data

See also: Data, data., datá, datã, dată, dàta, dáta, and dātā

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Alternative forms

• D (electronics)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin data, nominative plural of datum (“that is given”), neuter past participle of dō (“I give”). Doublet of date.

Pronunciation

• (UK, Ireland, US, sometimes General Australian, New Zealand, General South African)
  • enPR: dā'tə, IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪtə/
  • (US) IPA^(key): [ˈdeɪ.ɾə]

    • Audio (US):

      (file)

  • Homophone: dater (non-rhotic)
  • Rhymes: -eɪtə
• (US, Canada, Ireland)
  • enPR: dăt'ə, IPA^(key): /ˈdætə/, [ˈdæ.ɾə]

    • Audio (US):

      (file)

  • Rhymes: -ætə
• (General Australian, New Zealand, General South African, UK formal)
  • enPR: dä'tə
    • (General South African, UK formal) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑːtə/
    • (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈdɐːtə/, [ˈdäːɾə]

      • Audio (General Australian):

        (file)

  • Homophone: darter (non-rhotic)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːtə

Noun

data

A spreadsheet containing a data table and a graph.

2. plural of datum

   Synonym: data points

   Holonym: data set

   These data show clearly that X is correlated with Y, although they tell us nothing about causation.

   • 1692, William Molyneux, Edmund Halley, Dioptrica nova‎^[3], London: Benj. Tooke, page 100:

     First from these Data, let us obtain the Breadth of the Glass e z

4. (collectively, uncountable) Information, especially in a scientific or computational context, or with the implication that it is organized.

   This data shows clearly that X is correlated with Y, although it tells us nothing about causation.

   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page vii:

     With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get […]

   • 2013 June 22, “Snakes and ladders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 76:

     Risk is everywhere. […] For each one there is a frighteningly precise measurement of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you. “The Norm Chronicles” […] aims to help data-phobes find their way through this blizzard of risks.

5. (collectively) Recorded observations that are usually presented in a structured format.

   Near-synonyms: dataset, data set, data points, information

7. (computing) A representation of facts or ideas in a formalized manner capable of being communicated or manipulated by some process.

   Coordinate term: information

9. (mobile telephony) Ellipsis of mobile data: digital information transmitted using the cellular telephone network rather than Wi-Fi.

   run out of data

Usage notes

• The word data is more often used as an uncountable noun with a singular verb than as a plural noun with singular datum. Usage as a plural noun with a plural verb is more common in certain formal contexts (but not others): it is an unusual exception in computer science and data science but is still often maintained in the medical literature.
• In geodetic and GD&T contexts, the word data is used exclusively in its uncountable senses, whereas the singular datum (referring to a reference point or surface) has the plural datums, not data.
• The definition of data in the computing context is from an international standard vocabulary and is meant to distinguish data from information. However, this distinction is often ignored by the computing profession.

Hyponyms

• big data
• metadata
• primary data
• raw data

Derived terms

• air data
• anecdata
• biodata
• data acquisition
• data analysis
• databack
• databank
• databank
• database
• database
• databend
• databook
• data-bound
• databox
• Data Carrier Equipment
• datacast
• datacentric
• Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment
• Data Communications Equipment
• data domain
• data dredging
• data-driven
• data element
• data entry
• data farming
• datafication
• datafile
• dataframe
• datafy
• datafy
• datagram
• data hiding
• datahub
• data integrity
• dataism
• dataist
• dataless
• datalike
• datalink
• datalog
• datalogger
• datalogger
• datalogy
• data maintenance
• data management
• data mining
• data modeling
• datamosh
• datapad
• data path
• datapath
• data path, datapath
• dataphone
• data poisoning
• data processing
• datarati
• data recorder
• data recovery
• datascape
• dataset
• data set
• datasheet
• datasheet, data sheet
• data sink
• datasonde
• data source
• dataspace
• dataspeak
• datasphere
• datathon
• dataveillance
• dataverse
• data visualization
• data warehouse
• eigendata
• flight data recorder
• geodata
• hyperdata
• megadata
• metadata
• metadata
• microdata
• multidata
• orthodata
• paleodata
• paradata
• pseudodata
• Pure Data
• raw data
• viewdata

 

Descendants

• → Turkish: data

Translations

information

• Afrikaans: data (af)
• Albanian: të dhëna f pl
• Amharic: ውሂብ (wəhib)
• Apache:

  Western Apache: beʼígózíni yíka ntaahí

• Arabic: بَيَانَات (ar) f pl (bayānāt), مَعْلُومَات (ar) f pl (maʕlūmāt), مُعْطَيَات m pl (muʕṭayāt)
• Armenian: տվյալներ (hy) pl (tvyalner)
• Azerbaijani: verilənlər pl, məlumat (az)
• Bashkir: мәғлүмәт (məğlümət)
• Belarusian: да́ныя n pl (dányja), да́дзеныя n pl (dádzjenyja)
• Bengali: উপাত্ত (bn) (upatto)
• Bulgarian: да́нни (bg) n pl (dánni)
• Burmese: အချက်အလက် (my) (a.hkyak-a.lak)
• Catalan: informació (ca) f, dades (ca) f pl
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 數據 / 数据 (sou³ geoi³), 資料 / 资料 (zi¹ liu^6-2)

  Hokkien: 數據 / 数据 (zh-min-nan) (sò͘-kì, sò͘-kù), 資料 / 资料 (zh-min-nan) (chu-liāu)

  Mandarin: 數據 / 数据 (zh) (shùjù), 資料 / 资料 (zh) (zīliào)

• Chuvash: панӑлӑхсем (panălăhsem)
• Czech: data (cs) n pl, údaje m pl
• Danish: data (da) n
• Dutch: , gegevens (nl) n pl, informatie (nl) f, data (nl) n pl
• Esperanto: datumo, informo, dateno
• Estonian: andmed pl
• Faroese: dáta f
• Finnish: tieto (fi), data (fi)
• French: données (fr) f pl
• Galician: datos m pl
• Georgian: მონაცემები pl (monacemebi), ცნობები pl (cnobebi), ფაქტები pl (pakṭebi), ინფორმაცია (inpormacia)
• German: Daten (de) n pl, Informationseinheiten (de) f pl
• Greek: δεδομένα (el) n pl (dedoména)
• Hebrew: נְתוּנִים pl (netunim)
• Hindi: डेटा m (ḍeṭā), डाटा m (ḍāṭā), आँकड़ा (hi) m (ā̃kṛā)
• Hungarian: adat (hu)
• Icelandic: gögn n pl
• Ido: datumi (io) pl, donaji (io) pl, donataji pl
• Indonesian: data (id), informasi (id)
• Irish: sonraí m pl
• Italian: dato (it) m, dati (it) m pl
• Japanese: , 資料 (ja) (しりょう, shiryō), 統計 (ja) (とうけい, tōkei), 情報 (ja) (じょうほう, jōhō), データ (ja) (dēta)
• Kazakh: деректер pl (derekter), мәліметтер pl (mälımetter), мағлұмат (mağlūmat)
• Khmer: ទិន្នន័យ (km) (tɨnnĕəʼnɨy)
• Korean: 자료(資料) (ko) (jaryo), 데이터 (ko) (deiteo), 정보(情報) (ko) (jeongbo)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: زانیاری (ckb) (zanyarî), داتا (data)

  Northern Kurdish: dane (ku), agahî (ku)

• Kyrgyz: маалыматтар (ky) pl (maalımattar), берилиштер pl (berilişter)
• Lao: ຂໍ້ມູນ (lo) (khǭ mūn)
• Latvian: dati pl
• Lithuanian: duomenys (lt) m pl
• Macedonian: податоци m pl (podatoci)
• Malay: data
• Malayalam: ദത്തം (ml) (dattaṁ) (in mathematics)
• Maori: hōtuku, raraunga
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: мэдээ (mn) (medee)

  Mongolian: ᠮᠡᠳᠡᠭᠡ (medege)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: data (no) m or n

• Odia: ତଥ୍ୟ (or) (tathya)
• Pashto: معلومات m pl (ma'lumãt)
• Persian: داده‌ها (dâde-hâ), اطلاعات (fa) (ettelâ'ât), معلومات (fa) (ma'lumât)
• Polish: dane (pl) n pl
• Portuguese: dados (pt) m pl
• Romanian: date (ro) f pl
• Russian: да́нные (ru) n pl (dánnyje), информа́ция (ru) f (informácija)
• Scottish Gaelic: dàta m pl
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: податци m pl, подаци m pl

  Roman: podatci (sh) m pl, podaci (sh) m pl

• Sindhi: اعداد (sd) ?
• Sinhala: දත්ත (si) pl (datta)
• Slovak: dáta n pl, údaje m pl
• Slovene: podatek m
• Spanish: datos (es) m pl
• Sundanese: data (su)
• Swedish: data (sv) c
• Tagalog: datos (tl)
• Tajik: додаҳо (tg) pl (dodaho), маълумот (tg) (maʾlumot), иттилоот (tg) (ittiloot)
• Tamil: தரவுகள் (ta) pl (taravukaḷ)
• Tatar: бирелмәләр pl (birelmälär), мәгълүмат (tt) (mäğlümat), мәгълүматлар pl (mäğlümatlar)
• Thai: ข้อมูล (th) (kɔ̂ɔ-muun)
• Tibetan: དཔྱད་གཞི (dpyad gzhi)
• Turkish: veri (tr), malumat (tr), bilgi (tr), data (tr)
• Turkmen: maglumat
• Udmurt: тодэт (todet)
• Ukrainian: да́ні (uk) n pl (dáni)
• Urdu: ڈیٹا m (ḍeṭā), معلومات f pl (ma'lūmāt), معطیات (mu'tiyāt)
• Uyghur: مەلۇمات (melumat), مەلۇماتلار pl (melumatlar)
• Uzbek: maʻlumotlar pl
• Vietnamese: dữ liệu (vi), đa ta
• Volapük: nünods
• Yiddish: דאַטן pl (datn)

mobile data — see mobile data

References

• “data”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. (The American Heritage Dictionary's usage note on 'data')
• John Quiggin: Data is not the plural of datum
• johnaugust.com: ‘Data’ is singular

Further reading

• data on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• ADAT, TADA, a tad, adat, ta-da, tada

Afar

Etymology

Cognate with Saho data.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daˈta/ [dʌˈtʌ]
• Hyphenation: da‧ta

Verb

datá

1. (stative) be black

Conjugation

Conjugation of data (type III verb)
		1st singular	2nd singular	3rd singular		1st plural	2nd plural	3rd plural
				m	f
present indicative I	V-affirmative	datiyóh	datitóh	datáh	datáh	datinóh	datitoonúh	datoonúh
	N-affirmative	datiyó	datitó	datá	datá	datinó	datitón	datón
	negative	mádatiyo	mádatito	mádata	mádata	mádatino	mádatiton	mádaton
present indicative II		affirmative present indicative I + imperfective of én
past indicative I		dátuk + perfective of én
past indicative II		dátuk + perfective of sugé
present potential	affirmative	datiyóm takkéh	datitóm takkéh	datám takkéh	datám takkéh	datinóm takkéh	datitoonúm takkéh	datoonúm takkéh
past conditional	affirmative	dátuk + past conditional of sugé
		-h converb	-k converb	-in(n)uh converb	infinitive
		dátih	dátuk	datínnuh	datíyya

Antonyms

• qadó (“be white”)

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “data”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Marie-Claude Simeone-Senelle, Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2013 August) “Gender, Number and Agreement in Afar (Cushitic language)”, in 43th Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics‎^[4], Leiden: Leiden University, page 2
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[5], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 307

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin data < Latin datus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈda.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈda.ta]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

data f (plural dates)

1. date (specific moment in time)

Further reading

• “data” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “data” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “data”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “data” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Etymology 2

Verb

data

1. inflection of datar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: da‧ta

Noun

data

1. installment, partial payment

Chinese

Etymology

From English data.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dei¹ taa⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dei¹ taa⁴
    • Yale: dēi tàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dei¹ taa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: déi¹ ta⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tei̯⁵⁵ tʰaː²¹/

Noun

data (Hong Kong Cantonese)

1. data (information)
2. data; mobile data
   1. Internet connection using mobile data, i.e. not using Wi-Fi

      呢個位收data好慢。 [Cantonese, trad.]
      呢个位收data好慢。 [Cantonese, simp.]

      ni¹ go³ wai^6-2 sau¹ dei¹ taa⁴ hou² maan⁶. [Jyutping]

      Receiving mobile data connection is very slow at this spot.

   2. quota or limit of mobile data usage

      爆data [Cantonese]  ―  baau³ dei¹ taa⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  to exceed the mobile data usage limit

      我今個月仲有好多data淨。 [Cantonese, trad.]
      我今个月仲有好多data净。 [Cantonese, simp.]

      ngo⁵ gam¹ go³ jyut⁶ zung⁶ jau⁵ hou² do¹ dei¹ taa⁴ zing⁶. [Jyutping]

      I still have a lot of [my] quota for mobile data usage left for this month.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdata]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

data n pl (related adjective datový)

1. data

   Synonym: údaje

Declension

Declension of data (pl-only hard neuter foreign)

	plural
nominative	data
genitive	dat
dative	datům
accusative	data
vocative	data
locative	datech
instrumental	daty

Related terms

• databáze f

 

Further reading

• “data”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “data”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Danish

Noun

data n (singular definite dataet, plural indefinite data)

1. datum, data
2. curriculum vitae, résumé

Inflection

Declension of data

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	data	dataet	data	dataene
genitive	datas	dataets	datas	dataenes

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

data

1. plural of datum

   Synonym: datums

2. (uncountable) data, information

   Synonym: gegevens

Usage notes

Though some speakers use data "information" as a new singular rather than as the plural of datum (“data point”), this is generally prescribed against.[6][7][8] This is analogous to media in Dutch, which some speakers treat as a new singular rather than as a plural of medium.

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin data.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑtɑ/, [ˈdɑ̝t̪ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑtɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): da‧ta

Noun

data

1. data

Declension

Inflection of data (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		data	datat
genitive		datan	datojen
partitive		dataa	datoja
illative		dataan	datoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		data	datat
accusative	nom.	data	datat
	gen.	datan
genitive		datan	datojen datain rare
partitive		dataa	datoja
inessive		datassa	datoissa
elative		datasta	datoista
illative		dataan	datoihin
adessive		datalla	datoilla
ablative		datalta	datoilta
allative		datalle	datoille
essive		datana	datoina
translative		dataksi	datoiksi
abessive		datatta	datoitta
instructive		—	datoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of data (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative datani datani accusative nom. datani datani gen. datani genitive datani datojeni dataini rare partitive dataani datojani inessive datassani datoissani elative datastani datoistani illative dataani datoihini adessive datallani datoillani ablative dataltani datoiltani allative datalleni datoilleni essive datanani datoinani translative datakseni datoikseni abessive datattani datoittani instructive — — comitative — datoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative datasi datasi accusative nom. datasi datasi gen. datasi genitive datasi datojesi dataisi rare partitive dataasi datojasi inessive datassasi datoissasi elative datastasi datoistasi illative dataasi datoihisi adessive datallasi datoillasi ablative dataltasi datoiltasi allative datallesi datoillesi essive datanasi datoinasi translative dataksesi datoiksesi abessive datattasi datoittasi instructive — — comitative — datoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative datamme datamme accusative nom. datamme datamme gen. datamme genitive datamme datojemme dataimme rare partitive dataamme datojamme inessive datassamme datoissamme elative datastamme datoistamme illative dataamme datoihimme adessive datallamme datoillamme ablative dataltamme datoiltamme allative datallemme datoillemme essive datanamme datoinamme translative dataksemme datoiksemme abessive datattamme datoittamme instructive — — comitative — datoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative datanne datanne accusative nom. datanne datanne gen. datanne genitive datanne datojenne datainne rare partitive dataanne datojanne inessive datassanne datoissanne elative datastanne datoistanne illative dataanne datoihinne adessive datallanne datoillanne ablative dataltanne datoiltanne allative datallenne datoillenne essive datananne datoinanne translative dataksenne datoiksenne abessive datattanne datoittanne instructive — — comitative — datoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative datansa datansa accusative nom. datansa datansa gen. datansa genitive datansa datojensa datainsa rare partitive dataansa datojaan datojansa inessive datassaan datassansa datoissaan datoissansa elative datastaan datastansa datoistaan datoistansa illative dataansa datoihinsa adessive datallaan datallansa datoillaan datoillansa ablative dataltaan dataltansa datoiltaan datoiltansa allative datalleen datallensa datoilleen datoillensa essive datanaan datanansa datoinaan datoinansa translative datakseen dataksensa datoikseen datoiksensa abessive datattaan datattansa datoittaan datoittansa instructive — — comitative — datoineen datoinensa

Synonyms

• anne (“datum”) (rare)

Derived terms

• data-analyysi
• data-arkisto
• datajournalismi
• datakeskus
• dataliikenne
• datameklari
• datanlouhinta
• datanomi
• datansiirto
• datansiirtoverkko
• datapainotteinen
• dataprojektori
• datasiirto
• datasiirtolaite
• datasiirtoverkko
• datasähkö
• datatalous
• datatekniikka
• datatiedosto
• datatieteilijä
• dataverkko
• dataväylä
• massadata
• metadata
• mobiilidata
• pakettidata
• raakadata

 

Further reading

• “data”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[9] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da.ta/

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

data

1. third-person singular past historic of dater

Ilocano

Etymology 1

Cognate with Tagalog hilata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdata/, [ˈdaː.ta]
• Hyphenation: da‧ta

Adjective

dáta

1. facing upwards; on one's back

Derived terms

• agdadata
• agdata
• agpadata
• idata
• mapadata
• nakadata
• padataen

 

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *da and Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-ta, an enclitic form of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita (“we (inclusive), we (dual)”), whence Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita (“we (inclusive)”). Compare Kankanaey daita (“we (two), you and I”), Pangasinan sikata (“we (two), you and I”), Kapampangan ikata (“we (two), you and I”), Tagalog kata (“we (two), you and I”), Bikol Central kita (“we (inclusive)”), Cebuano kita (“we (inclusive)”), and Maranao sekta (“we (inclusive)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daˈta/, [dɐˈta]
• Hyphenation: da‧ta

Pronoun

datá

1. First-person dual absolutive independent pronoun; we (two); us (two); you and I; you and me

   Synonym: sita

   Data laeng ti adda ti kasar ita nga aldaw. ― It is only us two who have a wedding today.

Derived terms

• datdata

See also

Ilocano personal pronouns

Person	Number	Absolutive		Ergative	Oblique	Possessive
		Disjunctive	Enclitic	Enclitic3		bági form	kukua form
First	singular	siak	-ak	-ko, -k	kaniak	bagik	kukuak, kuak
	dual	data, sita1	-ta		kaniata, kadata	bagita	kukuata
	plural inclusive	datayo, sitayo1	-tayo, -tay		kaniatayo, kadatayo	bagitayo	kukuatayo
	plural exclusive	dakami, sikami1	-kami, -kam	-mi	kaniami, kadakami	bagimi	kukuami
Second	singular	sika	-ka	-mo, -m	kaniam, kenka	bagim	kukuam
	plural	dakayo, sikayo1	-kayo, -kay	-yo	kaniayo, kadakayo	bagiyo	kukuayo
Third	singular	isu, isuna	Ø2	-na	kaniana, kenkuana	bagina	kukuana
	plural	isuda	-da		kaniada, kadakuada	bagida	kukuada
1Regional variants. 2Null morpheme. There is no absolutive enclitic for the third person singular pronoun. The disjunctives isu or isuna may also be used. 3Ergative enclitics are also used as possessive markers.
Fused enclitics Actor Patient siak data datayo dakami sika dakayo isu5 isuda siak bagik4 — — — -ka -kayo -ko, -k -ko ida, -k ida data — bagita4 — — — — -ta -ta ida datayo — — bagitayo4 — — — -tayo -tayo ida dakami — — — bagimi4 -daka -dakayo -mi -mi ida sika -nak — — -nakami bagim4 — -mo, -m -mo ida, -m ida dakayo -dak -data — -dakami — bagiyo4 -yo -yo ida isu -nak -nata -natayo -nakami -naka -nakayo bagina4, -na -na ida isuda -dak -data -datayo -dakami -daka -dakayo -da bagida4, -da ida 4Reflexive pronouns use the bagí form. 5 isu or isuna may also be added after the enclitics in this column.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch data, from Latin data.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdata]
• Hyphenation: da‧ta
• Rhymes: -ta, -a

Noun

data

1. datum,
   1. a fact known from direct observation.
   2. a premise from which conclusions are drawn.
2. data,
   1. information, especially in a scientific or computational context, or with the implication that it is organized.
   2. recorded observations that are usually presented in a structured format.
   3. (computing) a representation of facts or ideas in a formalized manner capable of being communicated or manipulated by some process.

Derived terms

• mendata
• mendatakan
• pendata
• pendataan

 

• data raya

 

Related terms

• datum

 

Further reading

• “data” 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.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈda.ta/
• Rhymes: -ata
• Hyphenation: dà‧ta

Etymology 1

From Late Latin data, from Latin datus.

Noun

data f (plural date)

1. date (“calendar date”)

   la data di oggi ― today's date

Derived terms

• databile
• datare
• datario
• datato
• datazione

 

Related terms

• dare
• dato

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

data

1. inflection of datare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

data

1. feminine singular of dato

Ladin

Noun

data f (plural dates)

1. date (day number of the month)

Latin

Pronunciation

• data: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈda.ta/, [ˈd̪ät̪ä]
• data: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈda.ta/, [ˈd̪äːt̪ä]
• datā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈda.taː/, [ˈd̪ät̪äː]
• datā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈda.ta/, [ˈd̪äːt̪ä]

Participle

data

1. inflection of datus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

datā

1. ablative feminine singular of datus

Noun

data

1. nominative/vocative/accusative plural of datum

References

• data in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian data.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaː.ta/

Noun

data f (plural dati)

1. date
2. data

Related terms

• datarija
• datarju
• ddata

 

Middle Irish

Noun

data m

1. sire, father
2. foster father, godfather, guardian

   Synonym: aite

3. sir

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Minangkabau

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *datar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dataʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *dataʀ.

Adjective

data

1. flat

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin data, plural of datum (“gift, present”), neuter past participle of dō (“I give, offer”), from Proto-Italic *didō (“give”), from Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti (“to be giving”), from *deh₃- (“give”).

Noun

data m or n (definite singular dataen or dataet, indefinite plural data, definite plural dataene)

1. data
2. short form of datateknologi

Derived terms

• database
• databehandle
• databehandling
• datablad
• dataillustrasjon
• datamangel
• datamaskin
• dataprogram
• datasimulering
• dataskjerm
• dataspill
• datasystem
• datateknologi
• datavirus
• rådata

 

References

• “data” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Latin data, plural of datum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑː.tɑ/

Noun

data m or n

1. plural of datum

data m (definite singular dataen, indefinite plural data or dataar or dataer, definite plural dataane or dataene)

1. (plural: data, in the plural or collective and uncountable) data; information, especially in a computational context
2. (plural: dataar or dataer, countable) short for datamaskin (“computer”)
3. (collective, uncountable) short for datateknologi (“computer technology”)
5. (collective, uncountable, mobile telephony) short for mobildata (“mobile data”)

Derived terms

• database
• databehandling
• datablad
• dataillustrasjon
• datamaskin
• dataprogram
• datasimulering
• dataskjerm
• dataspel
• datasystem
• datateknologi
• datavirus
• rådata

 

Etymology 2

From English date.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²dɛɪ̯.tɑ/

Verb

data (present tense datar, past tense data, past participle data, imperative date)

1. a-infinitive form of date

References

• “data” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• tada

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin data.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈda.ta/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: da‧ta

Noun

data f

1. date (point of time at which event takes place; a specific day)

Declension

Declension of data

	singular	plural
nominative	data	daty
genitive	daty	dat
dative	dacie	datom
accusative	datę	daty
instrumental	datą	datami
locative	dacie	datach
vocative	dato	daty

Further reading

• data in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• data in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈda.tɐ/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈda.ta/
• Rhymes: -atɐ
• Hyphenation: da‧ta

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin data, from Latin datus (“given”). Doublet of dada.

Noun

data f (plural datas)

1. date (point of time at which a transaction or event takes place)

   Qual é sua data de nascimento? ― What is your date of birth?

2. (informal) a large quantity

   Uma data de coisas. ― Lots of things.

3. (informal) a lot, a plot of land

   Quero comprar esta data. ― I want to buy this plot of land

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

data

1. inflection of datar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French dater.

Verb

a data (third-person singular present datează, past participle datat) 1st conjugation

1. to date

Conjugation

    conjugation of data (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a data
gerund			datând
past participle			datat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	datez	datezi	datează	datăm	datați	datează
	imperfect	datam	datai	data	datam	datați	datau
	simple perfect	datai	datași	dată	datarăm	datarăți	datară
	pluperfect	datasem	dataseși	datase	dataserăm	dataserăți	dataseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să datez	să datezi	să dateze	să datăm	să datați	să dateze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		datează			datați
	negative		nu data			nu datați

Etymology 2

Noun

data f

1. nominative/accusative definite singular of dată

Rwanda-Rundi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *tààtá.

Noun

dātá class 1a (plural bādâtá class 2a)

1. my father
2. my paternal uncle

See also

• so (“your father”)
• se (“his/her father”)
• mama (“my mother”)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdata/ [ˈd̪a.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: da‧ta

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin data, from Latin datus.

Noun

data f (plural datas)

1. date (point of time at which a transaction or event takes place)

   Synonym: (more common) fecha

Derived terms

• antedata
• datar
• de larga data

 

Related terms

• dato

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

data

1. inflection of datar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “data”, 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

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from English data.

Noun

data class IX (plural data class X)

1. data (information, especially in a scientific or computational context)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

-data (infinitive kudata)

1. to crackle
2. to miss a desired outcome
3. to adhere to something

Conjugation

Conjugation of -data
Positive present -nadata Subjunctive -date Negative -dati Imperative singular data
Infinitives
Positive kudata Negative kutodata
Imperatives
Singular data Plural dateni
Tensed forms
Habitual hudata Positive past positive subject concord + -lidata Negative past negative subject concord + -kudata
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nadata) Singular Plural 1st person ninadata/nadata tunadata 2nd person unadata mnadata 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anadata wanadata other classes positive subject concord + -nadata
Negative present (negative subject concord + -dati) Singular Plural 1st person sidati hatudati 2nd person hudati hamdati 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hadati hawadati other classes negative subject concord + -dati
Positive future positive subject concord + -tadata Negative future negative subject concord + -tadata
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -date) Singular Plural 1st person nidate tudate 2nd person udate mdate 3rd person m-wa(I/II) adate wadate other classes positive subject concord + -date
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sidate Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngedata Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singedata Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalidata Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalidata
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -adata) Singular Plural 1st person nadata twadata 2nd person wadata mwadata 3rd person m-wa(I/II) adata wadata m-mi(III/IV) wadata yadata ji-ma(V/VI) ladata yadata ki-vi(VII/VIII) chadata vyadata n(IX/X) yadata zadata u(XI) wadata see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwadata pa(XVI) padata mu(XVIII) mwadata
Perfect positive subject concord + -medata "Already" positive subject concord + -meshadata "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jadata "If/When" positive subject concord + -kidata "If not" positive subject concord + -sipodata Consecutive kadata / positive subject concord + -kadata Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kadate
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nidata -tudata 2nd person -kudata -wadata/-kudateni/-wadateni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mdata -wadata m-mi(III/IV) -udata -idata ji-ma(V/VI) -lidata -yadata ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kidata -vidata n(IX/X) -idata -zidata u(XI) -udata see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kudata pa(XVI) -padata mu(XVIII) -mudata Reflexive -jidata
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -data- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -dataye -datao m-mi(III/IV) -datao -datayo ji-ma(V/VI) -datalo -datayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -datacho -datavyo n(IX/X) -datayo -datazo u(XI) -datao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -datako pa(XVI) -datapo mu(XVIII) -datamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -data) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yedata -odata m-mi(III/IV) -odata -yodata ji-ma(V/VI) -lodata -yodata ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chodata -vyodata n(IX/X) -yodata -zodata u(XI) -odata see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kodata pa(XVI) -podata mu(XVIII) -modata
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin data, from the plural of datum (“that which is given, information, facts at hand, a date in the calendar”).

The sense ”computer” is a clipping of datamaskin.

Noun

data c

1. (uncountable) information, especially encoded information that can be processed by computers
2. (colloquial, proscribed) Alternative form of dator (“computer”)

   Det är fel på datan. ― Something's wrong with the computer.

   • 1966, Olof Johannesson (pen name of Hannes Alfvén), Sagan om den stora datamaskinen:

     De första datorna var ju också mycket enkla.

     The first computers were indeed very simple.

Usage notes

• The first definition is rarely inflected, but most often used in its basic form. In the definite form, both neuter (datat) and common gender (datan) forms are used. For the compound indata, Google yields 440,000 hits, but only 2110 for indatan and 1200 for indatat. The Latin singular datum is not used in this sense, because it is already used for ”date (in the calendar)”.
• Swedish lacked a good and short word for computer until dator was proposed in 1967. The colloquial data was used in the 1960s and is still used colloquially today, but is usually proscribed. The form dator is also the plural of data, and the plural definite forms datorerna/datorna are very similar.

Declension

Declension of data

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	data	datas
	definite	datan	datans
plural	indefinite	dator	dators
	definite	datorna	datornas

Derived terms

• datavirus
• trafikdata

References

• data in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• “Hur kan man använda data och datan? [How are data and datan used?]”, in Frågelådan, Swedish Language Council, 2019 December 28 (last accessed)