laptop

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English

Alternative forms

• lap-top (dated)

Etymology

From lap (“upper legs of a seated person”) +‎ top, modeled after desktop.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlæp.tɒp/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlæp.tɑp/

Noun

laptop (plural laptops)

1. (computing) A laptop computer.

Synonyms

• (laptop computer): laptop computer, notebook computer

Derived terms

• craptop
• laptop hobo
• laptronica

Related terms

• desktop
• palmtop

Translations

Adjective

laptop (not comparable)

1. Designed for use on a lap.

Derived terms

• laptop computer

Anagrams

• applot

Dutch

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English laptop.

Pronunciation

• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛp.tɔp/
• (Belgium) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑp.tɔp/
• Hyphenation: lap‧top

Noun

laptop m (plural laptops, diminutive laptopje n)

1. laptop (computer with a clamshell design, portable and foldable)

Derived terms

Hungarian

Etymology

From English laptop. It may also be considered as a phono-semantic matching of English laptop, its first element reinterpreted as Hungarian lap (“sheet”) due to its being slim.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛptop] (phonetic respelling: leptop)
• Hyphenation: lap‧top
• Rhymes: -op

Noun

laptop (plural laptopok)

1. laptop

Declension

Indonesian

Etymology

From English laptop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlaptɔp]
• Hyphenation: lap‧top

Noun

laptop (first-person possessive laptopku, second-person possessive laptopmu, third-person possessive laptopnya)

1. (computing) laptop, laptop computer: a portable computer that is small enough and light enough to be used on one's lap, but large enough to have an integrated keyboard.

Derived terms

Further reading

• “laptop” 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.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from English laptop.

Noun

laptop m (definite singular laptopen, indefinite plural laptoper, definite plural laptopene)

1. (computing) a laptop

Synonyms

• bærbar datamaskin

References

• “laptop” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English laptop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlap.tɔp/
• Rhymes: -aptɔp
• Syllabification: lap‧top

Noun

laptop m inan or m animal (related adjective laptopowy)

1. (computing) laptop, laptop computer (portable computer that is small enough and light enough to be used on one's lap, but large enough to have an integrated keyboard)

   Synonym: lapek

   Hypernym: komputer

   Hyponyms: netbook, notebook

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• laptop in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• laptop in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• laptop in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English laptop.

Pronunciation

Noun

laptop m (plural laptops)

1. (computing) laptop computer (class of portable computers)

   Synonym: notebook

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English laptop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlep.top/

Noun

laptop n (plural laptopuri)

1. laptop

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English laptop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /labˈtop/ [laβ̞ˈt̪op]
• Rhymes: -op
• Syllabification: lap‧top

Noun

laptop m or f same meaning (plural laptops)

1. laptop

Usage notes

• Per the Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, the term is predominantly feminine in most of Latin America, but masculine in Ecuador and Argentina, and either gender in Chile. When used in Spain, it is masculine, although the term is rare there.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English laptop.

Noun

laptop c

1. (computing) laptop

   Synonyms: bärbar dator, portföljdator

Declension