SQL

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛs kjuː ɛl/

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• IPA^(key): /ˈsiːkwəl/

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  • Homophone: sequel
  • Rhymes: -iːkwəl
  • The first form of SQL was called SEQUEL, pronounced like sequel. As a result, many speakers still pronounce SQL like sequel. (For these speakers, SQL is an acronym.)

Noun

SQL (uncountable)

1. (computer languages, databases) Initialism of Structured Query Language.

Hypernyms

• QL

Hyponyms

• eSQL
• NewSQL
• NoSQL
• PL/SQL
• T-SQL, Transact-SQL

Derived terms

• HSQLDB

Translations

SQL (Structured Query Language)

• Arabic: إِس كْيُو إِل m (ʔes kyū ʔel), إسْ كْيُو إلْ m (ʔis kyū ʔil)
• German: SQL (de) n
• Italian: SQL (it) m
• Japanese: SQL (ja) (esu-kyū-eru)
• Korean: SQL (eseukyuel)
• Norwegian: SQL n
• Persian: اس‌کیوال (es-kiyu-el)
• Russian: SQL (ru) m (pronounced эс-ку-э́ль (es-ku-élʹ) or эс-кью-э́л (es-kʹju-él))
• Serbo-Croatian: SQL m
• Sicilian: SQL m
• Spanish: SQL (es) m
• Swedish: SQL n
• Turkish: SQL (tr)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛs kjuː ɛl/

  • Audio (US):

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Noun

SQL (uncountable)

1. (physics) Initialism of standard quantum limit.