map

English Online Dictionary. What means map‎? What does map mean?

Translingual

Symbol

map

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Austronesian languages.

English

Etymology

Shortening or back-formation of Middle English mappemounde, mapemounde (“world map”), from Old French mapamonde, from Medieval Latin mappa mundī, compound of Latin mappa (“napkin, cloth”) and mundus (“world”). See mop for more on the first component.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American): enPR: măp, IPA^(key): /mæp/
• Rhymes: -æp

Noun

map (plural maps)

1. A visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary, showing the relative positions of places and other features.

   Synonyms: plan, chart

2. A graphical or logical representation of any structure or system, showing the positions of or relationships between its components.

   Synonyms: plan, chart
3. (mathematics) A function, especially a function satisfying a certain property (e.g. continuity, linearity, etc.; see Usage notes).

   Synonyms: mapping, function

   Let ${displaystyle f}$ be a map from ${displaystyle \mathbb }$ to ${displaystyle \mathbb }$

4. (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Araschnia (especially, Araschnia levana) and Cyrestis, having map-like markings on the wings.
5. (UK, dated) The face.
6. (board games, video games) An imaginary or fictional area, often predefined and confined, where a game or a session thereof takes place.

   Synonyms: level, stage
7. (computing) Synonym of associative array.

Usage notes

For the most part, map and function are synonyms in mathematics, and are frequently used interchangeably; however, certain branches of mathematics sometimes use map in a specialised sense to mean a function that preserves some important property in that branch of mathematics, i.e. a morphism. For instance, in topology, map may specifically mean a continuous function, and in linear algebra it may specifically mean a linear transformation.

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Verb

map (third-person singular simple present maps, present participle mapping, simple past and past participle mapped)

1. (transitive) To represent by means of a map.

2. (transitive) To create a map of; to examine or survey in order to gather information for a map.

3. (intransitive, followed by a "to" phrase) To have a direct relationship; to correspond.

   This doesn't map to my understanding of how things should work.
4. (transitive, followed by a "to" phrase) To create a direct relationship to; to create a correspondence with.

5. (mathematics, transitive, followed by a "to" phrase) To act as a function on something, taking it to something else.

   ${displaystyle f}$ maps ${displaystyle A}$ to ${displaystyle B}$, mapping every ${displaystyle a\in A}$ to ${displaystyle f(a)\in B}$.

6. (transitive, computing) To assign a drive letter to a shared folder.

Derived terms

• demap
• map out
• remap

Descendants

• → Swedish: mappa

Translations

References

• “map”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• AMP, APM, MPA, PAM, Pam, amp, p.m.a., pam, pma

Cornish

Etymology

Cognate with Breton mab, Old Irish macc.

Noun

map m (plural mebyow)

1. son
2. boy

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Mappe, from Latin mappa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑp/
• Hyphenation: map
• Rhymes: -ɑp

Noun

map f (plural mappen, diminutive mapje n)

1. folder
2. (computing) directory, folder

Descendants

• → Indonesian: map

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch map (“folder”), from German Mappe, from Latin mappa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmap̚/
• Rhymes: -map, -ap, -p
• Hyphenation: map

Noun

map (first-person possessive mapku, second-person possessive mapmu, third-person possessive mapnya)

1. folder: An organizer that papers are kept in, usually with an index tab, to be stored as a single unit in a filing cabinet.

   Synonym: folder

Further reading

• “map” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Old Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *mab, from Proto-Celtic *makʷos.

Noun

map m (plural mepion)

1. son

Descendants

• Middle Welsh: mab
  • Welsh: mab

Further reading

• Falileyev, Alexander (2000) Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie; 18), Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 109

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /map/
• Rhymes: -ap
• Syllabification: map

Noun

map f

1. genitive plural of mapa

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

map m (genitive singular map, plural mapaichean)

1. Alternative form of mapa

Mutation

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English map.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /map/
• Rhymes: -ap

Noun

map m (plural mapiau)

1. map

Derived terms

• mapio (“to map”)

Mutation

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “map”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies