programme
English
Noun
programme (plural programmes)
- British spelling standard spelling of program.
- Our programme for today’s exercise class includes swimming and jogging.
- The programme about Greek architecture starts at 9:00 on Channel 4.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 8, in The Celebrity:
- It had been arranged as part of the day's programme that Mr. Cooke was to drive those who wished to go over the Rise in his new brake.
- 1961, New Scientist (volume 9, number 226, page 679)
- Thus once a computer programme has been prepared, vastly different conditions can be inserted and experimented with at the expense of a few hours of computer time.
- (Britain, dated, possibly nonstandard form) Alternative spelling of program (A computer program).
Usage notes
See usage notes at program.
Translations
programme — see program
Verb
programme (third-person singular simple present programmes, present participle programming, simple past and past participle programmed)
- British spelling standard spelling of program.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα (prógramma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁɔ.ɡʁam/
Audio (file)
Noun
programme m (plural programmes)
- A set of structured activities.
- A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity.
- A particular mindset or method of doing things.
- (computing) A software, a computer program
- Synonym: logiciel
Verb
programme
- first-person singular present indicative of programmer
- third-person singular present indicative of programmer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of programmer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of programmer
- second-person singular imperative of programmer
Further reading
- “programme” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norman
Etymology
From Late Latin programma (“a proclamation, edict”), from Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα (prógramma, “a written public notice, an edict”).
Derived terms
- programmer (“to program”)
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