pixel

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English

Etymology

pix (“pictures”), + el(ement); often taken to be a blend of “picture” and “element”. The ⟨x⟩ stems from the abbreviation pics being sometimes also written as pix, which has been in use since the 1880s. First attested in 1965.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪksəl/, /ˈpɪksɛl/
• Rhymes: -ɪksəl

Noun

pixel (plural pixels)

1. One of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory.
2. One of the squares that make up a work of pixel art or a zoomed-in image in a computer.

Synonyms

• pel (rare)
• pictel (dated)
• px

Hyponyms

• gigapixel
• kilopixel
• macropixel
• megapixel
• micropixel
• terapixel

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

pixel (third-person singular simple present pixels, present participle pixeling or pixelling, simple past and past participle pixeled or pixelled)

1. To create computer graphics by editing individual pixels.

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “pixel”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Further reading

• pixel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• plexi

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English pixel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪk.səl/
• Hyphenation: pi‧xel

Noun

pixel m (plural pixels, diminutive pixeltje n)

1. pixel

   Synonym: beeldpunt

Derived terms

• megapixel
• pixelig

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English pixel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pik.sɛl/

Noun

pixel m (plural pixels)

1. (computing) pixel

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English pixel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpiksɛl]
• Hyphenation: pi‧xel
• Rhymes: -ɛl

Noun

pixel (plural pixelek)

1. (computing) pixel (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory)

Declension

Derived terms

• megapixel

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from English pixel, abbreviation of "picture element".

Noun

pixel m (definite singular pixelen, indefinite plural pixeler or pixler, definite plural pixelene or pixlene)

1. (computing) alternative form of piksel

Usage notes

The plural forms pixler and pixlene are not listed officially, but are in common use, and also occur in Danish (as pixler and pixlerne).

References

• “pixel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English pixel.

Pronunciation

Noun

pixel m (plural pixels or (proscribed) pixeis)

1. Alternative form of píxel

Usage notes

The prescribed adaptation of the unadapted borrowing pixel is píxel, rendering the plural píxeis. Thus, the prescribed plural of pixel is the English plural pixels instead of pixeis, since the later does not correspond to the pronunciation of the word as a paroxytone.

References

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiɡsel/ [ˈpiɣ̞.sel]
• Rhymes: -iɡsel
• Syllabification: pi‧xel

Noun

pixel m (plural pixeles)

1. Alternative spelling of píxel

Further reading

• “pixel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Swedish

Noun

pixel c

1. (computing) a pixel

   Synonym: bildpunkt

Declension

References

• pixel in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• pixel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)