pixel

See also: Pixel and píxel

English

Etymology

pix (“pictures”), + el(ement); often taken to be a blend of “picture” and “element”, but this does not account for the x. First attested in 1965[1].

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɪksəl/, /ˈpɪksɛl/
  • Rhymes: -ɪksəl

Noun

pixel (plural pixels)

  1. One of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory.
    • 1965 April, Fred C. Billingsley, “Digital Video Processing at JPL”, in Eugene B. Turner, editor, Electronic Imaging Techniques I, Proceedings of SPIE, volume 3, Los Angeles:
      We have chosen to sample at a 500 KC rate and we define each one of these samples as a picture element or pixel. We have sampled each pixel with 6-bit accuracy which is commensurate with the signal/noise ratio and the data accuracy.
  2. One of the squares that make up a pixel art work or a zoomed in image in a computer.

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See also

References
  1. Richard F. Lyons (January 2006), “A Brief History of ‘Pixel’”, in IS&T/SPIE Symposium on Electronic Imaging‎, San Jose
  • “pixel” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

Further reading

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English pixel.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɪk.səl/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: pi‧xel

Noun

pixel m (plural pixels, diminutive pixeltje n)

  1. pixel
    Synonym: beeldpunt

Derived terms

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English pixel.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pik.sɛl/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

pixel m (plural pixels)

  1. (computing) pixel

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English pixel.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈpiksɛl]
  • Hyphenation: pi‧xel

Noun

pixel (plural pixelek)

  1. (computing) pixel (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory)

Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative pixel pixelek
accusative pixelt pixeleket
dative pixelnek pixeleknek
instrumental pixellel pixelekkel
causal-final pixelért pixelekért
translative pixellé pixelekké
terminative pixelig pixelekig
essive-formal pixelként pixelekként
essive-modal — —
inessive pixelben pixelekben
superessive pixelen pixeleken
adessive pixelnél pixeleknél
illative pixelbe pixelekbe
sublative pixelre pixelekre
allative pixelhez pixelekhez
elative pixelből pixelekből
delative pixelről pixelekről
ablative pixeltől pixelektől
Possessive forms of pixel
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. pixelem pixeljeim
2nd person sing. pixeled pixeljeid
3rd person sing. pixelje pixeljei
1st person plural pixelünk pixeljeink
2nd person plural pixeletek pixeljeitek
3rd person plural pixeljük pixeljeik

Derived terms

References
  1. Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from English pixel, abbreviation of "picture element".

Noun

pixel m (definite singular pixelen, indefinite plural pixeler or pixler, definite plural pixelene or pixlene)

  1. (computing) alternative form of piksel

Usage notes

The plural forms pixler and pixlene are not listed officially, but are in common use, and also occur in Danish (as pixler and pixlerne).

References

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English pixel.

Noun

pixel m (plural pixels or pixeis)

  1. (computing) pixel (one of the dots that make up an image)
    Synonym: ponto

Usage notes

The use of the plural pixeis (as opposed to píxeis) is sometimes discouraged as it does not correspond to the natural plural formation in either of the two languages[1].

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:pixel.

References
  1. https://www.flip.pt/Duvidas-Linguisticas/Duvida-Linguistica/DID/3416

Spanish

Noun

pixel m (plural pixeles)

  1. Alternative form of píxel
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