terminal

Etymology

From French terminal, from Late Latin terminalis (“pertaining to a boundary or to the end, terminal, final”), from Latin terminus (“a bound, boundary, limit, end”). See term, terminus.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɚmɪnəl/

Noun

terminal (plural terminals)

1. A building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.
2. A harbour facility where ferries embark and disembark passengers and load and unload vehicles.
3. A rail station where service begins and ends; the end of the line. For example: Grand Central Terminal in New York City.
4. A rate charged on all freight, regardless of distance, and supposed to cover the expenses of station service, as distinct from mileage rate, generally proportionate to the distance and intended to cover movement expenses.
5. A town lying at the end of a railroad, in which the terminal is located; more properly called a terminus.
6. (electronics) the end of a line where signals are either transmitted or received, or a point along the length of a line where the signals are made available to apparatus.
7. An electric contact on a battery.
8. (telecommunications) The apparatus to send and/or receive signals on a line, such as a telephone or network device.
9. (computing) A device for entering data into a computer or a communications system and/or displaying data received, especially a device equipped with a keyboard and some sort of textual display.
10. (computing) A computer program that emulates a physical terminal.
11. (computing theory) A terminal symbol in a formal grammar.
12. (biology) The end ramification (of an axon, etc.) or one of the extremities of a polypeptid.

Adjective

terminal (not comparable)

1. (illness): Fatal; resulting in death.

   (example) terminal cancer

2. Appearing at the end; top or apex of a physical object.
3. Occurring at the end of a word, sentence, or period of time.

Further reading

• terminal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• terminal in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• tram line, tramline

Adjective

terminal (masculine and feminine plural terminals)

1. terminal

Noun

terminal m (plural terminals)

1. (computing) terminal

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛʁ.mi.nal/

• Audio (Paris)

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• Homophones: terminale, terminales

Adjective

terminal (feminine singular terminale, masculine plural terminaux, feminine plural terminales)

1. terminal

Noun

terminal m (plural terminaux)

1. terminal

Further reading

• “terminal” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Adjective

terminal (not comparable)

1. terminal

Further reading

• terminal in Duden online

Etymology

From Latin terminus, via English terminal

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

terminal m (definite singular terminalen, indefinite plural terminaler, definite plural terminalene)

1. a terminal

References

• “terminal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From Latin terminus, via English terminal

Noun

terminal m (definite singular terminalen, indefinite plural terminalar, definite plural terminalane)

1. a terminal

References

• “terminal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Noun

terminal m inan

1. airport terminal (building at an airport from which passengers board the planes)
2. transportation hub
3. computer terminal (device for entering data into a computer)

Adjective

terminal m, f (plural terminais, comparable)

1. relating to or occurring during the conclusion or end of something
2. (of a disease) terminal (resulting in death)

Noun

terminal m (plural terminais)

1. terminal (section of a station or airport where passengers board the vehicle or craft)
2. (electronics) terminal (the end of a line where signals are transmitted or received)
3. (computing) terminal (device for entering and displaying data)
4. (computing) terminal (computer program that emulates a terminal)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /termiˈnal/, [t̪ermiˈnal]

Adjective

terminal (plural terminales)

1. final
2. deadly

Noun

terminal m (plural terminales)

1. terminal
2. closure (clarification of this definition is needed)

Further reading

• “terminal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.