emulator

See also: Emulator and emulátor

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛmjəˌleɪtəɹ/

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• Hyphenation: em‧u‧la‧tor

Noun

emulator (plural emulators)

1. A person or thing that emulates.
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     I admire the conqueror of Tlajcala and of Culna, but I find in the life of this emulator of Caesar actions which, if necessity warranted, the heart must still refuse to approve […]

2. (computing) A piece of software or hardware that simulates another system.

Related terms

• emulate

Descendants

• → Japanese: エミュレータ (emyurēta)

Translations

person or thing that emulates

• Finnish: emulaattori (fi)
• French: émulateur (fr) m, émulatrice (fr) f
• Galician: emulador m, emuladora f
• Greek: ζηλωτής (el) m (zilotís), μιμητής (el) m (mimitís)
• Manx: co-eiyrtagh m
• Polish: imitator (pl) m, imitatorka f, naśladowca (pl) m, naśladowczyni (pl) f
• Portuguese: emulador m, emuladora f
• Spanish: emulador m, emuladora (es) f, émulo (es) m

software or hardware that simulates another system

• Arabic: مُحَاكٍ m (muḥākin)
• Bulgarian: емулатор m (emulator)
• Chinese:

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• Finnish: emulaattori (fi)
• French: émulateur (fr) m
• Galician: emulador m
• German: Emulator (de) m
• Greek: εξομοιωτής (el) m (exomoiotís)
• Hebrew: אמולטור m (emulator)
• Hungarian: emulátor (hu)
• Icelandic: hermir m
• Italian: emulatore (it) m
• Japanese: エミュレータ (ja) (emyurēta)
• Malay: pelagak (ms)
• Polish: emulator (pl) m
• Portuguese: emulador m
• Romanian: emulator n
• Russian: эмуля́тор (ru) (emuljátor)
• Spanish: emulador m
• Swedish: emulator c

Further reading

• “emulator”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “emulator”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “emulator”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “emulator”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.

Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English emulator, French émulateur, German Emulator, ultimately from Latin aemulātor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ.muˈla.tɔr/
• Rhymes: -atɔr
• Syllabification: e‧mu‧la‧tor

Noun

emulator m inan

1. (computing) emulator (piece of software or hardware that simulates another system)

   Hypernym: program

Declension

Declension of emulator

	singular	plural
nominative	emulator	emulatory
genitive	emulatora	emulatorów
dative	emulatorowi	emulatorom
accusative	emulator	emulatory
instrumental	emulatorem	emulatorami
locative	emulatorze	emulatorach
vocative	emulatorze	emulatory

Related terms

nouns

• emulacja

 

verbs

• emulować impf

 

Further reading

• emulator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• emulator in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French emulateur. Equivalent to emula +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.mu.laˈtor/

Adjective

emulator m or n (feminine singular emulatoare, masculine plural emulatori, feminine and neuter plural emulatoare)

1. emulator

Declension

Declension of emulator

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	emulator		emulatoare	emulatori	emulatoare
	definite	emulatorul		emulatoarea	emulatorii	emulatoarele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	emulator		emulatoare	emulatori	emulatoare
	definite	emulatorului		emulatoarei	emulatorilor	emulatoarelor

Further reading

• emulator in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English emulator.

Noun

emulator c

1. (computing) an emulator

Declension

Declension of emulator
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	emulator	emulatorn	emulatorer	emulatorerna
Genitive	emulators	emulatorns	emulatorers	emulatorernas

Related terms

• emulera
• emulering

References

• emulator in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• emulator in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)