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

Noun

data

plural of datum
Synonym: data points

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

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

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

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

(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): (Valencia) [ˈda.ta]

Noun

data f (plural dates)

date (specific moment in time)

Etymology 2

Verb

data

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

Cebuano

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: da‧ta

Noun

data

installment, partial payment

Chinese

Etymology

From English data.

Pronunciation

Noun

data (Hong Kong Cantonese)

data (information)
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]

Noun

data n pl (related adjective datový)

data
Synonym: údaje

Declension

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Danish

Noun

data n (singular definite dataet, plural indefinite data)

datum, data
curriculum vitae, résumé

Inflection

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

data

plural of datum
Synonym: datums
(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

data

Declension

Synonyms

anne (“datum”) (rare)

Derived terms

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /da.ta/

Verb

data

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

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

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

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch data, from Latin data.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

data

datum,
1. a fact known from direct observation.
2. a premise from which conclusions are drawn.
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

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)

date (“calendar date”)
la data di oggi ― today's date

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

data

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

feminine singular of dato

References

Ladin

Noun

data f (plural dates)

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

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

Participle

datā

ablative feminine singular of datus

Noun

data

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)

date
data

Related terms

Middle Irish

Noun

data m

sire, father
foster father, godfather, guardian
Synonym: aite
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

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)

data
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

plural of datum

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

(plural: data, in the plural or collective and uncountable) data; information, especially in a computational context
(plural: dataar or dataer, countable) short for datamaskin (“computer”)
(collective, uncountable) short for datateknologi (“computer technology”)
(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)

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

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

Declension

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)

date (point of time at which a transaction or event takes place)
Qual é sua data de nascimento? ― What is your date of birth?
(informal) a large quantity
Uma data de coisas. ― Lots of things.
(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

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.

to date

Conjugation

Etymology 2

Noun

data f

nominative/accusative definite singular of dată

Rwanda-Rundi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *tààtá.

Noun

dātá class 1a (plural bādâtá class 2a)

my father
my paternal uncle

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)

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

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

Swahili

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from English data.

Noun

data (n class, plural data)

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)

to crackle
to miss a desired outcome
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

(uncountable) information, especially encoded information that can be processed by computers
(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

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)

data

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English

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Afar

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Catalan

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Cebuano

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Chinese

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Czech

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Danish

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Dutch

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Finnish

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French

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Ilocano

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Indonesian

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Italian

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