwareittasi instructive — — comitative — firmwareinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative firmwaremme firmwaremme accusative nom. firmwaremme firmwaremme gen. firmwaremme genitive firmwaremme firmwarejemme firmwareimme rare partitive firmwareamme firmwarejamme inessive firmwaressamme firmwareissamme elative firmwarestamme firmwareistamme illative firmwareemme firmwareihimme adessive firmwarellamme firmwareillamme ablative firmwareltamme firmwareiltamme allative firmwarellemme firmwareillemme essive firmwarenamme firmwareinamme translative firmwareksemme firmwareiksemme abessive firmwarettamme firmwareittamme instructive — — comitative — firmwareinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative firmwarenne firmwarenne accusative nom. firmwarenne firmwarenne gen. firmwarenne genitive firmwarenne firmwarejenne firmwareinne rare partitive firmwareanne firmwarejanne inessive firmwaressanne firmwareissanne elative firmwarestanne firmwareistanne illative firmwareenne firmwareihinne adessive firmwarellanne firmwareillanne ablative firmwareltanne firmwareiltanne allative firmwarellenne firmwareillenne essive firmwarenanne firmwareinanne translative firmwareksenne firmwareiksenne abessive firmwarettanne firmwareittanne instructive — — comitative — firmwareinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative firmwarensa firmwarensa accusative nom. firmwarensa firmwarensa gen. firmwarensa genitive firmwarensa firmwarejensa firmwareinsa rare partitive firmwareaan firmwareansa firmwarejaan firmwarejansa inessive firmwaressaan firmwaressansa firmwareissaan firmwareissansa elative firmwarestaan firmwarestansa firmwareistaan firmwareistansa illative firmwareensa firmwareihinsa adessive firmwarellaan firmwarellansa firmwareillaan firmwareillansa ablative firmwareltaan firmwareltansa firmwareiltaan firmwareiltansa allative firmwarelleen firmwarellensa firmwareilleen firmwareillensa essive firmwarenaan firmwarenansa firmwareinaan firmwareinansa translative firmwarekseen firmwareksensa firmwareikseen firmwareiksensa abessive firmwarettaan firmwarettansa firmwareittaan firmwareittansa instructive — — comitative — firmwareineen firmwareinensa

Synonyms

• laiteohjelmisto
• laiteohjelma (program)
• sulautettu ohjelma (program)
• firmis (slang)

Derived terms

• firmis

 

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English firmware.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fœʁ.mwɛʁ/, /fɛʁ.mwɛʁ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

firmware m (plural firmwares)

1. (computing) firmware

   Synonym: micrologiciel

Italian

Noun

firmware m (invariable)

1. (computing) firmware (software closely tied to the hardware on which it runs)

Further reading

• firmware in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English firmware.

Noun

firmware m (plural firmwares)

1. (computing) firmware (software closely tied to the hardware on which it runs)

Spanish

Noun

firmware m (plural firmwares)

1. firmware