ríomhaire
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Irish
Etymology
From ríomh (“count, enumerate; reckon, calculate, compute”) + -aire (agent noun suffix). From Old Irish rímaire (literally “one that computes”), as a calque of English computer.
Pronunciation
Noun
ríomhaire m (genitive singular ríomhaire, nominative plural ríomhairí)
Declension
Declension of ríomhaire
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
Related terms
- ríomhchláraitheoir m (“computer programmer”)
- ríomhchlárú m (“computer programming”)
- ríomheolaíocht f (“computer science”)
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ríomhaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ríomhaire”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “ríomhaire”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Categories:
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂rey-
- Irish terms suffixed with -aire
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms calqued from English
- Irish terms derived from English
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish fourth-declension nouns
- ga:Computing