programme
See also: Programme and programmé
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɹoʊˌɡɹæm/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɹəʊɡɹæm/' IPA(key): /ˈpɹəʊɡɹəm/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (UK) (file) - Homophone: program
- Hyphenation: pro‧gramme
Noun
programme (plural programmes)
- Britain and New Zealand standard spelling of program.
- Our programme for today’s exercise class includes swimming and jogging.
- The programme about Greek architecture starts at 9:00 on Channel 4.
- 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698:
- It had been arranged as part of the day's programme that Mr. Cooke was to drive those who wished to go over the Rise in his new brake.
- 1961, New Scientist (volume 9, number 226, page 679)
- Thus once a computer programme has been prepared, vastly different conditions can be inserted and experimented with at the expense of a few hours of computer time.
- (Britain, rare) Alternative spelling of program (“computer program”)
Usage notes
See usage notes at program.
Derived terms
- programme-maker
- programme parade
- rolling programme
- space programme
Translations
programme — see program
Verb
programme (third-person singular simple present programmes, present participle programming, simple past and past participle programmed)
- Britain standard spelling of program.
Derived terms
- reprogramme
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα (prógramma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁɔ.ɡʁam/
Audio (file)
Noun
programme m (plural programmes)
- a program (set of structured activities)
- a program (leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity)
- a program (particular mindset or method of doing things)
- (computing) a program (item of software; a computer program)
- Synonym: logiciel
Derived terms
- programme malveillant
Descendants
- English: program
- Turkish: program
Verb
programme
- inflection of programmer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “programme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
Etymology
From Late Latin programma (“a proclamation, edict”), from Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα (prógramma, “a written public notice, an edict”).
Noun
programme m (plural programmes)
- (computing, etc.) program
Derived terms
- programmer (“to program”)