# hardware
## English

* This entry needs quotations to illustrate usage. If you come across any interesting, durably archived quotes then please add them! Particularly: “first sense (Fixtures, equipment, tools and devices...)”

### Etymology

From Middle English hardware; equivalent to hard +‎ -ware; attested since the mid-15th century.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈhɑːdˌwɛə/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈhɑɹdˌwɛɹ/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

hardware (uncountable)
* Fixtures, equipment, tools and devices used for general-purpose construction and repair of a structure or object. Also such equipment as sold as stock by a store of the same name, e.g. hardware store.
    He needed a hammer, nails, screws, nuts, bolts and other assorted hardware, so he went to the hardware store.
* (informal) Equipment.
    military hardware
** 2003 June 6, “Mission to Mars”, in CBS_Rather:BOWEN: The monster trucks of Mars rovers, joke scientists, equipped with an array of sophisticated hardware to look for signs of water and answer scientists questions.
** 2009 May, Lee S. Langston, “plowing new ground.”, in Mechanical Engineering, volume 131, number 5, page 40:It is one thing to see an intercooler as a simple entry in a textbook, but to witness the actual hardware as it crawled down the road was awe-inspiring.
** 2011 January, “Swedish Sportster”, in Popular Mechanics, volume 188, number 1, page 27:Smaller, turbocharged engines are one way to increase engine efficiency by 8 to 10 percent, but the extra hardware is expensive.
* (computing) The part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification; motherboard, expansion cards, etc. Compare software.
** 1952, R.L. Michaelson, “Binary Arithmetic”, in The Incorporated Statistician, volume 3, number 1 (Feb. 1952), pages 35–40:Hardware is the generally accepted colloquism for anything inside a computer other than an engineer.
* (technology) Electronic equipment.
* Metal implements.
    The designers have put their logo on the hardware of this bag here.
* (slang) A firearm.
* (slang) Medals or trophies.
* (Philippines) Short for hardware store.

#### Derived terms

* biohardware
* hardware-accelerated
* hardware acceleration
* hardware cloth
* hardware description language
* hardware disease
* hardware engineer
* hardwareless
* hardwareman
* hardware node
* hardware store
* hardware wallet
* hardwarily
* nonhardware

#### Related terms

* software
* vaporware

#### Descendants

* → Amharic: ሃርድዌር (hardəwer)

#### 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

* hardware on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Finnish
### Etymology

English hardware

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhɑːdweø/, [ˈhɑ̝ːdwe̞ø̞]
* Rhymes: -ɑːdweø

### Noun

hardware
* (anglicism, computing, electronics) Synonym of laitteisto (“hardware”) (physical equipment, as opposed to software)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of hardware (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
hardwareni
hardwareni
accusative
nom.
hardwareni
hardwareni
gen.
hardwareni
genitive
hardwareni
hardwarejeni hardwareini $^{rare}$
partitive
hardwareani
hardwarejani
inessive
hardwaressani
hardwareissani
elative
hardwarestani
hardwareistani
illative
hardwareeni
hardwareihini
adessive
hardwarellani
hardwareillani
ablative
hardwareltani
hardwareiltani
allative
hardwarelleni
hardwareilleni
essive
hardwarenani
hardwareinani
translative
hardwarekseni
hardwareikseni
abessive
hardwarettani
hardwareittani
instructive
comitative
—hardwareineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
hardwaresi
hardwaresi
accusative
nom.
hardwaresi
hardwaresi
gen.
hardwaresi
genitive
hardwaresi
hardwarejesi hardwareisi $^{rare}$
partitive
hardwareasi
hardwarejasi
inessive
hardwaressasi
hardwareissasi
elative
hardwarestasi
hardwareistasi
illative
hardwareesi
hardwareihisi
adessive
hardwarellasi
hardwareillasi
ablative
hardwareltasi
hardwareiltasi
allative
hardwarellesi
hardwareillesi
essive
hardwarenasi
hardwareinasi
translative
hardwareksesi
hardwareiksesi
abessive
hardwarettasi
hardwareittasi
instructive
comitative
—hardwareinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
hardwaremme
hardwaremme
accusative
nom.
hardwaremme
hardwaremme
gen.
hardwaremme
genitive
hardwaremme
hardwarejemme hardwareimme $^{rare}$
partitive
hardwareamme
hardwarejamme
inessive
hardwaressamme
hardwareissamme
elative
hardwarestamme
hardwareistamme
illative
hardwareemme
hardwareihimme
adessive
hardwarellamme
hardwareillamme
ablative
hardwareltamme
hardwareiltamme
allative
hardwarellemme
hardwareillemme
essive
hardwarenamme
hardwareinamme
translative
hardwareksemme
hardwareiksemme
abessive
hardwarettamme
hardwareittamme
instructive
comitative
—hardwareinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
hardwarenne
hardwarenne
accusative
nom.
hardwarenne
hardwarenne
gen.
hardwarenne
genitive
hardwarenne
hardwarejenne hardwareinne $^{rare}$
partitive
hardwareanne
hardwarejanne
inessive
hardwaressanne
hardwareissanne
elative
hardwarestanne
hardwareistanne
illative
hardwareenne
hardwareihinne
adessive
hardwarellanne
hardwareillanne
ablative
hardwareltanne
hardwareiltanne
allative
hardwarellenne
hardwareillenne
essive
hardwarenanne
hardwareinanne
translative
hardwareksenne
hardwareiksenne
abessive
hardwarettanne
hardwareittanne
instructive
comitative
—hardwareinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
hardwarensa
hardwarensa
accusative
nom.
hardwarensa
hardwarensa
gen.
hardwarensa
genitive
hardwarensa
hardwarejensa hardwareinsa $^{rare}$
partitive
hardwareaan hardwareansa
hardwarejaan hardwarejansa
inessive
hardwaressaan hardwaressansa
hardwareissaan hardwareissansa
elative
hardwarestaan hardwarestansa
hardwareistaan hardwareistansa
illative
hardwareensa
hardwareihinsa
adessive
hardwarellaan hardwarellansa
hardwareillaan hardwareillansa
ablative
hardwareltaan hardwareltansa
hardwareiltaan hardwareiltansa
allative
hardwarelleen hardwarellensa
hardwareilleen hardwareillensa
essive
hardwarenaan hardwarenansa
hardwareinaan hardwareinansa
translative
hardwarekseen hardwareksensa
hardwareikseen hardwareiksensa
abessive
hardwarettaan hardwarettansa
hardwareittaan hardwareittansa
instructive
comitative
—hardwareineen hardwareinensa :

#### Derived terms

* hardis

### Further reading

* “hardware”, 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

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from English.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aʁ.dwɛʁ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

hardware m (uncountable)
* (computing) hardware
    Synonym: matériel

### Further reading

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

## Norman
### Etymology

Borrowed from English hardware.

### Noun

hardware m (uncountable)
* (Jersey, computing) hardware

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hardware.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈxard.wɛr/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ardwɛr
* Syllabification: hard‧ware

### Noun

hardware m inan
* (computer hardware) hardware (material part of a computer)
    Synonym: sprzęt komputerowy
    Coordinate term: software

#### Derived terms

* hardware'owy

#### Related terms

* hardware'owo

### Further reading

* hardware in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* hardware in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hardware.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁaʁ.dwɛʁ/ [ˈhaɦ.dwɛh]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁaʁ.dwɛʁ/ [ˈhaɦ.dwɛh]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ˈʁaɾ.dwɛɾ/ [ˈhaɾ.dwɛɾ]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈʁaʁ.dwɛʁ/ [ˈχaʁ.dwɛχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁaɻ.dwɛɻ/ [ˈhaɻ.dwɛɻ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐɾ.duˈɛɾ/ [ɐɾ.ðuˈɛɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐɾ.duˈɛɾ/ [ɐɾ.ðuˈɛɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐɾ.duˈɛ.ɾi/ [ɐɾ.ðuˈɛ.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: hard‧wa‧re

### Noun

hardware m (plural hardwares)
* (computing) hardware (parts of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification)
    Coordinate term: software

## Romanian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hardware.

### Noun

hardware n (uncountable)
* (computing) hardware

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hardware.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈxaɾdweɾ/ [ˈxaɾ.ð̞weɾ]
* IPA: /ˈxarweɾ/ [ˈxa.rweɾ]
* IPA: /ˈxaɾɡweɾ/ [ˈxaɾ.ɣ̞weɾ]

### Noun

hardware m (plural hardwares)
* (computing) hardware

#### Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

### Further reading

* “hardware”, 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
* hardware | Diccionario panhispánico de dudas | RAE - ASALE
* algoritmo, software y hardware, cuatro claves de redacción | Fundéu Guzmán Ariza (fundeu.do)