terminal

Borrowed 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.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɚmɪnəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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terminal (plural terminals)

1. A building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.

   Terminal 1 is for domestic flights, whereas Terminal 2 is for international flights.

   A shuttle service runs free of charge between the three terminals.

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. A storage tank for bulk liquids (such as oil or chemicals) prior to further distribution.
7. (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.
8. An electric contact on a battery.
9. (telecommunications) The apparatus to send and/or receive signals on a line, such as a telephone or network device.
10. (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.
11. (computing) A computer program that emulates a physical terminal.
12. (computing theory) A terminal symbol in a formal grammar.
13. (biology) The end ramification (of an axon, etc.) or one of the extremities of a polypeptide.

• → Bulgarian: термина́л (terminál)
• → Japanese: ターミナル (tāminaru)
• → Korean: 터미널 (teomineol)
• → Russian: термина́л (terminál)
  • → Kazakh: терминал (terminal)

terminal (comparative more terminal, superlative most terminal)

1. Fatal; resulting in death.

   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, and serves to terminate it
4. (archaic) Occurring every term; termly.

   a student's terminal fees

• (appearing at the end): endly, final, late, endsome

• non-terminal
• (antonym(s) of “illness”): early
• (antonym(s) of “appearing at the end”): initial, early

terminal (third-person singular simple present terminals, present participle terminaling or terminalling, simple past and past participle terminaled or terminalled)

1. To store bulk liquids (such as oil or chemicals) in storage tanks prior to further distribution.

• “terminal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “terminal”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

• trailmen, tram line, tramline

Borrowed from Late Latin terminālis, from Latin terminus.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [tər.miˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [teɾ.miˈnal]

terminal m or f (masculine and feminine plural terminals)

1. terminal

   Un pacient terminal científicament no té possibilitats de sobreviure.

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• terminar
• terme

terminal m (plural terminals)

1. (computing) terminal

From English terminal, 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”).

• Hyphenation: ter‧mi‧nal

terminal

1. a terminus
2. an airport terminal
3. a port terminal
4. a rail station

Borrowed from Late Latin terminālis, from Latin terminus.

• IPA^(key): /tɛʁ.mi.nal/

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• Homophones: terminale, terminales

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

1. terminal

   Le cancer est en phase terminale.

   The cancer is in the terminal stage.

• choc terminal

• terminer

terminal m (plural terminaux)

1. terminal

• “terminal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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terminal (strong nominative masculine singular terminaler, not comparable)

1. terminal

• “terminal” in Duden online
• “terminal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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

• IPA^(key): [tɛrˈminal] (standard)
• IPA^(key): [tərˈminal] (anglicised)
• Hyphenation: tèr‧mi‧nal

terminal (plural terminal-terminal, first-person possessive terminalku, second-person possessive terminalmu, third-person possessive terminalnya)

1. terminal:
   1. (transport) facility to embark and disembark passengers.

      Synonym: stasiun

   2. (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.

• “terminal” 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.

From Latin terminus, via English terminal.

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

1. a terminal

• ferjeterminal
• flyterminal
• godsterminal

• “terminal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin terminus, via English terminal.

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

1. a terminal

• ferjeterminal
• flyterminal
• godsterminal

• “terminal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from English terminal.

• IPA^(key): /tɛrˈmi.nal/

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• Rhymes: -inal
• Syllabification: ter‧mi‧nal

terminal m inan

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

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

Borrowed from Late Latin terminālis, from Latin terminus.

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: ter‧mi‧nal

terminal m or f (plural terminais)

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

• terminalmente

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)

Borrowed from French terminale.

terminal m or n (feminine singular terminală, masculine plural terminali, feminine and neuter plural terminale)

1. terminal

Borrowed from Late Latin terminālis, from Latin terminus.

• IPA^(key): /teɾmiˈnal/ [t̪eɾ.miˈnal]

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• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ter‧mi‧nal

terminal m or f (masculine and feminine plural terminales)

1. final, last

   Synonyms: último, final

   Antonym: primero

2. terminal, fatal (resulting in death)
3. terminally ill

terminal m or f same meaning (plural terminales)

1. terminal (a building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to airplanes)
2. terminal (a device for entering data into a computer)

terminal m (plural terminales)

1. mobile phone

   Synonyms: teléfono móvil, teléfono celular

   • 2020 March 2, “Tres detenidos por violar y grabar a una mujer en Barcelona [Three arrested for raping and recording a woman in Barcelona]”, in La Vanguardia‎^[1]:

     Los agentes intervinieron los teléfonos móviles de los detenidos y además uno de ellos guardaba en su bolsillo el terminal de la víctima.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• “terminal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16

Borrowed from English terminal or Spanish terminal.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈteɾminal/ [ˌt̪ɛɾ.mɪˈn̪al]
• Rhymes: -eɾminal
• Syllabification: ter‧mi‧nal

términál (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜇ᜔ᜋᜒᜈᜎ᜔)

1. terminal (station at either end of a transportation line)

   Synonyms: himpilan, estasyon

2. end; extremity; limit

   Synonyms: dulo, duluhan, hanggahan, hangganan

Borrowed from French terminal, from Late Latin terminalis, from Latin terminus.

• IPA^(key): [tæɾmiˈnɑl]
• Hyphenation: ter‧mi‧nal

terminal (definite accusative terminali, plural terminaller)

1. bus station (terminal)

Inflection
Nominative	terminal
Definite accusative	terminali
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	terminal	terminaller
Definite accusative	terminali	terminalleri
Dative	terminale	terminallere
Locative	terminalde	terminallerde
Ablative	terminalden	terminallerden
Genitive	terminalin	terminallerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular terminalim terminallerim 2nd singular terminalin terminallerin 3rd singular terminali terminalleri 1st plural terminalimiz terminallerimiz 2nd plural terminaliniz terminalleriniz 3rd plural terminalleri terminalleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular terminalimi terminallerimi 2nd singular terminalini terminallerini 3rd singular terminalini terminallerini 1st plural terminalimizi terminallerimizi 2nd plural terminalinizi terminallerinizi 3rd plural terminallerini terminallerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular terminalime terminallerime 2nd singular terminaline terminallerine 3rd singular terminaline terminallerine 1st plural terminalimize terminallerimize 2nd plural terminalinize terminallerinize 3rd plural terminallerine terminallerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular terminalimde terminallerimde 2nd singular terminalinde terminallerinde 3rd singular terminalinde terminallerinde 1st plural terminalimizde terminallerimizde 2nd plural terminalinizde terminallerinizde 3rd plural terminallerinde terminallerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular terminalimden terminallerimden 2nd singular terminalinden terminallerinden 3rd singular terminalinden terminallerinden 1st plural terminalimizden terminallerimizden 2nd plural terminalinizden terminallerinizden 3rd plural terminallerinden terminallerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular terminalimin terminallerimin 2nd singular terminalinin terminallerinin 3rd singular terminalinin terminallerinin 1st plural terminalimizin terminallerimizin 2nd plural terminalinizin terminallerinizin 3rd plural terminallerinin terminallerinin

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