Meanings
noundatabase (plural databases)
plural databases · alternative dated data base · alternative dated data-base
- broadlyA collection of (usually) organized information in a regular structure, usually but not necessarily in a machine-readable format accessible by a computer.
I have a database of all my contacts in my personal organizer.
- computingA set of tables and other objects (queries, reports, forms) in the form of a structured data set.
The "books" database will have three tables, and the "customers" database will have two tables.
- broadlymetonymicallycomputingA software program (application) for storing, retrieving and manipulating such a structured data set.
Which database do you use: MySQL or Oracle?
- broadlymetonymicallycomputingA combination of such data sets and the programs for using them.
verbdatabase (third-person singular simple present databases, present participle databasing, simple past and past participle databased)
present singular third person databases · participle present databasing · participle past databased · past databased · alternative dated data base · alternative dated data-base
- transitiveTo enter (data) into a database.
The resulting citation collection was databased and coded for meaning, etymon, and date range (earliest and latest occurrence found).
2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 5
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA collection of (usually) organized information in a regular structure, usually but not necessarily in a machine-readable format accessible by a computer.
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bibliographic databasecontainer databasedistributed databasedistributional–relational databaseembedded databaseflat-file databasegeodatabasehierarchical databasemetadatabasenetwork databaseobject databaseobject-oriented databasepluggable databaserelational databasesubdatabasesuperdatabase
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*deh₃-redup.
- Proto-Indo-European*dédeh₃ti
- Proto-Italic*didō
- Latindō
- Latindatus
- Latindatum
- Englishdata
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷem-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷémtis
- Proto-Hellenic*gʷə́tis
- Ancient Greekβᾰ́σῐς (bắsĭs)
- Latinbasis
- Old Frenchbase
- Middle Englishbase
- Englishbase
- Englishdatabase
Translations
Afrikaans databasis
- databasiscollection of information
Arabic قَاعِدَة بَيَانَات, قَاعِدَة بَيَانَات
- قَاعِدَة بَيَانَات (qāʕidat bayānāt)collection of information
- قَاعِدَة بَيَانَات (qāʕidat bayānāt)software program
Basque datu-base, data-base
- datu-basecollection of information
- data-basesoftware program
Bengali ডেটাবেজ, ডেটাবেস
- ডেটাবেজ (ḍeṭabej)collection of information
- ডেটাবেস (ḍeṭabes)collection of information
- ডাটাবেজ (ḍaṭabej)collection of information
- ডাটাবেস (ḍaṭabes)collection of information
Bulgarian ба́за да́нни, ба́за от да́нни
- ба́за да́нни (báza dánni)collection of information
- ба́за от да́нни (báza ot dánni)collection of information
- ба́за да́нни (báza dánni)software program
Catalan base de dades, base de dades
- base de dadescollection of information
- base de dadessoftware program
Chinese Cantonese 數據庫 /数据库, 數據庫 /数据库
- 數據庫 /数据库 (sou³ geoi³ fu³)collection of information
- 數據庫 /数据库 (sou³ geoi³ fu³)software program
Chinese Mandarin 數據庫 /数据库, 數據庫 /数据库
- 數據庫 /数据库 (shùjùkù)collection of information
- 數據庫 /数据库 (shùjùkù)software program
Czech databáze, databáze
- databázecollection of information
- databázesoftware program
Danish databank, database
- databankcollection of information
- databasecollection of information
- databasesoftware program
Dutch database, databank
- databasecollection of information
- databankcollection of information
- databasiscollection of information
- gegevensbankcollection of information
- databasesoftware program
- databanksoftware program
Esperanto datumbazo, datumbanko
- datumbazocollection of information
- datumbankocollection of information
- datenbazocollection of information
- datumbazosoftware program
- datumbankosoftware program
- datenbazosoftware program
Estonian andmebaas
- andmebaascollection of information
Finnish tietokanta, tietokantaohjelma
- tietokantacollection of information
- tietokantaohjelmasoftware program
- tietokantasoftware program
French base de données, banque de données
- base de donnéescollection of information
- banque de donnéescollection of information
- databasecollection of information
- base de donnéessoftware program
- databasesoftware program
- banque de donnéessoftware program
German Datenbank, Datenbank
- Datenbankcollection of information
- Datenbanksoftware program
Greek βάση δεδομένων, βάση δεδομένων
- βάση δεδομένων (vási dedoménon)collection of information
- βάση δεδομένων (vási dedoménon)software program
Hawaiian hōkeo ʻikepili
- hōkeo ʻikepilicollection of information
Hebrew בְּסִיס נְתוּנִים, בְּסִיס נְתוּנִים
- בְּסִיס נְתוּנִים (besis netunim)collection of information
- בְּסִיס נְתוּנִים (besis netunim)software program
Hindi डेटाबेस, डेटाबेस
- डेटाबेस (ḍeṭābes)collection of information
- डेटाबेस (ḍeṭābes)software program
Hungarian adatbázis
- adatbáziscollection of information
Icelandic gagnagrunnur
- gagnagrunnurcollection of information
Indonesian basis data, pangkalan data
- basis datacollection of information
- pangkalan datacollection of information
- basis datasoftware program
- pangkalan datasoftware program
Irish bunachar sonraí, bunachar sonraí
- bunachar sonraícollection of information
- bunachar sonraísoftware program
Italian database, base di dati
- databasecollection of information
- base di daticollection of information
- banca daticollection of information
- archiviocollection of information
- databasesoftware program
- base di datisoftware program
Japanese データベース, データベース
- データベース (dētabēsu)collection of information
- データベース (dētabēsu)software program
Korean 데이터베이스, 데이터베이스
- 데이터베이스 (deiteobeiseu)collection of information
- 데이터베이스 (deiteobeiseu)software program
Latvian datu bāze, datu bāze
- datu bāzecollection of information
- datu bāzesoftware program
Lithuanian duomenų bazė, duomenynas
- duomenų bazėcollection of information
- duomenynascollection of information
Malay pangkalan data, pangkalan data
- pangkalan datacollection of information
- pangkalan datasoftware program
Māori putunga hōtuku, pātengi raraunga
- putunga hōtukucollection of information
- pātengi raraungacollection of information
- raraungacollection of information
Norwegian Bokmål database
- databasecollection of information
Polish baza danych, bank danych
- baza danychcollection of information
- bank danychcollection of information
- baza danychsoftware program
- bank danychsoftware program
Portuguese banco de dados, base de dados
- banco de dadoscollection of information
- base de dadoscollection of information
- banco de dadossoftware program
- base de dadossoftware program
Romanian bancă de date, bază de date
- bancă de datecollection of information
- bază de datecollection of information
- bază de datesoftware program
Russian ба́за да́нных, ба́за да́нных
- ба́за да́нных (báza dánnyx)collection of information
- ба́за да́нных (báza dánnyx)software program
Scottish Gaelic stòr-dàta, stòr-dàta
- stòr-dàtacollection of information
- stòr-dàtasoftware program
Slovak databáza
- databázacollection of information
Spanish base de datos, banco de datos
- base de datoscollection of information
- banco de datoscollection of information
- base de datossoftware program
Swahili hifadhidata, hifadhidata
- hifadhidatacollection of information
- hifadhidatasoftware program
Swedish databas, databas
- databascollection of information
- databassoftware program
- databasprogramsoftware program
Tagalog database
- databasecollection of information
Tamil தரவுத்தளம்
- தரவுத்தளம் (taravuttaḷam)collection of information
Thai ฐานข้อมูล
- ฐานข้อมูล (tǎan-kɔ̂ɔ-muun)collection of information
Turkish veritabanı, veri tabanı
- veritabanıcollection of information
- veri tabanıcollection of information
Ukrainian ба́за да́них, ба́за да́них
- ба́за да́них (báza dányx)collection of information
- ба́за да́них (báza dányx)software program
Urdu ڈیٹابیس, ڈیٹا بیس
- ڈیٹابیس (ḍeṭābes)collection of information
- ڈیٹا بیس (ḍeṭā bes)collection of information
- ذخیرہ معلومات (zaxīra-e-mālūmāt)collection of information
- شماریاتی ذخیرہ (śumāriyātī-zaxīra)collection of information
- اعداد خانہ (ādād-xāna)collection of information
- ذخیرہ اعدادیات (zaxīra-e-ā'dādiyāt)collection of information
- ذخیرہ اعداد و شمار (zaxīra-e-ā'dād-o-śumār)collection of information
- ذخیرہ معطیات (zaxīra-e-mu'tiyāt)collection of information
- کوائفیہ (kawā'ifiya)collection of information
- قاعدہ معطیات (qā'ida-e-mu'tiyāt)collection of information
Vietnamese cơ sở dữ liệu, CSDL
- cơ sở dữ liệucollection of information
- CSDLcollection of information
- cơ sở dữ liệusoftware program
- CSDLsoftware program
Welsh data-bas, cronfa ddata
- data-bascollection of information
- cronfa ddatacollection of information
Cite this entry
APA
database. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/database
MLA
“database.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/database. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “database,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/database.
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