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See also: Hardware

English

Etymology

From hard +‎ -ware; attested since the mid-15th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑːdˌwɛə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑɹdˌwɛɹ/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

hardware (uncountable)

1. Fixtures, equipment, tools and devices used for general-purpose construction and repair of a structure or object. Also such equipment as sold as stock by a store of the same name, e.g. hardware store.

   He needed a hammer, nails, screws, nuts, bolts and other assorted hardware, so he went to the hardware store.

2. (informal) Equipment.

   military hardware

   • 2003 June 6, “Mission to Mars”, in CBS_Rather:

     BOWEN: The monster trucks of Mars rovers, joke scientists, equipped with an array of sophisticated hardware to look for signs of water and answer scientists questions.

   • 2009 May, Lee S. Langston, “plowing new ground.”, in Mechanical Engineering, volume 131, number 5, page 40:

     It is one thing to see an intercooler as a simple entry in a textbook, but to witness the actual hardware as it crawled down the road was awe-inspiring.

   • 2011 January, “Swedish Sportster”, in Popular Mechanics, volume 188, number 1, page 27:

     Smaller, turbocharged engines are one way to increase engine efficiency by 8 to 10 percent, but the extra hardware is expensive.

3. (computing) The part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification; motherboard, expansion cards, etc. Compare software.
   • 1952, "Binary Arithmetic", R.L. Michaelson, in The Incorporated Statistician, vol. 3, no. 1 (Feb. 1952), pp 35-40.

     Hardware is the generally accepted colloquism for anything inside a computer other than an engineer.

4. (technology) Electronic equipment.
5. Metal implements.
6. (slang) A firearm.
7. (slang) Medals or trophies.
8. (Philippines) Short for hardware store.

Related terms

• hardware store
• software
• vaporware

 

Descendants

• → Amharic: ሃርድዌር (hardəwer)

Translations

fixtures, equipment, tools and devices

• Bulgarian: железари́я f (železaríja)
• Catalan: ferreteria (ca) f, ferramenta (ca) f
• Danish: isenkram n
• Finnish: rakennustarvikkeet pl
• Galician: ferramentas (gl) f pl, ferramenta (gl) f
• German: Eisenwaren (de) f pl
• Greek: δομικά υλικά n pl (domiká yliká)
• Hungarian: barkácsáru, szerszámáru, iparáru, iparcikk (hu)
• Latvian: aparatūra ?
• Lithuanian: aparatūra ?
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: jernvare m or f

  Nynorsk: jarnvare f, jernvare f

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• Plautdietsch: Iesawoakj n
• Portuguese: equipamento (pt) m
• Romanian: echipament (ro) n, componente fizice f pl, componente materiale f pl
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: скло̏по̄вље n, чврстовље ?, тврдовље ?, стројевина ?, тврдотворина ?

  Roman: sklȍpōvlje (sh) n, čvrstovlje ?, tvrdovlje ?, strojevina ?, tvrdotvorina ?

• Turkish: hırdavat (tr)
• Ukrainian: апарату́ра (uk) (aparatúra), те́хніка (téxnika), прила́ддя (pryláddja)
• Welsh: caledwedd f

equipment

• Azerbaijani: avadanlıq (az)
• Bulgarian: обору́дване (bg) n (oborúdvane)
• Danish: udstyr n
• Finnish: kalusto (fi)
• Galician: equipamento (gl) m
• Hungarian: felszerelés (hu), berendezés (hu), eszközök (hu) pl
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• Indonesian: peralatan (id), perlengkapan (id)
• Javanese: peralatan (jv)
• Malay: peralatan, kelengkapan
• Polish: sprzęt (pl) m
• Russian: оборудование (ru) n (oborudovanije)
• Ukrainian: обла́днання (obládnannja), те́хніка (téxnika)

material part of a computer

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Azerbaijani: aparat təminatı pl, avadanlıq (az) sg
• Belarusian: апаратнае забеспячэнне n (aparatnaje zabjespjačennje), абсталяванне n (abstaljavannje)
• Bengali: হার্ডওয়্যার (hardoêr)
• Bulgarian: ха́рдуер (bg) m (hárduer)
• Catalan: maquinari (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 硬件 (ngaang⁶ gin^6-2)

  Mandarin: 硬件 (zh) (yìngjiàn) (mainland China), 硬體／硬体 (zh) (yìngtǐ), 硬体 (zh) (yìngtǐ) (Taiwan), 硬設備／硬设备, 硬设备 (yìngshèbèi) (mainland China)

  Min Nan: 硬體／硬体 (zh-min-nan), 硬体 (ngē-thé, ngī-thé)

• Czech: hardware (cs) m
• Danish: hardware (da) c
• Dutch: hardware (nl) ?
• Esperanto: aparataro
• Finnish: laitteisto (fi), hardware (fi); (slang) rauta (fi), hardis
• French: matériel (fr) m
• Galician: hardware (gl) m, soporte físico
• German: Hardware (de) f
• Greek: υλισμικό (el) n (ylismikó)
• Hindi: हार्डवेयर m (hārḍaveyar)
• Hungarian: hardver (hu)
• Ido: hardwaro, aparataro
• Indonesian: perangkat keras (id), peranti keras, peralatan (id)
• Irish: crua-earraí m pl
• Italian: hardware (it) m
• Japanese: ハードウェア (ja) (hādowea), ハード (ja) (hādo)
• Javanese: ꦥꦶꦫꦤ꧀ꦠꦶ ꦏꦱꦂ (piranti kasar)
• Korean: 하드웨어 (ko) (hadeuweeo), 굳은모 (gudeunmo)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: hişkalav (ku)

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• Latvian: aparatūra
• Lithuanian: aparatūra, techninė įranga (lt), aparatinė įranga
• Malay: perkakasan (ms)
• Maltese: ħardwer m
• Maori: pūmārō
• Norman: hardware m
• Norwegian: maskinvare m
• Persian: سخت‌افزار (sakht-afzâr)
• Polish: sprzęt (pl) m, hardware (pl) m
• Portuguese: hardware (pt) m
• Romanian: hardware (ro) n, aparatură (ro) f, aparataj (ro) n
• Russian: аппарату́ра (ru) f (apparatúra), хардве́р (ru) m (xardvér), аппара́тное обеспече́ние n (apparátnoje obespečénije), обору́дование (ru) n (oborúdovanije)
• Scottish Gaelic: bathar-cruaidh m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: чврстовље ?, тврдовље ?, стројевина ?, тврдотворина ?, скло̏по̄вље n, ха̏рдве̄р m, рачунална склоповска подршка f, стројна опрема f

  Roman: čvrstovlje ?, tvrdovlje ?, strojevina ?, tvrdotvorina ?, sklȍpōvlje (sh) n, hȁrdvēr (sh) m, računalna sklopovska podrška f, strojna oprema f

• Spanish: hardware (es) m, soporte físico m
• Swedish: hårdvara (sv) c, maskinvara (sv) c
• Thai: ฮาร์ดแวร์ (th) (háat-wɛɛ)
• Turkish: donanım (tr)
• Turkmen: apparat üpjünçiligi
• Ukrainian: апаратне забезпечення (aparatne zabezpečennja), апара́тне забезпе́чення (aparátne zabezpéčennja)
• Uzbek: apparat ta'minot
• Vietnamese: cương liệu (vi), phần cứng (vi), phần máy
• Welsh: caledwedd f

electronic equipment

• Bengali: হার্ডওয়্যার (hardoêr)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 硬件 (ngaang⁶ gin^6-2)

  Mandarin: 硬件 (zh) (yìngjiàn) (mainland China), 硬體／硬体 (zh) (yìngtǐ), 硬体 (zh) (yìngtǐ) (Taiwan)

  Min Nan: 硬體／硬体 (zh-min-nan), 硬体 (ngē-thé, ngī-thé)

• Czech: hardware (cs) m
• Danish: maskinel n, hardware (da) n
• Finnish: laitteisto (fi), elektroniikka (fi)
• Greek: ηλεκτρονικός εξοπλισμός m (ilektronikós exoplismós)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: sprzęt (pl) m
• Romanian: hardware (ro) n, aparatură (ro) f
• Russian: аппарату́ра (ru) f (apparatúra), хардве́р (ru) m (xardvér), обору́дование (ru) n (oborúdovanije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: скло̏по̄вље n, ха̏рдве̄р m

  Roman: sklȍpōvlje (sh) n, hȁrdvēr (sh) m

• Sindhi: ڳڻپيوگري (sd)
• Turkish: donanım (tr)
• Ukrainian: обла́днання (obládnannja), апара́тне забезпе́чення (aparátne zabezpéčennja)

metal implements

• Bulgarian: железари́я f (železaríja)
• Czech: ^{(please verify)} železářské zboží n
• Danish: udstyr n
• Finnish: rautatavara
• French: quincaillerie (fr) f
• Galician: quincalla f (pejorative), ferralla (gl) f (pejorative)
• Greek: σιδηρικά n pl (sidiriká), είδη κιγκαλερίας n pl (eídi kigkalerías)
• Hungarian: vasáru (hu), fémáru
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• Manx: yiarnrey
• Polish: artykuły metalowe pl
• Portuguese: ferragens f pl
• Romagnol: ferâm m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: жељеза̀рија f

  Roman: željezàrija (sh) f

• Sindhi: سامگري (sāmagarī)
• Spanish: fierros (es) m pl
• Ukrainian: метале́ве знаря́ддя (metaléve znarjáddja)

slang: firearm

• Czech: zbraň (cs) f
• Danish: skydevåben (da) n
• Finnish: tykki (fi)
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• French: arme à feu (fr) f
• Greek: σιδερικό (el) n (siderikó)
• Spanish: arma de fuego (es) f
• Ukrainian: вогнепа́льна збро́я (vohnepálʹna zbrója)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 기계설비 (gigyeseolbi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} donanım (tr)

Further reading

• Template:projectlink

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French

Etymology

From English

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /aʁ.dwɛʁ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

hardware m (uncountable)

1. (computing) hardware

   Synonym: matériel

Further reading

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

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Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English hardware.

Noun

hardware m (uncountable)

1. (Jersey, computing) hardware

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hardware.

Noun

hardware m (plural hardwares)

1. (computing) hardware (parts of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification)

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Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hardware.

Noun

hardware n (uncountable)

1. (computing) hardware

Declension

declension of hardware (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) hardware	hardwareul
genitive/dative	(unui) hardware	hardwareului
vocative	hardwareule

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Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hardware.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxaɾdweɾ/ [ˈxaɾ.ð̞weɾ]

• IPA^(key): /ˈxarweɾ/ [ˈxa.rweɾ]

• IPA^(key): /ˈxaɾɡweɾ/ [ˈxaɾ.ɣ̞weɾ]

Noun

hardware m (plural hardwares)

1. (computing) hardware

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

• “hardware”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16