freeware

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

freeware

Wikipedia

Etymology

From free +‎ -ware, a contraction of software; Coined by Andrew Fluegelman.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɹiːˌwɛə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɹiːˌwɛɹ/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

freeware (uncountable)

1. (software) Complete and functional software that does not require payment or other compensation (such as viewing advertising) for its use. Freeware may be a proprietary license with no access to the source code.

   Coordinate terms: payware, shareware

Derived terms

• non-freeware

Related terms

• abandonware
• adware
• baitware
• censorware
• crippleware
• demoware
• donationware
• postcardware
• shareware
• spyware
• trialware

Translations

free of charge software

Chinese: Mandarin: 免費軟件 / 免费软件 (zh) (miǎnfèi ruǎnjiàn) (Mainland China, Hong Kong), 免費軟體 / 免费软体 (miǎnfèi ruǎntǐ) (Taiwan) Czech: freeware (cs) m Danish: gratisprogram n Dutch: freeware (nl) m Estonian: vabavara Finnish: freeware (fi) French: gratuiciel (fr) m German: Freeware (de) f Greek: δωρισμικό n (dorismikó) Indonesian: peranti cuma-cuma, peranti gratis Japanese: フリーウェア (ja) (furīwea) Korean: 프리웨어 (peuriweeo) Malay: perisian percuma Norwegian: gratisprogram n Polish: freeware (pl) m Portuguese: programa gratuito m, programa grátis m, software gratuito m, software grátis m Russian: беспла́тное ПО n (besplátnoje PO), фри́ве́р m or n (frívɛ́r) Swedish: gratisprogram (sv) n

See also

• freedomware
• free software
• free trial
• open-source software
• public domain software

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

freeware

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English freeware.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfri.wɛr/
• Rhymes: -iwɛr
• Syllabification: free‧ware

Noun

freeware m inan (related adjective freeware'owy)

1. (software) freeware (complete and functional software that does not require payment or other compensation (such as viewing advertising) for its use; it may be a proprietary license with no access to the source code)

   Hypernym: software

Declension

Declension of freeware

	singular
nominative	freeware
genitive	freeware'u
dative	freeware'owi
accusative	freeware
instrumental	freeware'em
locative	freewarze
vocative	freewarze

Related terms

adverbs

• freeware'owo

Further reading

• freeware in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• freeware in PWN's encyclopedia

Spanish

Noun

freeware m (plural freewares)

1. freeware