terminal

See also: Terminal, terminál, and терминал

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin terminalis (“pertaining to a boundary or to the end, terminal, final”), from Latin terminus (“a bound, boundary, limit, end”). See term, terminus.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɚmɪnəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

terminal (plural terminals)

1. A building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.

   Terminal 1 is for domestic flights, whereas Terminal 2 is for international flights.

   A shuttle service runs free of charge between the three terminals.

2. A harbour facility where ferries embark and disembark passengers and load and unload vehicles.
3. A rail station where service begins and ends; the end of the line. For example: Grand Central Terminal in New York City.
4. A rate charged on all freight, regardless of distance, and supposed to cover the expenses of station service, as distinct from mileage rate, generally proportionate to the distance and intended to cover movement expenses.
5. A town lying at the end of a railroad, in which the terminal is located; more properly called a terminus.
6. A storage tank for bulk liquids (such as oil or chemicals) prior to further distribution.
7. (electronics) the end of a line where signals are either transmitted or received, or a point along the length of a line where the signals are made available to apparatus.
8. An electric contact on a battery.
9. (telecommunications) The apparatus to send and/or receive signals on a line, such as a telephone or network device.
10. (computing) A device for entering data into a computer or a communications system and/or displaying data received, especially a device equipped with a keyboard and some sort of textual display.
11. (computing) A computer program that emulates a physical terminal.
12. (computing theory) A terminal symbol in a formal grammar.
13. (biology) The end ramification (of an axon, etc.) or one of the extremities of a polypeptide.

Derived terms

• air terminal
• cable terminal
• coterminal
• credit card terminal
• C-terminal
• data terminal equipment
• dumb terminal
• glass terminal
• handheld terminal
• intelligent terminal
• N-terminal
• oil terminal
• payment terminal
• POS terminal
• rail terminal
• smart terminal
• terminal station
• terminal strip
• video lottery terminal

 

Related terms

• term
• terminable
• terminate
• terminus

 

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: термина́л (terminál)
• → Japanese: ターミナル (tāminaru)
• → Korean: 터미널 (teomineol)
• → Russian: термина́л (terminál)
  • → Kazakh: терминал (terminal)

Translations

airport building

• Azerbaijani: aerovağzal
• Belarusian: аэравакза́л m (aeravakzál), тэрміна́л m (terminál)
• Bulgarian: термина́л m (terminál)
• Catalan: terminal (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 航站 (zh) (hángzhàn)

• Czech: terminál m
• Danish: terminal (da) c
• Finnish: terminaali (fi)
• French: terminal (fr) m, aérogare (fr) f
• Galician: terminal f
• German: Terminal (de) m or n
• Greek: τερματικός σταθμός m (termatikós stathmós)
• Hebrew: בית נתיבות (bet netivót), טרמינל (términal)
• Hungarian: terminál (hu)
• Italian: terminal (it) m, terminale (it) m, aerostazione (it) f
• Japanese: ターミナル (ja) (tāminaru), エアターミナル (ea tāminaru), 空港ターミナル (くうこうターミナル, kūkō tāminaru)
• Kazakh: терминал (terminal)
• Korean: 터미널 (ko) (teomineol), 공항 터미널 (gonghang teomineol)
• Macedonian: термина́л m (terminál), авиотермина́л m (avioterminál)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: terminal m

  Nynorsk: terminal m

• Polish: terminal (pl) m
• Portuguese: terminal (pt) m
• Romanian: terminal (ro) n
• Russian: аэровокза́л (ru) m (aerovokzál), термина́л (ru) m (terminál)
• Spanish: terminal (es) m
• Swedish: terminal (sv) c
• Thai: อาคารผู้โดยสาร (aa-kaan-pûu-dooi-sǎan)
• Turkish: terminal (tr)
• Ukrainian: аеровокза́л (uk) m (aerovokzál), терміна́л m (terminál)
• Uzbek: aerovokzal (uz)
• Vietnamese: nhà ga (vi)

railway station

• Bulgarian: кра́йна га́ра f (krájna gára)
• Catalan: terminal (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 總站 / 总站 (zh) (zǒngzhàn), 站 (zh) (zhàn)

• Esperanto: stacidomo
• Finnish: pääteasema (fi)
• French: gare (fr) f, station (fr) f
• German: Bahnhof (de) m
• Greek: σταθμός (el) m (stathmós), σιδηροδρομικός σταθμός (el) m (sidirodromikós stathmós)
• Hungarian: végállomás (hu), pályaudvar (hu)
• Japanese: 駅 (ja) (えき, eki), 終着駅 (ja) (しゅうちゃくえき, shūchakueki)
• Korean: 역(驛) (ko) (yeok), 종착역(終着驛) (ko) (jongchagyeok)
• Macedonian: ста́ница (mk) f (stánica), желе́зничка ста́ница f (želéznička stánica), кра́јна ста́ница f (krájna stánica), термина́л m (terminál)
• Polish: dworzec czołowy m
• Portuguese: terminal (pt) m
• Romanian: gară (ro) f, stație (ro) f
• Russian: вокза́л (ru) m (vokzál), термина́л (ru) m (terminál), ста́нция (ru) f (stáncija), коне́чная ста́нция f (konéčnaja stáncija)
• Scottish Gaelic: ceann-rèile m
• Thai: สถานีปลายทาง (sà-tǎa-nii-bplaai-taang)
• Turkish: terminal (tr)

computing - the end of a line of signals

• Bulgarian: термина́л m (terminál)
• Finnish: pää (fi), päätepiste (fi)
• French: terminal (fr) m
• Macedonian: термина́л m (terminál)
• Maori: kāpeka
• Russian: термина́л (ru) m (terminál)
• Turkish: uçbirim (tr)

device for entering data into a computer

• Belarusian: тэрміна́л m (terminál)
• Bulgarian: термина́л m (terminál)
• Catalan: terminal (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 終端機 / 终端机 (zh) (zhōngduānjī), 末端 (zh) (mòduān)

• Czech: terminál m
• Esperanto: terminalo
• Finnish: pääte (fi)
• French: terminal (fr) m
• German: Terminal (de) m or n
• Greek: τερματικό (el) n (termatikó)
• Hindi: टर्मिनल m (ṭarminal)
• Hungarian: terminál (hu)
• Indonesian: terminal (id)
• Japanese: 端末 (ja) (たんまつ, tanmatsu), ターミナル (ja) (tāminaru), 端末機 (たんまつき, tanmatsuki)
• Korean: 단말(端末) (ko) (danmal), 터미널 (ko) (teomineol), 단말기(端末機) (ko) (danmalgi)
• Macedonian: термина́л m (terminál)
• Persian: ترمینال (fa) (terminâl)
• Polish: terminal (pl) m
• Portuguese: terminal (pt) m
• Romanian: terminal (ro) n, periferic (ro) n
• Russian: термина́л (ru) m (terminál)
• Spanish: terminal (es) m or f
• Swedish: terminal (sv) c
• Thai: เครื่องปลายทาง (krʉ̂ʉang-bplaai-taang), เครื่องเทอร์มินัล (krʉ̂ʉang-təə-mí-nâl), เทอร์มินัล (təə-mí-nâl)
• Turkish: uçbirim (tr), terminal (tr)
• Ukrainian: терміна́л m (terminál)

computer program that emulates a terminal

• Belarusian: тэрміна́л m (terminál)
• Bulgarian: термина́л m (terminál)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 終端 / 终端 (zh) (zhōngduān)

• Finnish: terminaali (fi), terminaaliemulaattori, pääte-emulaattori
• French: terminal (fr) m
• German: Terminal (de) m or n
• Greek: τερματικό (el) n (termatikó)
• Japanese: ターミナル (ja) (tāminaru)
• Kazakh: терминал (terminal)
• Macedonian: термина́л m (terminál)
• Polish: terminal (pl) m
• Portuguese: terminal (pt) m
• Russian: термина́л (ru) m (terminál)
• Swedish: terminal (sv) c
• Thai: โปรแกรมเลียนแบบเทอร์มินัล (bproo-grɛm-liian-bɛ̀ɛp-təə-mí-nâl), โปรแกรมเทอร์มินัล (bproo-grɛm-təə-mí-nâl)
• Ukrainian: терміна́л m (terminál)

electronics

• Spanish: terminal (es) m, borne (es) m, borna f

Adjective

terminal (comparative more terminal, superlative most terminal)

1. Fatal; resulting in death.

   terminal cancer

2. Appearing at the end; top or apex of a physical object.
3. Occurring at the end of a word, sentence, or period of time, and serves to terminate it
4. (archaic) Occurring every term; termly.

   a student's terminal fees

Synonyms

• (appearing at the end): endly, final, late, endsome

Antonyms

• non-terminal
• (antonym(s) of “illness”): early
• (antonym(s) of “appearing at the end”): initial, early

Derived terms

• amino-terminal
• carboxy-terminal
• non-terminal symbol
• terminal acetylene
• terminal bronchiole
• terminal burrowing
• terminal cisterna
• terminal control area
• terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase
• terminal figure
• terminal hair
• terminal illness
• terminal leave
• terminally
• terminal moraine
• terminal object
• terminal s
• terminal stria
• terminal tackle
• terminal velocity

 

Translations

resulting in death

• Bulgarian: смъртоносен (bg) (smǎrtonosen)
• Catalan: terminal (ca)
• Finnish: terminaalinen, kuolemaan johtava
• Greek: καταληκτικός (el) (kataliktikós), μοιραίος (el) (moiraíos)
• Hungarian: halálos (hu), végstádiumú, végstádiumban lévő
• Japanese: 末期の (ja) (makki no)
• Macedonian: смрто́носен (smrtónosen)
• Polish: śmiertelny (pl) m
• Russian: смерте́льный (ru) (smertélʹnyj)
• Swedish: dödlig (sv)
• Thai: ระยะสุดท้าย (rá-yá-sùt-táai), ระยะตรีทูต (rá-yá-dtrii-tûut)

appearing at the end

• Bulgarian: краен (bg) (kraen), заключителен (bg) (zaključitelen)
• Catalan: terminal (ca)
• Finnish: loppu-, huippu-, terminaalinen
• French: terminal (fr)
• Greek: τελικός (el) (telikós), ληκτικός (el) (liktikós), έσχατος (el) (éschatos)
• Hungarian: (ultimate, final) végső (hu), (extreme) végletes (hu)
• Japanese: 末期の (ja) (makki no)
• Macedonian: кра́ен (kráen)
• Polish: końcowy (pl), graniczny (pl)
• Russian: коне́чный (ru) (konéčnyj)
• Thai: ส่วนท้าย (sùuan-táai), ส่วนปลาย (sùuan-bplaai)

occurring at the end of a word, sentence, or period of time, and serves to terminate it

• Hungarian: (end-of-word) szóvégi (hu), (end-of-sentence) mondatvégi, mondatzáró
• Thai: ตัวสะกด (th) (dtuua-sà-gòt)

Verb

terminal (third-person singular simple present terminals, present participle terminaling or terminalling, simple past and past participle terminaled or terminalled)

1. To store bulk liquids (such as oil or chemicals) in storage tanks prior to further distribution.

Further reading

• “terminal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “terminal”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• trailmen, tram line, tramline

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin terminālis, from Latin terminus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [tər.miˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [teɾ.miˈnal]

Adjective

terminal m or f (masculine and feminine plural terminals)

1. terminal

   Un pacient terminal científicament no té possibilitats de sobreviure.

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Related terms

• terminar
• terme

Noun

terminal m (plural terminals)

1. (computing) terminal

Cebuano

Etymology

From English terminal, from French terminal, from Late Latin terminalis (“pertaining to a boundary or to the end, terminal, final”), from Latin terminus (“a bound, boundary, limit, end”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ter‧mi‧nal

Noun

terminal

1. a terminus
2. an airport terminal
3. a port terminal
4. a rail station

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin terminālis, from Latin terminus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛʁ.mi.nal/

• Audio (Paris):

  (file)

• Homophones: terminale, terminales

Adjective

terminal (feminine terminale, masculine plural terminaux, feminine plural terminales)

1. terminal

   Le cancer est en phase terminale.

   The cancer is in the terminal stage.

Derived terms

• choc terminal

Related terms

• terminer

Noun

terminal m (plural terminaux)

1. terminal

Further reading

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

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

terminal (strong nominative masculine singular terminaler, not comparable)

1. terminal

Declension

Positive forms of terminal (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist terminal	sie ist terminal	es ist terminal	sie sind terminal
strong declension (without article)	nominative	terminaler	terminale	terminales	terminale
	genitive	terminalen	terminaler	terminalen	terminaler
	dative	terminalem	terminaler	terminalem	terminalen
	accusative	terminalen	terminale	terminales	terminale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der terminale	die terminale	das terminale	die terminalen
	genitive	des terminalen	der terminalen	des terminalen	der terminalen
	dative	dem terminalen	der terminalen	dem terminalen	den terminalen
	accusative	den terminalen	die terminale	das terminale	die terminalen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein terminaler	eine terminale	ein terminales	(keine) terminalen
	genitive	eines terminalen	einer terminalen	eines terminalen	(keiner) terminalen
	dative	einem terminalen	einer terminalen	einem terminalen	(keinen) terminalen
	accusative	einen terminalen	eine terminale	ein terminales	(keine) terminalen

Further reading

• “terminal” in Duden online
• “terminal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch terminal, from Late Latin terminalis (“pertaining to a boundary or to the end, terminal, final”), from Latin terminus (“a bound, boundary, limit, end”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɛrˈminal] (standard)
• IPA^(key): [tərˈminal] (anglicised)
• Hyphenation: tèr‧mi‧nal

Noun

terminal (plural)

1. terminal:
   1. (transport) facility to embark and disembark passengers.

      Synonym: stasiun

   2. (computing) a device for entering data into a computer or a communications system and/or displaying data received, especially a device equipped with a keyboard and some sort of textual display.

Derived terms

• terminal agribisnis
• terminal bayangan
• terminal listrik
• terminal pembayaran elektronik

 

Related terms

• termin
• terminator
• terminus

 

Further reading

• “terminal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin terminus, via English terminal.

Noun

terminal m (definite singular terminalen, indefinite plural terminaler, definite plural terminalene)

1. a terminal

Derived terms

• ferjeterminal
• flyterminal
• godsterminal

References

• “terminal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin terminus, via English terminal.

Noun

terminal m (definite singular terminalen, indefinite plural terminalar, definite plural terminalane)

1. a terminal

Derived terms

• ferjeterminal
• flyterminal
• godsterminal

References

• “terminal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English terminal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛrˈmi.nal/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -inal
• Syllabification: ter‧mi‧nal

Noun

terminal m inan

1. airport terminal (building at an airport from which passengers board the planes)
2. transportation hub
3. (computing) computer terminal (device for entering data into a computer)

Declension

Declension of terminal

	singular	plural
nominative	terminal	terminale
genitive	terminalu/terminala	terminali/terminalów
dative	terminalowi	terminalom
accusative	terminal	terminale
instrumental	terminalem	terminalami
locative	terminalu	terminalach
vocative	terminalu	terminale

Further reading

• terminal in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• terminal in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• terminal in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin terminālis, from Latin terminus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /teʁ.miˈnaw/ [teɦ.miˈnaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /teʁ.miˈnaw/ [teɦ.miˈnaʊ̯]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /teɾ.miˈnaw/ [teɾ.miˈnaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /teʁ.miˈnaw/ [teʁ.miˈnaʊ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /teɻ.miˈnaw/ [teɻ.miˈnaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨɾ.miˈnal/ [tɨɾ.miˈnaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨɾ.miˈnal/ [tɨɾ.miˈnaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨɾ.miˈna.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: ter‧mi‧nal

Adjective

terminal m or f (plural terminais)

1. (relational) of or occurring during the conclusion or end of something
2. (of a disease) terminal (resulting in death)

Derived terms

• terminalmente

Noun

terminal m (plural terminais)

1. terminal (section of a station or airport where passengers board the vehicle or craft)
2. (electronics) terminal (the end of a line where signals are transmitted or received)
3. (computing) terminal (device for entering and displaying data)
4. (computing) terminal (computer program that emulates a terminal)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French terminale.

Adjective

terminal m or n (feminine singular terminală, masculine plural terminali, feminine and neuter plural terminale)

1. terminal

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	terminal		terminală		terminali	terminale
	definite	terminalul		terminala		terminalii	terminalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	terminal		terminale		terminali	terminale
	definite	terminalului		terminalei		terminalilor	terminalelor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin terminālis, from Latin terminus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teɾmiˈnal/ [t̪eɾ.miˈnal]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ter‧mi‧nal

Adjective

terminal m or f (masculine and feminine plural terminales)

1. final, last

   Synonyms: último, final

   Antonym: primero

2. terminal, fatal (resulting in death)
3. terminally ill

Derived terms

• paraterminal
• terminalmente

 

Noun

terminal m or f same meaning (plural terminales)

1. terminal (a building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to airplanes)
2. terminal (a device for entering data into a computer)

Derived terms

• alicates de terminales
• terminales mediáticas

 

Noun

terminal m (plural terminales)

1. mobile phone

   Synonyms: teléfono móvil, teléfono celular

   • 2020 March 2, “Tres detenidos por violar y grabar a una mujer en Barcelona [Three arrested for raping and recording a woman in Barcelona]”, in La Vanguardia‎^[1]:

     Los agentes intervinieron los teléfonos móviles de los detenidos y además uno de ellos guardaba en su bolsillo el terminal de la víctima.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Related terms

• terminar
• término

 

Further reading

• “terminal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English terminal or Spanish terminal.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈteɾminal/ [ˌt̪ɛɾ.mɪˈn̪al]
• Rhymes: -eɾminal
• Syllabification: ter‧mi‧nal

Noun

términál (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜇ᜔ᜋᜒᜈᜎ᜔)

1. terminal (station at either end of a transportation line)

   Synonyms: himpilan, estasyon

2. end; extremity; limit

   Synonyms: dulo, duluhan, hanggahan, hangganan

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French terminal, from Late Latin terminalis, from Latin terminus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tæɾmiˈnɑl]
• Hyphenation: ter‧mi‧nal

Noun

terminal (definite accusative terminali, plural terminaller)

1. bus station (terminal)

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	terminal
Definite accusative	terminali
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	terminal	terminaller
Definite accusative	terminali	terminalleri
Dative	terminale	terminallere
Locative	terminalde	terminallerde
Ablative	terminalden	terminallerden
Genitive	terminalin	terminallerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular terminalim terminallerim 2nd singular terminalin terminallerin 3rd singular terminali terminalleri 1st plural terminalimiz terminallerimiz 2nd plural terminaliniz terminalleriniz 3rd plural terminalleri terminalleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular terminalimi terminallerimi 2nd singular terminalini terminallerini 3rd singular terminalini terminallerini 1st plural terminalimizi terminallerimizi 2nd plural terminalinizi terminallerinizi 3rd plural terminallerini terminallerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular terminalime terminallerime 2nd singular terminaline terminallerine 3rd singular terminaline terminallerine 1st plural terminalimize terminallerimize 2nd plural terminalinize terminallerinize 3rd plural terminallerine terminallerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular terminalimde terminallerimde 2nd singular terminalinde terminallerinde 3rd singular terminalinde terminallerinde 1st plural terminalimizde terminallerimizde 2nd plural terminalinizde terminallerinizde 3rd plural terminallerinde terminallerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular terminalimden terminallerimden 2nd singular terminalinden terminallerinden 3rd singular terminalinden terminallerinden 1st plural terminalimizden terminallerimizden 2nd plural terminalinizden terminallerinizden 3rd plural terminallerinden terminallerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular terminalimin terminallerimin 2nd singular terminalinin terminallerinin 3rd singular terminalinin terminallerinin 1st plural terminalimizin terminallerimizin 2nd plural terminalinizin terminallerinizin 3rd plural terminallerinin terminallerinin

Synonyms

• otogar