le

masculine

/lɔ.ʒi.sjɛl/

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Translation

software

Word origin

A modern French coinage from logique ('logic') with an ending modelled on materiel ('hardware'), created in the 1970s as the French equivalent of 'software'. Logique itself is from Greek logos via Latin logica.

Origin: Greek
Root: logos
English cognates: logic, logical

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Plurallogiciels

Examples

This software is very easy to use.

My father wrote some software for his job.

The software on my computer is too old.

You have to buy this new software for your office.

This software has helped many people learn languages.

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This word is part of lesson 80.