code

See also: Code and codé

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#CODECategory:English terms derived from Middle English#CODE code (“system of law”), from Old FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Old French#CODE code (“system of law”), from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#CODE cōdex, later form of caudex (“the stock or stem of a tree, a board or tablet of wood smeared over with wax, on which the ancients originally wrote; hence, a book, a writing.”). Doublet of codexCategory:English doublets#CODE.

Noun

code (countable and uncountable, plural codes)Category:English lemmas#CODECategory:English nouns#CODECategory:English uncountable nouns#CODECategory:English countable nouns#CODECategory:English countable nouns#CODECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CODECategory:Pages with entries#CODECategory:Pages with 11 entries#CODE

  1. A short textual designation, often with little relation to the item it represents.
    This flavour of soup has been assigned the code WRT-9.
    Category:English terms with usage examples#CODE
  2. A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest.
  3. Any system of principles, rules or regulations relating to one subject.
    The medical code is a system of rules for the regulation of the professional conduct of physicians.
    Category:English terms with usage examples#CODE
    The naval code is a system of rules for making communications at sea by means of signals.
    Category:English terms with usage examples#CODE
  4. A set of rules for converting information into another form or representation.
    1. By synecdoche: a codeword, code point, an encoded representation of a character, symbol, or other entity.
      The ASCII code of "A" is 65.
      Category:English terms with usage examples#CODE
  5. A message represented by rules intended to conceal its meaning.
  6. (cryptographyCategory:en:Cryptography#CODE) A cryptographic system using a codebook that converts words or phrases into codewords.
  8. (programmingCategory:en:Programming#CODE, uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#CODE) Instructions for a computer, written in a programming language; the input of a translator, an interpreter or a browser, namely: source code, machine code, bytecode.
    Object-oriented C++ code is easier to understand for a human than C code.
    Category:English terms with usage examples#CODE
    I wrote some code to reformat text documents.
    Category:English terms with usage examples#CODE
    This HTML code may be placed on your web page.
    Category:English terms with usage examples#CODE
  9. (scientific programming) A program.
  10. (linguisticsCategory:en:Linguistics#CODE) A particular lect or language variety.
  11. (medicineCategory:en:Medicine#CODE) An emergency requiring situation-trained members of the staff.
  12. (informalCategory:English informal terms#CODE) A set of unwritten rules that bind a social group.
    girl code
    Category:English terms with usage examples#CODE
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Descendants
Translations
body of law
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Verb

code (third-person singular simple present codes, present participle coding, simple past and past participle coded)Category:English lemmas#CODECategory:English verbs#CODECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CODECategory:Pages with entries#CODECategory:Pages with 11 entries#CODE

  1. (computingCategory:en:Computing#CODE) To write software programs.
    I learned to code on an early home computer in the 1980s.
    Category:English terms with usage examples#CODE
  2. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#CODE) To add codes to (a data set).
    • 2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide‎, page 5:
      The resulting citation collection was databased and coded for meaning, etymon, and date range (earliest and latest occurrence found).
      Category:English terms with quotations#CODE
  3. To categorise by assigning identifiers from a schedule, for example CPT coding for medical insurance purposes.
  4. (cryptographyCategory:en:Cryptography#CODE) To encode.
    We should code the messages we send out on Usenet.
    Category:English terms with usage examples#CODE
  5. (geneticsCategory:en:Genetics#CODE, intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#CODE) To encode a protein.
  6. (medicineCategory:en:Medicine#CODE) To call a hospital emergency code.
    coding in the CT scanner
    Category:English terms with usage examples#CODE
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Etymology 2

From code blue, a medical emergency.

Verb

code (third-person singular simple present codes, present participle coding, simple past and past participle coded)Category:English lemmas#CODECategory:English verbs#CODECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CODECategory:Pages with entries#CODECategory:Pages with 11 entries#CODE

  1. (medicineCategory:en:Medicine#CODE) Of a patient, to suffer a sudden medical emergency (a code blue) such as cardiac arrest.
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Further reading

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar LatinCategory:Aromanian terms inherited from Vulgar Latin#CODECategory:Aromanian terms derived from Vulgar Latin#CODE coda, from LatinCategory:Aromanian terms inherited from Latin#CODECategory:Aromanian terms derived from Latin#CODE cauda. Compare Daco-Romanian coadă.

Noun

code f (plural codz, definite articulation coda)Category:Aromanian lemmas#CODECategory:Aromanian nouns#CODECategory:Aromanian entries with incorrect language header#CODECategory:Aromanian feminine nouns#CODECategory:Pages with entries#CODECategory:Pages with 11 entries#CODE

  1. tail

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Chinese

Etymology

From EnglishCategory:Cantonese terms borrowed from English#CODECategory:Cantonese terms derived from English#CODE code.

Pronunciation

Category:Chinese lemmas#codeCategory:Cantonese lemmas#codeCategory:Chinese nouns#codeCategory:Cantonese nouns#codeCategory:Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation#codeCategory:Chinese terms written in foreign scripts#code

Noun

codeCategory:Chinese lemmas#CODECategory:Chinese nouns#CODECategory:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#CODECategory:Pages with entries#CODECategory:Pages with 11 entries#CODE

  1. (Hong Kong CantoneseCategory:Hong Kong Cantonese#CODE) code (symbol)
  2. (Hong Kong CantoneseCategory:Hong Kong Cantonese#CODE, computingCategory:zh:Computing#CODE) code
    揼code [Cantonese]  ―  dap6 kuk1 [Jyutping]  ―  to write (computer) codeCategory:Cantonese terms with collocations

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowing from FrenchCategory:Dutch terms borrowed from French#CODECategory:Dutch terms derived from French#CODE code, in the senses relating to laws and rules. Senses related to cryptography and coding have been borrowed from EnglishCategory:Dutch terms borrowed from English#CODECategory:Dutch terms derived from English#CODE code. Both derive from Old FrenchCategory:Dutch terms derived from Old French#CODE code, from LatinCategory:Dutch terms derived from Latin#CODE cōdex.

Pronunciation

Noun

code m (plural codes, diminutive codetje n)Category:Dutch lemmas#CODECategory:Dutch nouns#CODECategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -s#CODECategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#CODECategory:Dutch masculine nouns#CODECategory:Pages with entries#CODECategory:Pages with 11 entries#CODE

  1. book or body of laws, code of laws, lawbook
    Synonym: wetboek
  2. system of rules and principles, e.g. of conduct
  3. code (set of symbols)
  4. code (text written in a programming language)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: kode

French

Pronunciation

Noun

code m (plural codes)Category:French lemmas#CODECategory:French nouns#CODECategory:French countable nouns#CODECategory:French entries with incorrect language header#CODECategory:French masculine nouns#CODECategory:Pages with entries#CODECategory:Pages with 11 entries#CODE

  1. code

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Friulian

Etymology

From Vulgar LatinCategory:Friulian terms inherited from Vulgar Latin#CODECategory:Friulian terms derived from Vulgar Latin#CODE cōda, variant of LatinCategory:Friulian terms inherited from Latin#CODECategory:Friulian terms derived from Latin#CODE cauda.

Pronunciation

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Category:Requests for pronunciation in Friulian entries#CODE

Noun

code f (plural codis)Category:Friulian lemmas#CODECategory:Friulian nouns#CODECategory:Friulian entries with incorrect language header#CODECategory:Friulian feminine nouns#CODECategory:Pages with entries#CODECategory:Pages with 11 entries#CODE

  1. tail
  2. queue, line

Italian

Noun

code fCategory:Italian non-lemma forms#CODECategory:Italian noun forms#CODECategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#CODECategory:Pages with entries#CODECategory:Pages with 11 entries#CODE

  1. plural of coda

Anagrams

Middle English

Etymology 1

Category:Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#CODECategory:Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#CODECategory:Middle English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#CODE

From Old EnglishCategory:Middle English terms inherited from Old English#CODECategory:Middle English terms derived from Old English#CODE cudu, cwidu, cweodu, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#CODE *kwidu.

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Pronunciation

Noun

codeCategory:Middle English lemmas#CODECategory:Middle English nouns#CODECategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#CODECategory:Pages with entries#CODECategory:Pages with 11 entries#CODE (uncountableCategory:Middle English uncountable nouns#CODE)

  2. Any kind of plant gum; a gummy or resinous substance.
  3. Cud; regurgitated food chewed upon by livestock.
    • a. 1382, John Wycliffe, “Osee 7:14”, in Wycliffe's Bible:
      And thei crieden not to me in her herte, but ȝelliden in her beddis. Thei chewiden code on wheete, and wyn, and thei ȝeden awei fro me.
      And they didn't cry to me from their hearts; instead they whined in their beds. They chewed wheat and wine like cud, then they ran away from me.
      Category:Middle English terms with quotations#CODE
  4. (rareCategory:Middle English terms with rare senses#CODE) A mass or lump; a large pile of something.
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Etymology 2

From Old FrenchCategory:Middle English terms borrowed from Old French#CODECategory:Middle English terms derived from Old French#CODE code, from LatinCategory:Middle English terms derived from Latin#CODE cōdex, caudex.

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Pronunciation

Noun

codeCategory:Middle English lemmas#CODECategory:Middle English nouns#CODECategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#CODECategory:Pages with entries#CODECategory:Pages with 11 entries#CODE (rareCategory:Middle English rare terms#CODE)

  2. A coherent and unified body of laws.
  3. The core of someone's last testament.
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Etymology 3

From Old EnglishCategory:Middle English terms inherited from Old English#CODECategory:Middle English terms derived from Old English#CODE codd and Old NorseCategory:Middle English terms borrowed from Old Norse#CODECategory:Middle English terms derived from Old Norse#CODE koddi.

Noun

codeCategory:Middle English alternative forms#CODECategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#CODECategory:Pages with entries#CODECategory:Pages with 11 entries#CODE

  1. Alternative form of codde (“seedpod”)

Old French

Noun

code oblique singular, m (oblique plural codes, nominative singular codes, nominative plural code)Category:Old French lemmas#CODECategory:Old French nouns#CODECategory:Old French masculine nouns#CODECategory:Old French entries with incorrect language header#CODECategory:Old French masculine nouns#CODECategory:Pages with entries#CODECategory:Pages with 11 entries#CODE

  1. Alternative form of coute

Tarantino

Noun

codeCategory:Tarantino lemmas#CODECategory:Tarantino nouns#CODECategory:Tarantino entries with incorrect language header#CODECategory:Pages with entries#CODECategory:Pages with 11 entries#CODE

  1. tail

Vietnamese

Etymology

Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Vietnamese terms borrowed from English#CODECategory:Vietnamese terms derived from English#CODE code.

Pronunciation

Noun

codeCategory:Vietnamese lemmas#CODECategory:Vietnamese nouns#CODECategory:Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header#CODECategory:Pages with entries#CODECategory:Pages with 11 entries#CODE

  1. (programmingCategory:vi:Programming#CODE) code
    Synonym: mã

Verb

codeCategory:Vietnamese lemmas#CODECategory:Vietnamese verbs#CODECategory:Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header#CODECategory:Pages with entries#CODECategory:Pages with 11 entries#CODE

  1. (computingCategory:vi:Computing#CODE, programmingCategory:vi:Programming#CODE) to code

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