enqueue

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Old French en-bor.

Middle English en-

English en-

English queue

English enqueue

From en- + queue.

Verb

enqueue (third-person singular simple present enqueues, present participle enqueuing or enqueueing, simple past and past participle enqueued)

1. (transitive, computing) To add an item to a queue. [from 20th c.]

Antonyms

• dequeue

Derived terms

• enqueuer

Translations

to add an item to a queue

• Finnish: asettaa jonoon
• German: (in eine Warteschlange (de) f) einreihen (de)
• Italian: accodare
• Japanese: エンキューする (ja) (enkyū suru)
• Polish: zakolejkować pf
• Portuguese: enfileirar (pt)
• Turkish: sıralamak (tr)