цифровой

Russian

Etymology

ци́фра (cífra) +‎ -ово́й (-ovój)

Originally referred to statistics, such as for example in "Цифровой материал для изучения переселений в Сибирь" (Digital material for studying resettlement in Siberia), a publication from 1896.

More recent senses associated with electronics and especially computers are assumed to be a semantic loan from English digital.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨfrɐˈvoj]
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Adjective

цифрово́й • (cifrovój)

  1. digital (relating to numbers or computers)
    цифрово́е телеви́дениеcifrovóje televídenijedigital television

Declension

Derived terms

  • ци́фра f (cífra)
  • оцифрова́ть pf (ocifrovátʹ), оцифро́вывать impf (ocifróvyvatʹ)

Descendants

  • Armenian: թվային (tʻvayin) (semantic loan)
  • Azerbaijani: rəqəmsal (calque)
  • Georgian: ციფრული (cipruli) (semantic loan)