emulator

See also: Emulator and emulátor

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛmjəˌleɪtəɹ/

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• Hyphenation: em‧u‧la‧tor

Noun

emulator (plural emulators)

English Wikipedia has an article on:

emulator

Wikipedia

1. A person or thing that emulates.
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2. (computing) A piece of software or hardware that simulates another system.

Derived terms

• emulatress

Related terms

• emulate

Descendants

• → Japanese: エミュレータ (emyurēta)

Translations

person or thing that emulates

Finnish: emulaattori (fi) French: émulateur (fr) m, émulatrice (fr) f Galician: emulador m, emuladora f Greek: ζηλωτής (el) m (zilotís), μιμητής (el) m (mimitís) Manx: co-eiyrtagh m Polish: imitator (pl) m, imitatorka f, naśladowca (pl) m, naśladowczyni (pl) f Portuguese: emulador (pt) m, emuladora f Spanish: emulador (es) m, emuladora (es) f, émulo (es) m Turkish: öykünücü (tr), emülatör

software or hardware that simulates another system

Arabic: مُحَاكٍ m (muḥākin) Bulgarian: емулатор m (emulator) Chinese: Mandarin: 模擬器 / 模拟器 (zh) (mónǐqì) Finnish: emulaattori (fi) French: émulateur (fr) m Galician: emulador m German: Emulator (de) m Greek: εξομοιωτής (el) m (exomoiotís) Hebrew: אמולטור m (emulator) Hungarian: emulátor (hu) Icelandic: hermir m Italian: emulatore (it) m Japanese: エミュレータ (ja) (emyurēta) Malay: pelagak (ms) Polish: emulator (pl) m Portuguese: emulador (pt) m Romanian: emulator n Russian: эмуля́тор (ru) (emuljátor) Spanish: emulador (es) m Swedish: emulator (sv) c Turkish: öykünücü (tr), emülatör

Further reading

• “emulator”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “emulator”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “emulator”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “emulator”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

emulator

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English emulator, French émulateur, German Emulator, ultimately from Latin aemulātor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ.muˈla.tɔr/
• Rhymes: -atɔr
• Syllabification: e‧mu‧la‧tor

Noun

emulator m inan

1. (computing) emulator (piece of software or hardware that simulates another system)

   Hypernym: program

Declension

Declension of emulator

	singular	plural
nominative	emulator	emulatory
genitive	emulatora	emulatorów
dative	emulatorowi	emulatorom
accusative	emulator	emulatory
instrumental	emulatorem	emulatorami
locative	emulatorze	emulatorach
vocative	emulatorze	emulatory

Related terms

nouns

• emulacja

verbs

• emulować impf

Further reading

• emulator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• emulator in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French emulateur. Equivalent to emula +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.mu.laˈtor/

Adjective

emulator m or n (feminine singular emulatoare, masculine plural emulatori, feminine/neuter plural emulatoare)

1. emulator

Declension

Declension of emulator

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	emulator		emulatoare		emulatori	emulatoare
	definite	emulatorul		emulatoarea		emulatorii	emulatoarele
genitive- dative	indefinite	emulator		emulatoare		emulatori	emulatoare
	definite	emulatorului		emulatoarei		emulatorilor	emulatoarelor

Further reading

• “emulator”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

emulator

Wikipedia ^sv

Etymology

Borrowed from English emulator.

Noun

emulator c

1. (computing) an emulator

Declension

Declension of emulator

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	emulator	emulators
	definite	emulatorn	emulatorns
plural	indefinite	emulatorer	emulatorers
	definite	emulatorerna	emulatorernas

Related terms

• emulera
• emulering

References

• emulator in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• emulator in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)