programmer

English

Etymology

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɹəʊɡɹæmə/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɹoʊɡɹæmɚ/

Noun

programmer (plural programmers)

  1. (computing) One who writes computer programs; a software developer.
    Synonym: coder
  2. One who decides which programs will be shown on a television station, or which songs will be played on a radio station.
  3. A device that installs or controls a software program in some other machine.
    • 1999, Peter Spasov, Microcontroller technology, the 68HC11:
      The EPROM programmer burns the data into the EPROM chip. When programming is completed, remove the EPROM chip and plug it into the circuit […]
    • 2015, Brian Scaddan, Electrical Installation Work (page 201)
      This system comprises a boiler with its own thermostat to regulate the water temperature, a pump, a hot-water storage tank, a room thermostat and some form of timed programmer.
  4. (now rare) A short film feature as part of a longer film program.
    • 2019, Delia Malia Caparoso Konzett, Hollywood at the Intersection of Race and Identity
      As a programmer, the Chan series is linked to the B picture, known for its low production value and overt, disruptive, unpolished, even lurid narratives.

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See also

French

Etymology

From programme +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pʁɔ.ɡʁa.me/
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Verb

programmer

  1. to program
  2. (computing) to program, to write program code

Conjugation
Conjugation of programmer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple programmer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple programmant
/pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle programmé
/pʁɔ.ɡʁa.me/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present programme
/pʁɔ.ɡʁam/		 programmes
/pʁɔ.ɡʁam/		 programme
/pʁɔ.ɡʁam/		 programmons
/pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mɔ̃/		 programmez
/pʁɔ.ɡʁa.me/		 programment
/pʁɔ.ɡʁam/
imperfect programmais
/pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mɛ/		 programmais
/pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mɛ/		 programmait
/pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mɛ/		 programmions
/pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mjɔ̃/		 programmiez
/pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mje/		 programmaient
/pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mɛ/
past historic2 programmai
/pʁɔ.ɡʁa.me/		 programmas
/pʁɔ.ɡʁa.ma/		 programma
/pʁɔ.ɡʁa.ma/		 programmâmes
/pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mam/		 programmâtes
/pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mat/		 programmèrent
/pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mɛʁ/
future programmerai
/pʁɔ.ɡʁam.ʁe/		 programmeras
/pʁɔ.ɡʁam.ʁa/		 programmera
/pʁɔ.ɡʁam.ʁa/		 programmerons
/pʁɔ.ɡʁam.ʁɔ̃/		 programmerez
/pʁɔ.ɡʁam.ʁe/		 programmeront
/pʁɔ.ɡʁam.ʁɔ̃/
conditional programmerais
/pʁɔ.ɡʁam.ʁɛ/		 programmerais
/pʁɔ.ɡʁam.ʁɛ/		 programmerait
/pʁɔ.ɡʁam.ʁɛ/		 programmerions
/pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mə.ʁjɔ̃/		 programmeriez
/pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mə.ʁje/		 programmeraient
/pʁɔ.ɡʁam.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present programme
/pʁɔ.ɡʁam/		 programmes
/pʁɔ.ɡʁam/		 programme
/pʁɔ.ɡʁam/		 programmions
/pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mjɔ̃/		 programmiez
/pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mje/		 programment
/pʁɔ.ɡʁam/
imperfect2 programmasse
/pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mas/		 programmasses
/pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mas/		 programmât
/pʁɔ.ɡʁa.ma/		 programmassions
/pʁɔ.ɡʁa.ma.sjɔ̃/		 programmassiez
/pʁɔ.ɡʁa.ma.sje/		 programmassent
/pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — programme
/pʁɔ.ɡʁam/		 — programmons
/pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mɔ̃/		 programmez
/pʁɔ.ɡʁa.me/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

programmer n

  1. indefinite plural of program

Verb

programmer

  1. imperative of programmere
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