# program
## English
### Alternative forms

* programme (see usage notes)

### Etymology

From French programme, from Late Latin programma (“a proclamation, edict”), from Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα (prógramma, “a written public notice, an edict”), from προγράφω (prográphō, “I set forth as a public notice”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + γράφω (gráphō, “I write”). Doublet of programma.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈpɹəʊɡɹæm/
* (General American, Canada) enPR: prōʹgrăm', IPA: /ˈpɹoʊˌɡɹæm/
* (Southern US) enPR: prōʹgrəm, IPA: /ˈpɹoʊɡɹəm/
* (Wales, Canada, dialectal) IPA: /ˈpɹoːɡɹəm/
* (Indic) IPA: /proɡˈræm/, /ˈproːɡræm/, /-aːm/, /ˈproːɡram/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Homophone: programme
* Hyphenation: pro‧gram

### Noun

program (plural programs)
* A set of structured activities; a plan of action.
    Hyponym: curriculum
    Coordinate terms: agenda, schedule
    get with the program
    Our program for today’s exercise class includes swimming and jogging.
* A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity.
    The program consisted of ads for restaurants and the credits of everyone connected with the play.
* (politics) A set of principal goals which are supported by a political party or individual candidate.
    Synonym: platform
* (broadcasting) A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television.
    Tonight’s program was hosted by Johnny Carson.
* (computing) A computer program.
    The program runs on both Linux and Microsoft Windows.
* (especially in the phrase "get with the program") A particular mindset or method of doing things.
** 1988, Die Hard:Ellis: Come on, John, why don’t you get with the program and tell him where the detonators are?
* (music, computing) A custom tracklist.
    program playbackplaying tracks in a custom order

#### Usage notes

* Usage of program and programme:
** US: program is the only spelling normally used, no matter which sense it is used in.
** UK: programme is used in all cases except for computer code, in which case program is generally used. However, programme is occasionally used for computer code, and some still consider it the only correct spelling even with this meaning.
** Canada: both program and programme are used, but program is more common.
** Australia: program is endorsed by the Macquarie Dictionary and is frequently used in both formal and informal settings.
** New Zealand: programme is favoured by New Zealand dictionaries, and is endorsed by government usage; program is rarely seen outside the computing meaning.
** Singapore: program and programme are interchangeable (the latter is more common), but only program is used in computing.

#### Synonyms

* (broadcast) show
* (leaflet) playbill (for a play)
* (software application) application, computer program

#### Hyponyms

* space program
* subprogram

#### Derived terms

* antiprogram
* application program
* applications program
* authoring program
* bioprogram
* computer program
* counterprogram
* deprogram
* developer program
* dividend reinvestment program
* exit program
* fellow management program
* get with the program
* interprogram
* Langlands program
* metaprogram
* microprogram
* misprogram
* multiprogram
* nonprogram
* not with the program
* outprogram
* overprogram
* preprogram
* programable
* program cabinet
* program committee
* program counter
* program evaluation and review technique
* program evaluation review technique
* program guide
* programless
* programme block
* program music
* program slicer
* program trading
* programwide
* reprogram
* superprogram
* sustaining program
* teleprogram
* television program
* time-bound program
* TV program
* twelve-step program
* utility program
* wilderness program
* zombie program

#### Descendants

* → Malay: program
* → Tok Pisin: program

#### Translations
### Verb

program (third-person singular simple present programs, present participle programming or programing, simple past and past participle programmed or programed)
* (transitive) To enter a program or other instructions into (a computer or other electronic device) to instruct it to do a particular task.
    He programmed the DVR to record his favorite show.
* (transitive) To develop (software) by writing program code.
    I programmed a small game as a demonstration.
* (transitive) To put together the schedule of an event.
    Mary will program Tuesday’s festivities.
* (broadcasting) To schedule the programming; to determine what will be broadcast.
** 1956, United States. Congress. Senate, Hearings, volume 5, page 2586:We program for special audience groups, too, as shown by our Mexican language program each Sunday morning.
* (transitive) To cause to automatically behave in a particular way.
    The lab rat was programmed to press the lever when the bell rang.
** 1982 December 18, Andrea Loewenstein, “Soap Author Responds”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 22, page 5:My point was not to commend but to expose her, and her way of thinking. In another place a teenage character worries that her stomach is too big. I, the author don't think her stomach is too big—the character does, because she's been programmed that way.

#### Derived terms

* programmable
* programmatical
* programmatically
* programmer

#### Translations

    The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

### Further reading

* “program”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “program”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

## Albanian
### Noun

program m
* program

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈproɡram]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

program m inan
* program (set of activities)
* program (for theater or TV)
* program (computing)
* agenda (of a meeting)

#### Derived terms

* podprogram

### Further reading

* “program”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “program”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “program”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Friulian
### Etymology

From Late Latin programma (“a proclamation, edict”), from Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα (prógramma, “a written public notice, an edict”).

### Noun

program m (plural programs)
* program

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From German Programm or English program, from Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα (prógramma, “a written public notice, an edict”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈproɡrɒm]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: prog‧ram
* Rhymes: -ɒm

### Noun

program (plural programok)
* program (set of activities)
* (computing) program
* (politics) platform

#### Derived terms

* programoz
* illesztőprogram
* kémprogram
* pártprogram
* reklámprogram
* sakkprogram
* zsarolóprogram
* politikai program
* számítógépes program

### References

* ↑ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

### Further reading

* program in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch program, from Late Latin programma (“a proclamation, edict”), from Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα (prógramma, “a written public notice, an edict”). Doublet of programa.
* For the sense in computing, semantic loan from English program.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈprɔɡ.ram]
* Rhymes: -ram, -am, -m
* Hyphenation: prog‧ram

### Noun

program (plural program-program)
* program, programme
** a set of structured activities.
** (computing) a software application, or a collection of software applications, designed to perform a specific task.
    Synonyms: tata olah, aplikasi

#### Derived terms

* diprogram
* diprogramkan
* memprogram
* memprogramkan
* pemrogram
* pemrograman
* terprogram
* pemrograman dasar
* program afiliasi
* program akademik
* program akselerasi
* program antivirus
* program arsip vital
* program audit
* program berdesain pesanan
* program bersama
* program edukasi
* program faks
* program gerak
* program gerak umum
* program inovasi
* program jahat
* program keaksaraan fungsional
* program kemitraan
* program kendali
* program kerja
* program komputer
* program konseling
* program kontrol
* program lapis
* program latihan
* program layanan
* program legislasi daerah
* program legislasi nasional
* program magister
* program membaca
* program nonreguler
* program paket A
* program paket B
* program paket C
* program pascasarjana
* program pembinaan
* program pemutihan
* program penanggalan
* program pengabdian
* program Pengembangan Kecamatan
* program pengendalian predator
* program penjaminan pemerintah
* program penurunan berat badan
* program perdagangan
* program reguler
* program sarjana
* program sertifikasi
* program studi
* program transmigrasi
* program utilitas

### Further reading

* “program” 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.

## Ladin
### Noun

program m (plural programs)
* programme
* manifesto

## Malay
### Etymology

English program

### Noun

program (Jawi spelling ڤروݢرم, plural program-program, informal 1st possessive programku, 2nd possessive programmu, 3rd possessive programnya)
* (computing) program
    Synonym: atur cara

### Further reading

* “program” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

program n (definite singular programmet, indefinite plural program or programmer, definite plural programma or programmene)
* a programme (UK) or program (US)
* (computing) program
* schedule

#### Derived terms

* dataprogram
* programvare
* romprogram

### References

* “program” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

program n (definite singular programmet, indefinite plural program, definite plural programma)
* program(me)
* (computing) program

#### Derived terms

* dataprogram
* programvare
* romprogram

### References

* “program” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French programme. First attested in the 19th cenetury.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈprɔ.ɡram/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔɡram
* Syllabification: pro‧gram

### Noun

program m inan (diminutive programik, related adjective programowy)
* program (a set of structured activities; a plan of action)
* program (list of goals of an organization)
* program (a leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity)
    Synonyms: (list itself) repertuar, (physically) broszura
* (broadcasting) program (a performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television)
* program (list of information relating to broadcasts)
* program (set of broadcasts)
* program (range of information a teacher teaches)
* (computing) program (a computer program)
* program (set of actions determined by a computer program)
* (music) program (extra-musical element, e.g. a literary text, a painting to which the composer of a musical piece refers, signaling it in its title, playing a fundamental role in the listener's interpretation of the piece)
* program (series of elements of a play, performance, etc., following each other in a specific order)

#### Related terms

* bezprogramowy
* programowo
* bezprogramowość
* programowość

### Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), program is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 15 times in scientific texts, 67 times in news, 93 times in essays, 3 times in fiction, and 1 time in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 179 times, making it the 323rd most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

### References

* ↑ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “program”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎ (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
* ↑ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “program”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
* ↑ Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “program”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
* ↑ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “program”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
* ↑ Ida Kurcz (1990) “program”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 436

### Further reading

* program in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* program in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “program”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 1010

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French programme.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pro.ˈɡram/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -am
* Hyphenation: pro‧gram

### Noun

program n (plural programe)
* program

#### Related terms

* progamabil
* programa
* programare
* programat
* programatic
* programator

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

prògram m (Cyrillic spelling про̀грам)
* program (set of activities)
* program (for theater or TV)
* program (computing)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “program”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈprɔɡram]

### Noun

program m inan (genitive singular programu, nominative plural programy, genitive plural programov, declension pattern of dub)
* program (set of structured activities)
* program (computer program)

#### Derived terms

* programatický
* programne
* programný
* programovo, programove
* programovosť
* programový

### Further reading

* “program”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα (prógramma).

### Noun

program n
* a program (a set of structured activities)
* a program (a leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity)
* a program (a performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television)
    Hyponyms: radioprogram, TV-program
* (computing) a software application, or a collection of software applications, designed to perform a specific task
* a program on a washing machine; a cycle
* an education at gymnasium level
    Synonym: linje (dated)

#### Hyponyms

* barn- och fritidsprogrammet (the child recreation programme)
* bygg- och anläggningsprogrammet (the construction programme)
* ekonomiprogrammet (the economic programme)
* el- och energiprogrammet (the electrical engineering and energy programme)
* estetiska programmet (the arts programme)
* fordons- och transportprogrammet (the vehicle engineering and transport programme)
* handels- och administrationsprogrammet (the business and administration programme)
* hantverksprogrammet (the handicraft programme)
* hotell- och turismprogrammet (the hotel and tourism programme)
* humanistiska programmet (the humanities programme)
* industritekniska programmet (the industial programme)
* naturbruksprogrammet (the natural resource use programme)
* naturvetenskapsprogrammet (the natural science programme)
* restaurang- och livsmedelsprogrammet (the restaurant, catering and food programme)
* samhällsvetenskapsprogrammet (the social science programme)
* teknikprogrammet (the technology programme)
* VVS- och fastighetsprogrammet (heating, ventilation, and sanitation engineering and property programme)
* vård- och omsorgsprogrammet (the health care programme)

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English program.

### Noun

program
* program

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish پروغرام (program), from French programme.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾɔɡˈɾam/
* (dialectal, /pɾoːˈɾam/)
* Hyphenation: prog‧ram
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

program (definite accusative programı, plural programlar)
* program
* (programming) computer program
    Synonym: bilgisayar programı

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
program
programlar
definite accusative
programı
programları
dative
programa
programlara
locative
programda
programlarda
ablative
programdan
programlardan
genitive
programın
programların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
programım
programlarım
2nd singular
programın
programların
3rd singular
programı
programları
1st plural
programımız
programlarımız
2nd plural
programınız
programlarınız
3rd plural
programları
programları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
programımı
programlarımı
2nd singular
programını
programlarını
3rd singular
programını
programlarını
1st plural
programımızı
programlarımızı
2nd plural
programınızı
programlarınızı
3rd plural
programlarını
programlarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
programıma
programlarıma
2nd singular
programına
programlarına
3rd singular
programına
programlarına
1st plural
programımıza
programlarımıza
2nd plural
programınıza
programlarınıza
3rd plural
programlarına
programlarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
programımda
programlarımda
2nd singular
programında
programlarında
3rd singular
programında
programlarında
1st plural
programımızda
programlarımızda
2nd plural
programınızda
programlarınızda
3rd plural
programlarında
programlarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
programımdan
programlarımdan
2nd singular
programından
programlarından
3rd singular
programından
programlarından
1st plural
programımızdan
programlarımızdan
2nd plural
programınızdan
programlarınızdan
3rd plural
programlarından
programlarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
programımın
programlarımın
2nd singular
programının
programlarının
3rd singular
programının
programlarının
1st plural
programımızın
programlarımızın
2nd plural
programınızın
programlarınızın
3rd plural
programlarının
programlarının :

#### Derived terms

* programcı
* programken
* programlı
* programsı
* programsız

### References

* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “program”, in Nişanyan Sözlük