data

Alternative forms

• D (electronics)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin data, nominative plural of datum (“that is given”), neuter past participle of dō (“I give”). Doublet of date.

Pronunciation

• (UK, Ireland, US, sometimes General Australian, New Zealand, General South African)
  • enPR: dā'tə, IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪtə/
  • (US) IPA^(key): [ˈdeɪ.ɾə]

    • Audio (US):

      (file)

  • Homophone: dater (non-rhotic)
  • Rhymes: -eɪtə
• (US, Canada, Ireland)
  • enPR: dăt'ə, IPA^(key): /ˈdætə/, [ˈdæ.ɾə]

    • Audio (US):

      (file)

  • Rhymes: -ætə
• (General Australian, New Zealand, General South African, UK formal)
  • enPR: dä'tə
    • (General South African, UK formal) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑːtə/
    • (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈdɐːtə/, [ˈdäːɾə]

      • Audio (General Australian):

        (file)

  • Homophone: darter (non-rhotic)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːtə

Noun

English Wikipedia has articles on:

data and data set

Wikipedia Wikipedia

English Wikipedia has articles on:

data § Etymology and terminology and data (word)

Wikipedia Wikipedia

data

2. plural of datum

   Synonym: data points

   Holonym: data set

   These data show clearly that X is correlated with Y, although they tell us nothing about causation.

   • 1692, William Molyneux, Edmund Halley, Dioptrica nova‎, London: Benj. Tooke, page 100:

     First from these Data, let us obtain the Breadth of the Glass e z

4. (collectively, uncountable) Information, especially in a scientific or computational context, or with the implication that it is organized.

   This data shows clearly that X is correlated with Y, although it tells us nothing about causation.

   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page vii:

     With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get […]

   • 2013 June 22, “Snakes and ladders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 76:

     Risk is everywhere. […] For each one there is a frighteningly precise measurement of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you. “The Norm Chronicles” […] aims to help data-phobes find their way through this blizzard of risks.

5. (collectively) Recorded observations that are usually presented in a structured format.

   Near-synonyms: dataset, data set, data points, information

7. (computing) A representation of facts or ideas in a formalized manner capable of being communicated or manipulated by some process.

   Coordinate term: information

9. (mobile telephony) Ellipsis of mobile data: digital information transmitted using the cellular telephone network rather than Wi-Fi.

   run out of data

References

References

• “data”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. (The American Heritage Dictionary's usage note on 'data')
• John Quiggin: Data is not the plural of datum
• johnaugust.com: ‘Data’ is singular

Further reading

• data on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• ADAT, TADA, a tad, adat, ta-da, tada

Etymology

Cognate with Saho data.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daˈta/ [dʌˈtʌ]
• Hyphenation: da‧ta

Verb

datá

1. (stative) be black

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “data”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Marie-Claude Simeone-Senelle, Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2013 August) “Gender, Number and Agreement in Afar (Cushitic language)”, in 43th Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics‎, Leiden: Leiden University, page 2
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 307

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin data < Latin datus.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: da‧ta

Noun

data

1. installment, partial payment

Etymology

From English data.

Pronunciation

Noun

data (Hong Kong Cantonese)

1. data (information)
2. data; mobile data
   1. Internet connection using mobile data, i.e. not using Wi-Fi

      呢個位收data好慢。 [Cantonese, trad.]
      呢个位收data好慢。 [Cantonese, simp.]

      ni¹ go³ wai^6-2 sau¹ dei¹ taa⁴ hou² maan⁶. [Jyutping]

      Receiving mobile data connection is very slow at this spot.

   2. quota or limit of mobile data usage

      爆data [Cantonese]  ―  baau³ dei¹ taa⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  to exceed the mobile data usage limit

      我今個月仲有好多data淨。 [Cantonese, trad.]
      我今个月仲有好多data净。 [Cantonese, simp.]

      ngo⁵ gam¹ go³ jyut⁶ zung⁶ jau⁵ hou² do¹ dei¹ taa⁴ zing⁶. [Jyutping]

      I still have a lot of [my] quota for mobile data usage left for this month.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdata]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

data n pl (relational adjective datový)

1. data

   Synonym: údaje

Further reading

• “data”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “data”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Noun

data n (singular definite dataet, plural indefinite data)

1. datum, data
2. curriculum vitae, résumé

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

data

1. plural of datum

   Synonym: datums

2. (uncountable) data, information

   Synonym: gegevens

Etymology

From Latin data.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑtɑ/, [ˈdɑ̝t̪ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑtɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): da‧ta

Noun

data

1. data

Further reading

• “data”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da.ta/

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

data

1. third-person singular past historic of dater

Etymology 1

Cognate with Tagalog hilata.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *da and Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-ta, an enclitic form of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita (“we (inclusive), we (dual)”), whence Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita (“we (inclusive)”). Compare Kankanaey daita (“we (two), you and I”), Pangasinan sikata (“we (two), you and I”), Kapampangan ikata (“we (two), you and I”), Tagalog kata (“we (two), you and I”), Bikol Central kita (“we (inclusive)”), Cebuano kita (“we (inclusive)”), and Maranao sekta (“we (inclusive)”).

Etymology

From Dutch data, from Latin data.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdata]
• Hyphenation: da‧ta
• Rhymes: -ta, -a

Noun

data

1. datum,
   1. a fact known from direct observation.
   2. a premise from which conclusions are drawn.
2. data,
   1. information, especially in a scientific or computational context, or with the implication that it is organized.
   2. recorded observations that are usually presented in a structured format.
   3. (computing) a representation of facts or ideas in a formalized manner capable of being communicated or manipulated by some process.

Further reading

• “data” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈda.ta/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ata
• Hyphenation: dà‧ta

Etymology 1

From Late Latin data, from Latin datus.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

References

Noun

data f (plural dates)

1. date (day number of the month)

Pronunciation

• data: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈda.ta/, [ˈd̪ät̪ä]
• data: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈda.ta/, [ˈd̪äːt̪ä]
• datā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈda.taː/, [ˈd̪ät̪äː]
• datā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈda.ta/, [ˈd̪äːt̪ä]

Participle

data

1. inflection of datus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

datā

1. ablative feminine singular of datus

Noun

data

1. nominative/vocative/accusative plural of datum

References

• data in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian data.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaː.ta/

Noun

data f (plural dati)

1. date
2. data

Noun

data m

1. sire, father
2. foster father, godfather, guardian

   Synonym: aite

3. sir

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *datar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dataʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *dataʀ.

Adjective

data

1. flat

Etymology

From Latin data, plural of datum (“gift, present”), neuter past participle of dō (“I give, offer”), from Proto-Italic *didō (“give”), from Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti (“to be giving”), from *deh₃- (“give”).

Noun

data m or n (definite singular dataen or dataet, indefinite plural data, definite plural dataene)

1. data
2. short form of datateknologi

References

• “data” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology 1

From Latin data, plural of datum.

Etymology 2

From English date.

References

• “data” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• tada

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin data.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈda.ta/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: da‧ta

Noun

data f

1. date (point of time at which event takes place; a specific day)

Further reading

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

Pronunciation

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈda.ta/
• Rhymes: -atɐ
• Hyphenation: da‧ta

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin data, from Latin datus (“given”). Doublet of dada.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French dater.

Etymology 2

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *tààtá.

Noun

dātá class 1a (plural bādâtá class 2a)

1. my father
2. my paternal uncle

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdata/ [ˈd̪a.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: da‧ta

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin data, from Latin datus.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Further reading

• “data”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Etymology 1

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:

data

Wikipedia ^sw

Unadapted borrowing from English data.^[1]

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

References

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin data, from the plural of datum (“that which is given, information, facts at hand, a date in the calendar”).

The sense ”computer” is a clipping of datamaskin.

Noun

data c

1. (uncountable) information, especially encoded information that can be processed by computers
2. (colloquial, proscribed) Alternative form of dator (“computer”)

   Det är fel på datan. ― Something's wrong with the computer.

   • 1966, Olof Johannesson (pen name of Hannes Alfvén), Sagan om den stora datamaskinen:

     De första datorna var ju också mycket enkla.

     The first computers were indeed very simple.

References

• data in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• “Hur kan man använda data och datan? [How are data and datan used?]”, in Frågelådan, Swedish Language Council, 2019 December 28 (last accessed)