Dictionary

compiler en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /kəmˈpaɪlə/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /kəmˈpaɪlɚ/ (US)

Etymology

From Middle English compilour, from Anglo-Norman compilour, from Old French compileur, from Latin compīlātōrem, equivalent to compile + -er.

Meanings

1. One who compiles.
   • Had I travelled the same route by train (the Trans-Siberian Express, say), it would have taken me a week to get there - enough time to notice that the clocks at all the stations along the way (as well as at all other stations in the totalitarian USSR) stubbornly stuck to Moscow Time. […] That bizarre arrangement, convenient for the compilers of train timetables but highly confusing for everyone else, was in force until the early 2000s, when railway stations across Russia finally adopted local times, like everywhere else in the world. 2025 November 12, Vitali Vitaliev, “Time travelling”, in RAIL, number 1048, page 68:
   • my favourite crossword compiler
   • a compiler of poetry anthologies
2. A computer program that transforms source code into object code.
   • The recommended Apple Objective-C compiler, Clang/LLVM (versions 4.2 and above) provides support for autosynthesis of declared properties. This means that the compiler will automatically synthesize declared properties […] 2013, Keith Lee, Pro Objective-C, page 24:
   • As a result, many compilers automatically allocate blocks of memory and then parcel chunks out to programs with a suballocator when needed. That is, the compiler allocates a chunk of some 4,000 bytes and then parcels this memory out to you in bits and pieces when you need it. 1995, Charles Calvert, Teach Yourself Windows 95 Programming in 21 Days, page 1170:

Forms

Descendants

kompajler · Compiler

Hyponyms

metacompiler · multi-pass compiler · cross compiler · transcompiler · source-to-source compiler · one-pass compiler · transpiler · multi-language compiler · biocompiler · supercompiler · multi-target compiler · translating compiler

Translations (72)

fi koostaja (a person who compiles) · hu fordító (computer program) · ga tiomsaitheoir (a person who compiles) · pl kompilator (computer program) · sh kompajler (computer program) · it compilatore (computer program) · ru состави́тель (a person who compiles) · fi kokoaja (a person who compiles) · he מְהַדֵּר (computer program) · is þýðandi (computer program) · vi biên dịch viên (a person who compiles) · la compīlātor (a person who compiles) · sv kompilator (a person who compiles) · de Übersetzer (computer program) · cy crynhoydd (computer program) · es compilador (computer program) · lt kompiliatorius (computer program) · fr compilateur (a person who compiles) · tr derleyici (computer program) · eo tradukilo (computer program) · ro compilator (a person who compiles) · pt compilador (a person who compiles) · sh kompilator (computer program) · kk компилятор (computer program) · hu fordítóprogram (computer program) · nn kompilator (computer program) · cy casglwr (a person who compiles) · ru компиля́тор (a person who compiles) · nb kompilator (computer program) · ca compilador (a person who compiles) · ro compilator (computer program) · el μεταγλωττιστής (computer program) · de Compiler (computer program) · ro compilatoare (a person who compiles) · mi kaiwhakahiato (a person who compiles) · th คอมไพเลอร์ (computer program) · mg mpandika (computer program) · sh kompilatorica (a person who compiles) · sv sammanställare (a person who compiles) · vi trình biên dịch (computer program) · fi kääntäjä (computer program) · uk укладач (a person who compiles) · ko 컴파일러 (computer program) · nn kompilator (a person who compiles) · sh kompilator (a person who compiles) · et kompilaator (computer program) · ru компиля́тор (computer program) · is vistþýðandi (computer program) · ja コンパイラ (a person who compiles) · id kompilator (computer program) · ca compilador (computer program) · pt compilador (computer program) · cmn 編譯器 /编译器 (computer program) · is þýðingarforrit (computer program) · ga teaglamaí (a person who compiles) · el συντάκτης (a person who compiles) · pl kompilator (a person who compiles) · de Kompiler (computer program) · fa ترجمیسال (computer program) · ga tiomsaitheoir (computer program) · cy crynhoydd (a person who compiles) · cmn 编者 (a person who compiles) · cs překladač (computer program) · fr compilatrice (a person who compiles) · de Kompilator (a person who compiles) · fa ترجمیسار (computer program) · ja コンパイラ (computer program) · fr compilateur (computer program) · bg съставител (a person who compiles) · sv kompilator (computer program) · nb kompilator (a person who compiles) · fa گرداور (a person who compiles)

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