developer

English

Etymology

develop +‎ -er

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈvɛləpə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /dɪˈvɛləpɚ/
Hyphenation: de‧vel‧op‧er

Noun

developer (plural developers)

A person or entity engaged in the creation or improvement of certain classes of products.
A real estate developer; a person or company who prepares a parcel of land for sale, or creates structures on that land.
- 2013 June 21, Chico Harlan, “Japan pockets the subsidy …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 30:
  Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."
A film developer; a person who uses chemicals to create photographs from photograph negatives.
A liquid used in the chemical processing of traditional photos.
(dyeing) A reagent used to produce an ingrain color by its action upon some substance on the fiber.
(computing) A software developer; a person or company who creates or modifies computer software.

Synonyms

(person or company who writes computer software): designer, programmer, software engineer

Derived terms

10x developer
codeveloper
developer exit
developer experience
developer program
web developer

Related terms

develop
development
developmental

Translations

someone engaged in product creation and improvement

Albanian: zhvillues (sq) m, zhvilluese f
Catalan: desenvolupador m, desenvolupadora f
Danish: udvikler c
Dutch: ontwikkelaar (nl) m, ontwerper (nl) m
Finnish: kehittäjä (fi), tuotekehittäjä, devaaja (fi)
French: concepteur (fr) m, développeur (fr) m, créateur (fr) m
German: Entwickler (de) m, Entwicklerin (de) f
Hungarian: fejlesztő (hu)
Italian: sviluppatore (it) m, sviluppatrice (it) f
Maori: kaiwhakawhanake
Portuguese: desenvolvedor (pt), desenvolvedora f
Romanian: creator (ro) m, dezvoltator m
Russian: разрабо́тчик (ru) m (razrabótčik), разрабо́тчица (ru) m (razrabótčica)
Spanish: desarrollador m
Swedish: utvecklare (sv) c
Turkish: geliştirici (tr)
Vietnamese: nhà phát triển

real estate developer

Armenian: կառուցապատող (kaṙucʿapatoł)
Czech: developer (cs) m
Dutch: promotor (nl) m, projectontwikkelaar (nl) m
Finnish: rakennuttaja (fi), kiinteistönkehittäjä
French: promoteur (fr)
German: Projektentwickler m, Bauunternehmer (de) m
Hungarian: fejlesztő (hu)
Indonesian: developer (id), pengembang (id)
Italian: sviluppatore (it) m
Malay: ڤماجو‎ (pemaju), pemaju
Polish: deweloper (pl) m
Romanian: constructor (ro) m
Russian: застро́йщик (ru) m (zastrójščik), деве́лопер (ru) (devéloper)
Spanish: promotor (es) m, constructor m
Ukrainian: забудо́вник m (zabudóvnyk), деве́лопер m (devéloper)

film developer

Dutch: ontwikkelaar (nl) m
Finnish: (filmin) kehittäjä
French: révélateur (fr) m
German: Entwickler (de) m
Hungarian: előhívó
Italian: sviluppatore (it) m
Korean: 현상액 (hyeonsang'aek)
Persian: فیلم‌ساز‎
Turkish: film banyosu ilacı

liquid used in chemical film processing

Catalan: revelador m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 顯影劑／显影剂 (zh) (xiǎnyǐngjì)
Czech: vývojka (cs) f
Dutch: ontwikkelaar (nl) m
Finnish: kehitin (fi)
French: développateur (fr) m
Galician: revelador m
German: Entwickler (de) m
Hungarian: előhívó
Italian: liquido per sviluppare m, sviluppatore (it) m
Japanese: 現像液 (げんぞうえき, genzōeki)
Korean: 현상액 (hyeonsang'aek)
Polish: wywoływacz m
Portuguese: revelador m
Romanian: developator (ro) m, revelator (ro) m
Russian: прояви́тель (ru) m (projavítelʹ)
Slovak: vývojka f
Spanish: revelador (es) m
Turkish: developman maddesi

software programmer

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Basque: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: програми́ст m (programíst), програми́стка f (programístka), разрабо́тчик m (razrabótčik)
Burmese: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: desenvolupador m, desenvolupadora f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 開發人員／开发人员 (zh) (kāifā rényuán), 程序員／程序员 (zh) (chéngxùyuán)
Czech: vývojář (cs) m
Danish: udvikler c, programmør c
Dutch: (-analist) programmeur (nl) m
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: kehittäjä (fi), ohjelmoija (fi), devaaja (fi)
French: (-analyste) programmeur (fr) m, développeur (fr) m
Galician: desenvolvedor (gl) m, desenvolvedora f
German: Entwickler (de) m, Entwicklerin (de) f
Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: fejlesztő (hu)
Italian: sviluppatore (it) m, sviluppatrice (it) f, sviluppatore di software m
Japanese: プログラマー (ja) (puroguramā)
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Korean: 프로그래머 (peurogeuraemeo)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latvian: izstrādātājs m, izstrādātāja f, izstrādātāji m pl, izstrādātājas f pl
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Malay: please add this translation if you can
Persian: سازنده‎ (fa)
Polish: programista (pl) m, programistka (pl) f, deweloper (pl) m
Portuguese: desenvolvedor (pt) m, desenvolvedora f
Romanian: developer (ro) m, programator (ro) m
Russian: программи́ст (ru) m (programmíst), программи́стка (ru) f (programmístka), разрабо́тчик (ru) m (razrabótčik), разрабо́тчица (ru) f (razrabótčica)
Sanskrit: व्युत्पादक (sa) m (vyutpādaka), व्युत्पादका f (vyutpādakā)
Spanish: desarrollador m, desarrolladora f (person), desarrolladora f (company)
Swedish: mjukvaruutvecklare (sv) c
Tamil: please add this translation if you can
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: yazılım uzmanı, geliştirici (tr)
Vietnamese: nhà phát triển phần mềm

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French: ^{(please verify)} promoteur (fr) m

Anagrams

redevelop

Czech

Noun

developer m

developer (real estate developer)

Danish

Etymology

From English developer.

Noun

developer c (singular definite developeren, plural indefinite developere)

developer

Synonyms

udvikler

References

“developer” in Den Danske Ordbog

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English developer.

Noun

developer m or f by sense (plural developers)

developer (software programmer)

Synonyms

desenvolvedor, programador, creador,