Borrowed fromLatinōrdinātōrem(“one who orders”), fromōrdinō(“to order, organize”).

In its application to computing, it was coined by the professor of philologyJacques Perret in a letter dated 16 April 1955, in response to a request from IBM France, who believed the wordcalculateur was too restrictive in light of the possibilities of these machines.

• IPA^(key):/ɔʁ.di.na.tœʁ/

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• Homophone:ordinateurs

ordinateur m (pluralordinateurs)

1. (computing) acomputer, a computing device.[from 1955]

   Synonyms:calculateur,ordi

   Hyponyms:micro,micro-ordinateur,mini-ordinateur,PC

   Il a unordinateur. ―He has acomputer.

   Elle est à l’ordinateur. ―She is at thecomputer.

2. (archaic,Christianity) one who performs anordination ceremony

• “ordinateur”, inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.