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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin digitālis, from digitus (“finger, toe”) + -alis (“-al”). Doublet of digitalis.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdɪd͡ʒɪtl̩/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Adjective

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digital (not comparable)

  1. Having to do with digits (fingers or toes); especially, performed with a finger.
    Coordinate terms: dactylo-, fingerlike, toelike
    digital palpation
    digital examination
  2. Property of representing values as discrete, often binary, numbers rather than a continuous spectrum.
    digital computer
    digital clock
    • 2013 July-August, Catherine Clabby, “Focus on Everything”, in American Scientist:
      Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. […] A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that. Developed as a tool to electronically combine the sharpest bits of multiple digital images, focus stacking is a boon to biologists seeking full focus on a micron scale.
  3. Of or relating to computers or the Information Age.
    Coordinate term: online
    Near-synonyms: computerized, electronic, digitized, virtual
    Digital payment systems are replacing cash transactions.

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Related terms

Descendants

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  • → Thai: ดิจิทัล (dí-jì-tâl)
  • → Persian: دیجیتال (dijitâl)

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Noun

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digital (countable and uncountable, plural digitals)

  1. (finance) A digital option.
  2. (uncountable) Digital equipment or technology.
    He moved to digital for the first time, using a Sony camera.
  3. Short for digital watch.
    • 2000, Amy Glasmeier, Manufacturing Time, page 209:
      Initially, traditional watchmakers could not see much future in digitals.
  4. (informal, uncountable) Short for digital art.
    Coordinate term: traditional
  5. (music) Any of the keys of a piano or similar instrument.
    • c.1920?, Annie Jessy Gregg Curwen, The Teacher's Guide to Mrs. Curwen's Pianoforte Method (The Child Pianist)
      Beginning with the keyboard, direct attention to the grouping of the black digitals, and show that though at the outer edge of the keyboard the white digitals look as if they were all equally close neighbours, yet, […]
  6. (colloquial, humorous) A finger.
    • 1853, Yankee Notions, volume 2, page 137:
      […] turning round as he reached the door, he placed his digitals in close proximity to his proboscis, saying—“I guess there an't anything green about this child!' and left the Professor in utter astonishment […]
    • 1855, North Carolina University Magazine, volume 3, page 23:
      […] with grave complacency wiggles his digitals, and turns away with a scornful smile playing upon his countenance.

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin digitālis. Doublet of didal, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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digital m or f (masculine and feminine plural digitals)

  1. digital

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Danish

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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digital (neuter digitalt, plural and definite singular attributive digitale)

  1. digital (representing discrete values)
  2. digital (of or relating to computers or the Information Age)

Inflection

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Inflection of digital
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular digital — —2
indefinite neuter singular digitalt — —2
plural digitale — —2
definite attributive1 digitale — —

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin digitālis. Doublet of dé.

Use in electronics is a literal borrowing from English, through a misinterpretation of the English word digit.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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digital (feminine digitale, masculine plural digitaux, feminine plural digitales)

  1. (relational) fingers, toes; digital
  2. (Anglicism, proscribed) digital (not analog)

Usage notes

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  • digital is occasionally used in French to describe display devices such as TV screens. Its use for other purposes is often criticised, because this use derives from English, and because digital more commonly has the first meaning above. See also numérique.

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German

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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digital (strong nominative masculine singular digitaler, not comparable)

  1. (computing) digital
  2. (medicine) digital

Declension

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Positive forms of digital (uncomparable)
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist digital sie ist digital es ist digital sie sind digital
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative digitaler digitale digitales digitale
genitive digitalen digitaler digitalen digitaler
dative digitalem digitaler digitalem digitalen
accusative digitalen digitale digitales digitale
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der digitale die digitale das digitale die digitalen
genitive des digitalen der digitalen des digitalen der digitalen
dative dem digitalen der digitalen dem digitalen den digitalen
accusative den digitalen die digitale das digitale die digitalen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein digitaler eine digitale ein digitales (keine) digitalen
genitive eines digitalen einer digitalen eines digitalen (keiner) digitalen
dative einem digitalen einer digitalen einem digitalen (keinen) digitalen
accusative einen digitalen eine digitale ein digitales (keine) digitalen

Further reading

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

Indonesian

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Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia id

Etymology

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From Dutch digitaal, from Latin digitālis or Middle French digital, itself from Latin.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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digital

  1. digital
    Antonym: analog
    1. Property of representing values as discrete, often binary, numbers rather than a continuous spectrum.
    2. Of or relating to computers or the Information Age.

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Norman

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin digitālis, from digitus (“finger, toe”) + -ālis (“-al”).

Adjective

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digital m

  1. (Jersey) digital

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Latin digitalis, via English digital.

Adjective

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digital (neuter singular digitalt, definite singular and plural digitale)

  1. digital

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Latin digitalis, via English digital.

Adjective

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digital (neuter singular digitalt, definite singular and plural digitale)

  1. digital

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin digitālis. Doublet of dedal, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: di‧gi‧tal

Adjective

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digital m or f (plural digitais)

  1. digital; having to do with the fingers or toes
  2. dealing with discrete values rather than a continuous spectrum of values
  3. dealing with the display of numerical values

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Noun

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digital f (plural digitais)

  1. (Brazil) Ellipsis of impressão digital.

Romanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French digital. By surface analysis, digit +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /di.d͡ʒiˈtal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Hyphenation: di‧gi‧tal

Adjective

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digital m or n (feminine singular digitală, masculine plural digitali, feminine and neuter plural digitale)

  1. digital (having to do with fingers or toes)
  2. digital (dealing with discrete values rather than a continuous spectrum of values)

Declension

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singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite digital digitală digitali digitale
definite digitalul digitala digitalii digitalele
genitive-
dative 		indefinite digital digitale digitali digitale
definite digitalului digitalei digitalelor digitalilor
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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin digitālis. Doublet of dedal, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dixiˈtal/ [d̪i.xiˈt̪al]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: di‧gi‧tal

Adjective

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digital m or f (masculine and feminine plural digitales)

  1. digital; having to do with the fingers or toes
  2. digital; dealing with discrete values rather than a continuous spectrum of values
  3. digital; dealing with the display of numerical values

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Noun

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digital f (plural digitales)

  1. foxglove (plant, flower)

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Latin digitālis, via English digital.

Adjective

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digital (not comparable)

  1. digital; in (or using) digital (and electronic) form

Usage notes

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  • Circa 2010, the word took on a wider definition, meaning electronic, modern, or binary (having only two values); digitalisering (“digitization”) started to being used not only of signals, information and documents (e.g. digitizing books or patient's journals), but also about enterprises, as a synonym to automation, computerization (e.g. digitizing libraries and hospitals).

Declension

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Inflection of digital
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular digital — —
neuter singular digitalt — —
plural digitala — —
masculine plural2 digitale — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 digitale — —
all digitala — —

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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