# terminal
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin terminalis (“pertaining to a boundary or to the end, terminal, final”), from Latin terminus (“a bound, boundary, limit, end”). See term, terminus.

### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /ˈtɚmɪnəl/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

terminal (plural terminals)
* A building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.
    Terminal 1 is for domestic flights, whereas Terminal 2 is for international flights.
    A shuttle service runs free of charge between the three terminals.
* A harbour facility where ferries embark and disembark passengers and load and unload vehicles.
* A rail station where service begins and ends; the end of the line. For example: Grand Central Terminal in New York City.
* A rate charged on all freight, regardless of distance, and supposed to cover the expenses of station service, as distinct from mileage rate, generally proportionate to the distance and intended to cover movement expenses.
* A town lying at the end of a railroad, in which the terminal is located; more properly called a terminus.
* A storage tank for bulk liquids (such as oil or chemicals) prior to further distribution.
* (electronics) the end of a line where signals are either transmitted or received, or a point along the length of a line where the signals are made available to apparatus.
* An electric contact on a battery.
* (telecommunications) The apparatus to send and/or receive signals on a line, such as a telephone or network device.
* (computing) A device for entering data into a computer or a communications system and/or displaying data received, especially a device equipped with a keyboard and some sort of textual display.
* (computing) A computer program that emulates a physical terminal.
* (computing theory) A terminal symbol in a formal grammar.
* (biology) The end ramification (of an axon, etc.) or one of the extremities of a polypeptide.

#### Derived terms

* air terminal
* betting terminal
* block-oriented terminal
* cable terminal
* coterminal
* credit card terminal
* C-terminal
* data terminal equipment
* dumb terminal
* glass terminal
* handheld terminal
* intelligent terminal
* N-terminal
* oil terminal
* payment terminal
* POS terminal
* rail terminal
* smart terminal
* terminal station
* terminal strip
* video lottery terminal

#### Related terms

* term
* terminable
* terminate
* terminus

#### Descendants

* → Bulgarian: термина́л (terminál)
* → Japanese: ターミナル (tāminaru)
* → Korean: 터미널 (teomineol)
* → Russian: термина́л (terminál)
** → Kazakh: терминал (terminal)

#### Translations
### Adjective

terminal (comparative more terminal, superlative most terminal)
* Fatal; resulting in death.
    terminal cancer
* Appearing at the end; top or apex of a physical object.
* Occurring at the end of a word, sentence, or period of time, and serves to terminate it
* (archaic) Occurring every term; termly.
    a student's terminal fees

#### Synonyms

* (appearing at the end): endly, final, late, endsome

#### Antonyms

* non-terminal
* (antonym(s) of “illness”): early
* (antonym(s) of “appearing at the end”): initial, early

#### Derived terms

* amino-terminal
* carboxy-terminal
* non-terminal symbol
* terminal acetylene
* terminal bronchiole
* terminal burrowing
* terminal cisterna
* terminal control area
* terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase
* terminal figure
* terminal hair
* terminal illness
* terminal leave
* terminally
* terminal moraine
* terminal object
* terminal s
* terminal stria
* terminal tackle
* terminal velocity

#### Translations
### Verb

terminal (third-person singular simple present terminals, present participle terminaling or terminalling, simple past and past participle terminaled or terminalled)
* To store bulk liquids (such as oil or chemicals) in storage tanks prior to further distribution.

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* trailmen, tram line, tramline

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin terminālis, from Latin terminus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [tər.miˈnal]
* IPA: (Valencia) [teɾ.miˈnal]

### Adjective

terminal m or f (masculine and feminine plural terminals)
* terminal
    Un pacient terminal científicament no té possibilitats de sobreviure.(please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Related terms

* terminar
* terme

### Noun

terminal m (plural terminals)
* (computing) terminal

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From English terminal, from French terminal, from Late Latin terminalis (“pertaining to a boundary or to the end, terminal, final”), from Latin terminus (“a bound, boundary, limit, end”).

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ter‧mi‧nal

### Noun

terminal
* a terminus
* an airport terminal
* a port terminal
* a rail station

## French
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin terminālis, from Latin terminus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɛʁ.mi.nal/
* Audio (Paris):(file)
* Homophones: terminale, terminales

### Adjective

terminal (feminine terminale, masculine plural terminaux, feminine plural terminales)
* terminal
    Le cancer est en phase terminale. ― The cancer is in the terminal stage.

#### Derived terms

* choc terminal

#### Related terms

* terminer

### Noun

terminal m (plural terminaux)
* terminal

### Further reading

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

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

terminal (strong nominative masculine singular terminaler, not comparable)
* terminal

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “terminal” in Duden online
* “terminal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch terminal, from Late Latin terminalis (“pertaining to a boundary or to the end, terminal, final”), from Latin terminus (“a bound, boundary, limit, end”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tɛrˈminal] (standard)
* IPA: [tərˈminal] (anglicised)
* Hyphenation: tèr‧mi‧nal

### Noun

terminal (plural terminal-terminal)
* terminal:
** (transport) facility to embark and disembark passengers
    Synonym: stasiun
** (computing) a device for entering data into a computer or a communications system and/or displaying data received, especially a device equipped with a keyboard and some sort of textual display
* (chiefly Eastern Indonesia, electricity) electrical socket
    Synonyms: colokan, soket, stopkontak

#### Derived terms

* terminal agribisnis
* terminal bayangan
* terminal listrik
* terminal pembayaran elektronik

#### Related terms

* termin
* terminator
* terminus

### Further reading

* “terminal” 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.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Latin terminus, via English terminal.

### Noun

terminal m (definite singular terminalen, indefinite plural terminaler, definite plural terminalene)
* a terminal

#### Derived terms

* ferjeterminal
* flyterminal
* godsterminal

### References

* “terminal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Latin terminus, via English terminal.

### Noun

terminal m (definite singular terminalen, indefinite plural terminalar, definite plural terminalane)
* a terminal

#### Derived terms

* ferjeterminal
* flyterminal
* godsterminal

### References

* “terminal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English terminal.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɛrˈmi.nal/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -inal
* Syllabification: ter‧mi‧nal

### Noun

terminal m inan
* airport terminal (building at an airport from which passengers board the planes)
* transportation hub
* (computing) computer terminal (device for entering data into a computer)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* terminal in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* terminal in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* terminal in PWN's encyclopedia

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin terminālis, from Latin terminus.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /teʁ.miˈnaw/ [teɦ.miˈnaʊ̯]
* (Brazil) IPA: /teʁ.miˈnaw/ [teɦ.miˈnaʊ̯]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /teɾ.miˈnaw/ [teɾ.miˈnaʊ̯]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /teʁ.miˈnaw/ [teʁ.miˈnaʊ̯]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /teɻ.miˈnaw/ [teɻ.miˈnaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /tɨɾ.miˈnal/ [tɨɾ.miˈnaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /tɨɾ.miˈnal/ [tɨɾ.miˈnaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /tɨɾ.miˈna.li/
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
* Hyphenation: ter‧mi‧nal

### Adjective

terminal m or f (plural terminais)
* (relational) of or occurring during the conclusion or end of something
* (of a disease) terminal (resulting in death)

#### Derived terms

* terminalmente

### Noun

terminal m (plural terminais)
* terminal (section of a station or airport where passengers board the vehicle or craft)
* (electronics) terminal (the end of a line where signals are transmitted or received)
* (computing) terminal (device for entering and displaying data)
* (computing) terminal (computer program that emulates a terminal)

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French terminale.

### Adjective

terminal m or n (feminine singular terminală, masculine plural terminali, feminine and neuter plural terminale)
* terminal

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

Borrowed from Late Latin terminālis, from Latin terminus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /teɾmiˈnal/ [t̪eɾ.miˈnal]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: ter‧mi‧nal

### Adjective

terminal m or f (masculine and feminine plural terminales)
* final, last
    Synonyms: último, final
    Antonym: primero
* terminal, fatal (resulting in death)
* terminally ill

#### Derived terms

* paraterminal
* terminalmente

### Noun

terminal m or f same meaning (plural terminales)
* terminal (a building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to airplanes)
* terminal (a device for entering data into a computer)

#### Derived terms

* alicates de terminales
* terminales mediáticas

### Noun

terminal m (plural terminales)
* mobile phone
    Synonyms: teléfono móvil, teléfono celular
** 2020 March 2, “Tres detenidos por violar y grabar a una mujer en Barcelona [Three arrested for raping and recording a woman in Barcelona]”, in La Vanguardia‎:Los agentes intervinieron los teléfonos móviles de los detenidos y además uno de ellos guardaba en su bolsillo el terminal de la víctima.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Related terms

* terminar
* término

### Further reading

* “terminal”, 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

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from English terminal or Spanish terminal.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈteɾminal/ [ˌt̪ɛɾ.mɪˈn̪al]
* Rhymes: -eɾminal
* Syllabification: ter‧mi‧nal

### Noun

términál (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜇ᜔ᜋᜒᜈᜎ᜔)
* terminal (station at either end of a transportation line)
    Synonyms: himpilan, estasyon
* end; extremity; limit
    Synonyms: dulo, duluhan, hanggahan, hangganan

## Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French terminal, from Late Latin terminalis, from Latin terminus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tæɾmiˈnɑl]
* Hyphenation: ter‧mi‧nal

### Noun

terminal (definite accusative terminali, plural terminaller)
* bus station (terminal)

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
terminal
terminaller
definite accusative
terminali
terminalleri
dative
terminale
terminallere
locative
terminalde
terminallerde
ablative
terminalden
terminallerden
genitive
terminalin
terminallerin
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
terminalim
terminallerim
2nd singular
terminalin
terminallerin
3rd singular
terminali
terminalleri
1st plural
terminalimiz
terminallerimiz
2nd plural
terminaliniz
terminalleriniz
3rd plural
terminalleri
terminalleri
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
terminalimi
terminallerimi
2nd singular
terminalini
terminallerini
3rd singular
terminalini
terminallerini
1st plural
terminalimizi
terminallerimizi
2nd plural
terminalinizi
terminallerinizi
3rd plural
terminallerini
terminallerini
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
terminalime
terminallerime
2nd singular
terminaline
terminallerine
3rd singular
terminaline
terminallerine
1st plural
terminalimize
terminallerimize
2nd plural
terminalinize
terminallerinize
3rd plural
terminallerine
terminallerine
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
terminalimde
terminallerimde
2nd singular
terminalinde
terminallerinde
3rd singular
terminalinde
terminallerinde
1st plural
terminalimizde
terminallerimizde
2nd plural
terminalinizde
terminallerinizde
3rd plural
terminallerinde
terminallerinde
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
terminalimden
terminallerimden
2nd singular
terminalinden
terminallerinden
3rd singular
terminalinden
terminallerinden
1st plural
terminalimizden
terminallerimizden
2nd plural
terminalinizden
terminallerinizden
3rd plural
terminallerinden
terminallerinden
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
terminalimin
terminallerimin
2nd singular
terminalinin
terminallerinin
3rd singular
terminalinin
terminallerinin
1st plural
terminalimizin
terminallerimizin
2nd plural
terminalinizin
terminallerinizin
3rd plural
terminallerinin
terminallerinin :

#### Synonyms

* otogar