Meanings
boolean1
adjectiveboolean (not comparable)
- not comparableAlternative letter-case form of Boolean.
Boolean2
adjectiveBoolean (not comparable)
alternative boolean · alternative dated Boolian
- not comparableOf or pertaining to the work of George Boole.
- not comparablecomputingPertaining to data items that can have “true” and “false” (or, equivalently, 1 and 0 respectively) as their only possible values and to operations on such values.
Oh, Boolean operators! "Blue and ones"! Good idea!
2005 May 9, Michael Chapman; Matthew Chapman, “Bug In Mouth Disease”, in Homestar Runner, spoken by Strong Sad (Matthew Chapman)1 more example
The associativity of OR and AND is not at all obvious. It is tempting to assume that because OR and AND are commutative that they must be associative also. This is not the case, however, and some commutative Boolean operators are not associative. Examples include NAND and NOR.
2022 August 4, William Bahn, “Boolean Algebra Laws—Delving Into Boolean Identities”, in All About Circuits
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
From Boole + -ean, named after English mathematician, philosopher and logician George Boole (1815–1864).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan booleà
- booleàlogic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
Chinese Mandarin 布爾值 /布尔值
- 布爾值 /布尔值 (Bù'ěr zhí)type of variable
Czech booleovský
- booleovskýlogic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
Dutch booleaans, booleaanse waarde
- booleaanslogic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
- booleaanse waardetype of variable
Esperanto bulea
- bulealogic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
Finnish totuusarvoinen, totuusarvomuuttuja
- totuusarvoinenlogic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
- totuusarvomuuttujatype of variable
French booléen, boolien
- booléenlogic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
- boolienlogic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
- variable booléennetype of variable
German boolesch, Boolean
- booleschlogic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
- Booleantype of variable
- boolsche Variabletype of variable
Italian booleano
- booleanologic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
Japanese ブール代数の, ブーリアン
- ブール代数の (Būru-daisū no)logic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
- ブーリアン (Būrian)type of variable
- ブール値 (Būru-chi)type of variable
Korean 불 대수의, 부울 대수의
- 불 대수의 (bul daesu-ui)logic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
- 부울 대수의 (buul daesu-ui)logic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
- 불리언 (bullieon)type of variable
- 부울 값 (buul gap)type of variable
Polish boolowski, zmienna logiczna
- boolowskilogic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
- zmienna logicznatype of variable
Portuguese booleano, booleano
- booleanologic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
- booleanotype of variable
Romanian boolean
- booleanlogic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
Russian бу́лев, бу́лева переме́нная
- бу́лев (búlev)logic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
- бу́лева переме́нная (búleva pereménnaja)type of variable
Spanish booleano, booleano
- booleanologic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
- booleanotype of variable
Swedish boolesk, boolesk variabel
- boolesklogic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
- boolesk variabeltype of variable
Turkish Boole'ca, Boole'sal
- Boole'calogic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
- Boole'sallogic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
- Boole değişkenitype of variable
Vietnamese luận lý, luận lí
- luận lýlogic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
- luận lílogic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
- (thuộc) Boolelogic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
- Booleanlogic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”
Welsh Boole
- Booletype of variable
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with boolean
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APA
boolean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boolean
MLA
“boolean.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boolean. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boolean,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boolean.
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