programmer

English

Etymology

• program +‎ -er (US) / programme +‎ -er (UK)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹəʊɡɹæmə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹoʊɡɹæmɚ/

Noun

programmer (plural programmers)

2. (computing) One who writes computer programs; a software developer.

   Synonyms: coder, computer programmer, developer

3. (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.

4. 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.

5. (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

• analyst programmer
• extreme programmer
• nonprogrammer
• programmer socks
• systems programmer

 

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)

one who decides which programs will be shown on a television station

• Finnish: ohjelmapäällikkö
• Japanese: 番組製作者 (ばんぐみせいさくしゃ, bangumi seisakusha)
• Romanian: programator (ro) m
• Swedish: musikredaktör c, programchef c

a device that installs a software program into some other machine

• Czech: programátor (cs) m
• Esperanto: programilo
• French: programmateur (fr) m
• German: Programmiergerät n
• Polish: programator (pl) m
• Russian: программа́тор (ru) m (programmátor)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} programisto
• Slovak: (1, 3) ^{(please verify)} programátor (sk) m

See also

• code monkey
• developer
• IT
• software engineer
• systems analyst
• computer engineer

French

Etymology

From programme +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.me/

• Audio:

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• Audio (Canada):

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Verb

programmer

1. to program
2. (computing) to program, to write program code

Conjugation

Conjugation of programmer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	programmer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	programmant /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		programmé /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.me/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	programme /pʁɔ.ɡʁam/	programmes /pʁɔ.ɡʁam/	programme /pʁɔ.ɡʁam/	programmons /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mɔ̃/	programmez /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.me/	programment /pʁɔ.ɡʁam/
	imperfect	programmais /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mɛ/	programmais /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mɛ/	programmait /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mɛ/	programmions /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mjɔ̃/	programmiez /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mje/	programmaient /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mɛ/
	past historic2	programmai /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.me/	programmas /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.ma/	programma /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.ma/	programmâmes /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mam/	programmâtes /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mat/	programmèrent /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mɛʁ/
	future	programmerai /pʁɔ.ɡʁam.ʁe/	programmeras /pʁɔ.ɡʁam.ʁa/	programmera /pʁɔ.ɡʁam.ʁa/	programmerons /pʁɔ.ɡʁam.ʁɔ̃/	programmerez /pʁɔ.ɡʁam.ʁe/	programmeront /pʁɔ.ɡʁam.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	programmerais /pʁɔ.ɡʁam.ʁɛ/	programmerais /pʁɔ.ɡʁam.ʁɛ/	programmerait /pʁɔ.ɡʁam.ʁɛ/	programmerions /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mə.ʁjɔ̃/	programmeriez /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mə.ʁje/	programmeraient /pʁɔ.ɡʁam.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	programme /pʁɔ.ɡʁam/	programmes /pʁɔ.ɡʁam/	programme /pʁɔ.ɡʁam/	programmions /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mjɔ̃/	programmiez /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mje/	programment /pʁɔ.ɡʁam/
	imperfect2	programmasse /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mas/	programmasses /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mas/	programmât /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.ma/	programmassions /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.ma.sjɔ̃/	programmassiez /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.ma.sje/	programmassent /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	programme /pʁɔ.ɡʁam/	—	programmons /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mɔ̃/	programmez /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.me/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• obsolescence programmée
• programmateur
• programmation

Further reading

• “programmer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• program (of noun)

Noun

programmer n

1. indefinite plural of program

Verb

programmer

1. imperative of programmere