data

data

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English

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): /ˈdeɪ.tə/
    • (US) IPA(key): [ˈdeɪ.ɾə]
    • Homophone: dater (in non-rhotic dialects)
    • Rhymes: -eɪtə
  • (US, Canada, Ireland)
    • enPR: dăt'ə, IPA(key): /ˈdæ.tə/, [ˈdæ.ɾə]
    • 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]
    • Homophone: darter (in non-rhotic dialects)
    • Rhymes: -ɑːtə

Noun

data

  1. plural of datum
  2. (collectively, uncountable) Information, especially in a scientific or computational context, or with the implication that it is organized.
  3. (collectively) Recorded observations that are usually presented in a structured format.
  4. (computing) A representation of facts or ideas in a formalized manner capable of being communicated or manipulated by some process.
  6. (mobile telephony) Ellipsis of mobile data: digital information transmitted using the cellular telephone network rather than Wi-Fi.

Usage notes

  • This word 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 far more common in formal contexts.
  • In geodetic contexts, the word is used exclusively as an uncountable with the singular datum having the plural datums to replace it.
  • 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 largely ignored by the computing profession.[3]

Hyponyms

  • big data
  • metadata
  • primary data
  • raw data

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • → Turkish: data

Translations

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

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): (Valencian) [ˈda.ta]

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

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 wai6-2 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]

Noun

data n pl (related adjective datový)

  1. data
    Synonym: údaje

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

  • data in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • data in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Noun

data n (singular definite dataet, plural indefinite data)

  1. datum, data
  2. curriculum vitae, résumé

Inflection

Dutch

Pronunciation

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
  • Syllabification(key): da‧ta

Noun

data

  1. data

Declension

Synonyms

  • anne (“datum”) (rare)

Derived terms

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/

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

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

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

Related terms

Further reading

  • “data” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic 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
    a giorni data ― within days

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 f sg

  1. feminine singular of dato
Related terms

See also

  • dato / dati

Ladin

Noun

data f (plural dates)

  1. date (day number of the month)

Latin

Pronunciation

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

Participle

data

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

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

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

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

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/
  • Rhymes: -ata
  • Syllabification: da‧ta

Noun

data f

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

Declension

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (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 conj.

  1. to date
Conjugation

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
Related terms

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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swahili

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from English data.

Noun

data (n class, plural data)

  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

References

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.

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

Derived terms

  • 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)

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