"software" in seven languages
Meaningsoftware
Spanish
software
/ˈsoftweɾ/
masc.other source · English software
French
logiciel
/lɔʒisjɛl/
masc.other source · French coinage from logique 'logic', modelled on matériel 'hardware'
Italian
software
/ˈsɔftwer/
masc.other source · English software
Invariable: i software.
Portuguese
software
/ˈsɔftwɛh/
masc.other source · English software
Romanian
software
/ˈsoftwer/
neut.other source · English software
Catalan
programari
/pɾugɾəˈmaɾi/
masc.other source · Catalan coinage: programa 'program' + -ari, beside maquinari 'hardware'
Software is heard too, but programari is the standard term.
English
software
/ˈsɔftwɛɹ/
native English · English soft + ware
English → ItaliansoftwaresoftwareCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The story
Spanish and Italian simply took the English word; French coined logiciel to match matériel, its word for hardware.
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In a sentence
- esTengo que actualizar el software.
- frJe dois mettre à jour le logiciel.
- itDevo aggiornare il software.
- ptPreciso atualizar o software.
- roTrebuie să actualizez software-ul.
- caHe d'actualitzar el programari.
- enI need to update the software.