Meanings
nountrialware (uncountable)
- InternetuncountableSoftware that can be tried for a limited time, after which it expires or has limited functionality.
Origin
- Old Frenchtrier
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Anglo-Normantrial
- Middle Englishtrial
- Englishtrial
- Proto-Indo-European*sem-
- Proto-Germanic*samþuz /*samftuz
- Proto-West Germanic*samft(ī)
- Old Englishsōfte
- Middle Englishsofte
- Englishsoft
- Proto-Germanic*warō
- Proto-West Germanic*waru
- Old Englishwaru
- Middle Englishware
- Englishsoftwarebf.
- Englishtrialware
From trial + -ware (clipping of "software").
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Indonesian peranti coba, perangkat lunak masa coba
- peranti cobasoftware program
- perangkat lunak masa cobasoftware program
Portuguese programa de experimentação, programa de avaliação
- programa de experimentaçãosoftware program
- programa de avaliaçãosoftware program
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Cite this entry
APA
trialware. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trialware
MLA
“trialware.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trialware. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trialware,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trialware.
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