compilation

English

Etymology

English compile +‎ -ation, from Middle French, from Latin compilatio (“a raking together, a plundering, a collection of documents”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɒmpɪˈleɪʃən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kɑmpɪˈleɪʃən/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

compilation (countable and uncountable, plural compilations)

1. (uncountable) The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources.
2. (countable) That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents.

   Susie made Jasmine a compilation CD of some of best songs they'd heard at the festival.

3. (countable, uncountable, computing) Translation of source code into object code by a compiler.

Synonyms

• (the act or process of compiling): compilement
• (something compiled): anthology, collection
• (source code translation into object code):

Derived terms

• autocompilation
• compilation album
• compilation behaviour
• compilation tape
• decompilation
• metacompilation
• precompilation
• recompilation
• supercompilation
• transcompilation
• transpilation

 

Translations

act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources

• Bulgarian: събиране (bg) n (sǎbirane), съставяне (bg) n (sǎstavjane)
• Catalan: compilació f, recopilació f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 彙編／汇编 (zh) (huìbiān), 匯編／汇编 (zh) (huìbiān)

• Estonian: kogumine, kokkupanek
• Finnish: kokoaminen (fi)
• French: compilation (fr) f
• Georgian: შეგროვება (šegroveba), შეკრება (šeḳreba), შედგენა (šedgena)
• German: Zusammenstellung (de) f
• Greek: συλλογή (el) f (syllogí)
• Hungarian: összeállítás (hu)
• Irish: tiomsú m
• Italian: raccolta (it) f, insieme (it) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kompilasjon

• Polish: kompilacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: compilação (pt) f, coletânea (pt) f
• Russian: компиля́ция (ru) f (kompiljácija), собира́ние (ru) n (sobiránije), составле́ние (ru) n (sostavlénije)
• Spanish: compilación (es) f
• Swedish: sammanställning (sv) c, kompilation (sv) c
• Turkish: derleme (tr)
• Ukrainian: компіля́ція f (kompiljácija), компілюва́ння n (kompiljuvánnja)
• Urdu: تدوین f (tadvīn)
• Vietnamese: biên dịch (vi)

that which is compiled

• Bulgarian: сборник (bg) m (sbornik)
• Catalan: compilació f, recopilació f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 彙編／汇编 (zh) (huìbiān), 匯編／汇编 (zh) (huìbiān)

• Dutch: compilatie (nl) f
• Estonian: kogumik, kompilatsioon
• Finnish: kooste (fi)
• French: compilation (fr) f
• Georgian: კრებული (ḳrebuli), კომპილაცია (ka) (ḳomṗilacia)
• German: Sammelwerk n, Sammlung (de) f, Zusammenstellung (de) f, Auswahl (de) f
• Greek: ανθολογία (el) f (anthología)

  Ancient Greek: σύνταγμα n (súntagma)

• Hungarian: összeállítás (hu)
• Indonesian: kompilasi (id)
• Italian: raccolta (it) f, combinazione (it) f
• Norwegian: samling (no) m
• Polish: kompilacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: compilação (pt) f
• Russian: собра́ние (ru) n (sobránije)
• Spanish: compilación (es) f
• Swedish: sammanställning (sv) c, kompilation (sv) c
• Turkish: derleme eser, derleme yapıt
• Ukrainian: компіля́ція f (kompiljácija)

translation of source code into object code by a compiler

• Bulgarian: компилиране n (kompilirane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 編譯／编译 (zh) (biānyì)

• Czech: překlad (cs) m
• Estonian: tõlkimine, kompileerimine
• Finnish: käännös (fi), kääntäminen (fi)
• German: Kompilation (de) f, Kompilieren n, Kompilierung (de) f, Übersetzen n, Übersetzung (de) f
• Greek: μεταγλώττιση (el) f (metaglóttisi)
• Hungarian: fordítás (hu)
• Irish: tiomsú m
• Italian: compilazione (it) f
• Polish: kompilacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: compilação (pt) f
• Russian: компиля́ция (ru) f (kompiljácija), компили́рование (ru) n (kompilírovanije)
• Swedish: kompilering (sv) c
• Turkish: derleme (tr)
• Ukrainian: компіля́ція f (kompiljácija), компілюва́ння n (kompiljuvánnja)
• Vietnamese: biên dịch (vi)

Further reading

• compilation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

See also

• Compilation (computing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.pi.la.sjɔ̃/

• Audio (Paris):

  (file)

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

compilation f (plural compilations)

1. compilation (all senses)

Further reading

• “compilation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.