compiler

See also: Compiler

English

Etymology

From Middle English compilour, from Anglo-Norman compilour, from Old French compileur, from Latin compīlātōrem, equivalent to compile +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kəmˈpaɪlə/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (US) IPA^(key): /kəmˈpaɪlɚ/
• Rhymes: -aɪlə(ɹ)

Noun

compiler (plural compilers)

1. One who compiles.

   a compiler of poetry anthologies

   my favourite crossword compiler

   • 2025 November 12, Vitali Vitaliev, “Time travelling”, in RAIL, number 1048, page 68:

     Had I travelled the same route by train (the Trans-Siberian Express, say), it would have taken me a week to get there - enough time to notice that the clocks at all the stations along the way (as well as at all other stations in the totalitarian USSR) stubbornly stuck to Moscow Time. […] That bizarre arrangement, convenient for the compilers of train timetables but highly confusing for everyone else, was in force until the early 2000s, when railway stations across Russia finally adopted local times, like everywhere else in the world.

3. (software) A computer program that transforms source code into object code.
   • 1995, Charles Calvert, Teach Yourself Windows 95 Programming in 21 Days, page 1170:

     As a result, many compilers automatically allocate blocks of memory and then parcel chunks out to programs with a suballocator when needed. That is, the compiler allocates a chunk of some 4,000 bytes and then parcels this memory out to you in bits and pieces when you need it.

   • 2013, Keith Lee, Pro Objective-C, page 24:

     The recommended Apple Objective-C compiler, Clang/LLVM (versions 4.2 and above) provides support for autosynthesis of declared properties. This means that the compiler will automatically synthesize declared properties […]

Hyponyms

• biocompiler
• cross compiler
• metacompiler
• multi-language compiler
• multi-pass compiler
• multi-target compiler
• one-pass compiler
• source-to-source compiler
• supercompiler
• transcompiler
• translating compiler
• transpiler

Descendants

• → German: Compiler
• → Serbo-Croatian: kompajler

Translations

computer program

• Catalan: compilador (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 編譯器 / 编译器 (zh) (biānyìqì)

• Czech: překladač (cs) m
• Esperanto: tradukilo (eo)
• Estonian: kompilaator
• Finnish: kääntäjä (fi)
• French: compilateur (fr) m
• German: Compiler (de) m, Kompiler m, Übersetzer (de) m
• Greek: μεταγλωττιστής (el) m (metaglottistís)
• Hebrew: מְהַדֵּר (he) m
• Hungarian: fordító (hu), fordítóprogram (hu)
• Icelandic: þýðandi (is) m, vistþýðandi m, þýðingarforrit n
• Indonesian: kompilator (id)
• Irish: tiomsaitheoir m
• Italian: compilatore (it) m
• Japanese: コンパイラ (kompaira)
• Kazakh: компилятор (kompilätor)
• Korean: 컴파일러 (keompailleo)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: kompiliatorius m
• Malagasy: mpandika (mg)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kompilator m

  Nynorsk: kompilator m

• Persian: ترجمیسال, ترجمیسار
• Polish: kompilator (pl) m
• Portuguese: compilador (pt) m
• Romanian: compilator (ro) n
• Russian: компиля́тор (ru) m (kompiljátor)
• Serbo-Croatian: kompilator (sh) m, kompajler (sh) m
• Spanish: compilador (es) m
• Swedish: kompilator (sv) c
• Thai: คอมไพเลอร์
• Turkish: derleyici (tr)
• Vietnamese: trình biên dịch
• Welsh: crynhoydd m

a person who compiles

• Bulgarian: съставител (bg) m (sǎstavitel)
• Catalan: compilador (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 编者 (zh) (bīanzhě)

• Finnish: kokoaja (fi), koostaja
• French: compilateur (fr) m, compilatrice (fr)
• German: Kompilator (de) m
• Greek: συντάκτης (el) m (syntáktis)
• Irish: tiomsaitheoir m, teaglamaí m
• Japanese: コンパイラ (kompaira)
• Latin: compīlātor m
• Māori: kaiwhakahiato
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kompilator m

  Nynorsk: kompilator m

• Persian: گرداور
• Polish: kompilator (pl) m
• Portuguese: compilador (pt) m
• Romanian: compilator (ro) m, compilatoare (ro) f
• Russian: состави́тель (ru) m (sostavítelʹ), компиля́тор (ru) m (kompiljátor)
• Serbo-Croatian: kompilator (sh) m, kompilatorica (sh) f
• Swedish: sammanställare c, kompilator (sv) c
• Ukrainian: укладач m (ukladač)
• Vietnamese: biên dịch viên
• Welsh: crynhoydd m, casglwr m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} compilador (es)
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} derleyici (tr)

Anagrams

• complier, picromel

French

Etymology

From Latin compīlāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.pi.le/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Somain)):

  (file)

Verb

compiler

1. To compile, gather documents.

   Peux-tu compiler ces documents pour moi ?

   Can you compile these documents for me?

2. (programming) to compile

   Je n'arrive pas à compiler ce programme…

   I can't manage to compile this program…

Conjugation

Conjugation of compiler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	compiler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	compilant /kɔ̃.pi.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		compilé /kɔ̃.pi.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	compile /kɔ̃.pil/	compiles /kɔ̃.pil/	compile /kɔ̃.pil/	compilons /kɔ̃.pi.lɔ̃/	compilez /kɔ̃.pi.le/	compilent /kɔ̃.pil/
	imperfect	compilais /kɔ̃.pi.lɛ/	compilais /kɔ̃.pi.lɛ/	compilait /kɔ̃.pi.lɛ/	compilions /kɔ̃.pi.ljɔ̃/	compiliez /kɔ̃.pi.lje/	compilaient /kɔ̃.pi.lɛ/
	past historic2	compilai /kɔ̃.pi.le/	compilas /kɔ̃.pi.la/	compila /kɔ̃.pi.la/	compilâmes /kɔ̃.pi.lam/	compilâtes /kɔ̃.pi.lat/	compilèrent /kɔ̃.pi.lɛʁ/
	future	compilerai /kɔ̃.pil.ʁe/	compileras /kɔ̃.pil.ʁa/	compilera /kɔ̃.pil.ʁa/	compilerons /kɔ̃.pil.ʁɔ̃/	compilerez /kɔ̃.pil.ʁe/	compileront /kɔ̃.pil.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	compilerais /kɔ̃.pil.ʁɛ/	compilerais /kɔ̃.pil.ʁɛ/	compilerait /kɔ̃.pil.ʁɛ/	compilerions /kɔ̃.pi.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	compileriez /kɔ̃.pi.lə.ʁje/	compileraient /kɔ̃.pil.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	compile /kɔ̃.pil/	compiles /kɔ̃.pil/	compile /kɔ̃.pil/	compilions /kɔ̃.pi.ljɔ̃/	compiliez /kɔ̃.pi.lje/	compilent /kɔ̃.pil/
	imperfect2	compilasse /kɔ̃.pi.las/	compilasses /kɔ̃.pi.las/	compilât /kɔ̃.pi.la/	compilassions /kɔ̃.pi.la.sjɔ̃/	compilassiez /kɔ̃.pi.la.sje/	compilassent /kɔ̃.pi.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	compile /kɔ̃.pil/	—	compilons /kɔ̃.pi.lɔ̃/	compilez /kɔ̃.pi.le/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “compiler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Latin

Verb

compīler

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of compīlō

Old French

Etymology

From Latin compilare (“to plunder”).

Verb

compiler

1. to compile
   • Les Faits des Romains

     Ici commence les fes des Romains, compilé ensemble de Salustes, de Suetoine et de Lucan

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ils, *-ilt are modified to is, it. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of compiler (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		compiler			avoir compilé
gerund		en compilant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		compilant
past participle		compilé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	compil	compiles	compile	compilons	compilez	compilent
	imperfect	compiloie, compileie, compiloe, compileve	compiloies, compileies, compiloes, compileves	compiloit, compileit, compilot, compileve	compiliiens, compiliens	compiliiez, compiliez	compiloient, compileient, compiloent, compilevent
	preterite	compilai	compilas	compila	compilames	compilastes	compilerent
	future	compilerai	compileras	compilera	compilerons	compileroiz, compilereiz, compilerez	compileront
	conditional	compileroie, compilereie	compileroies, compilereies	compileroit, compilereit	compileriiens, compileriens	compileriiez, compileriez	compileroient, compilereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	compil	compis	compit	compilons	compilez	compilent
	imperfect	compilasse	compilasses	compilast	compilissons, compilissiens	compilissoiz, compilissez, compilissiez	compilassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	compile	—	compilons	compilez	—

Descendants

• English: compile
• French: compiler