microprocessador

Catalan

Etymology

From micro- +‎ processador.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˌmi.kɾu.pɾu.sə.səˈðu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˌmi.kɾo.pɾo.sə.səˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˌmi.kɾu.pɾu.sə.səˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˌmi.kɾo.pɾo.se.saˈðoɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ˌmi.kɾo.pɾo.se.saˈðo]

Noun

microprocessador m (plural microprocessadors)

1. microprocessor

Portuguese

Etymology

Calque of English microprocessor. By surface analysis, micro- (“micro-”) + processador (“processor”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmi.kɾo.pɾo.se.saˈdoʁ/ [ˌmi.kɾo.pɾo.se.saˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmi.kɾo.pɾo.se.saˈdoʁ/ [ˌmi.kɾo.pɾo.se.saˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˌmi.kɾo.pɾo.se.saˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌmi.kɾo.pɾo.se.saˈdoʁ/ [ˌmi.kɾo.pɾo.se.saˈdoχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˌmi.kɾo.pɾo.se.saˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌmi.kɾɔ.pɾu.sɨ.sɐˈdoɾ/ [ˌmi.kɾɔ.pɾu.sɨ.sɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌmi.kɾɔ.pɾu.sɨ.sɐˈdoɾ/ [ˌmi.kɾɔ.pɾu.sɨ.sɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌmi.kɾɔ.pɾu.sɨ.sɐˈdo.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: mi‧cro‧pro‧ces‧sa‧dor

Noun

microprocessador m (plural microprocessadores)

1. microprocessor (the entire CPU of a computer)

   Synonyms: processador, CPU

Related terms

• processador
• processar

Further reading

• “microprocessador”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “microprocessador”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026