shareware

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)koréh₂

Proto-Germanic *skarō

Proto-West Germanic *skaru

Old English sċearu

Middle English schare

English share

Proto-Indo-European *sem-

Proto-Germanic *samþuz / *samftuz

Proto-Indo-European *-yos

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Germanic *-jaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ī

Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī)

Old English sōfte

Middle English softe

English soft

Proto-Germanic *warō

Proto-West Germanic *waru

Old English waru

Middle English ware

English -ware

English softwarebf.

English -ware

English shareware

From share + -ware. Popularized by Bob Wallace

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

shareware (uncountable)

1. (software) A type of software that is distributed without payment but is limited in any combination of functionality, availability, or convenience.

Related terms

• abandonware
• adware
• baitware
• censorware
• crippleware
• demoware
• donationware
• freeware
• postcardware
• spyware
• trialware

Translations

type of software

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 共享軟件 / 共享软件 (gòngxiǎng ruǎnjiàn) (Mainland China, Hong Kong), 共享軟體 / 共享软体 (zh) (gòngxiǎng ruǎntǐ) (Taiwan)

• Dutch: shareware (nl) m
• French: shareware (fr) m, partagiciel (fr) m, contributiel (fr)
• German: Shareware (de) f
• Indonesian: peranti kongsi
• Japanese: シェアウェア (ja) (sheawea)
• Korean: 셰어웨어 (syeeoweeo)
• Malay: perisian kongsi
• Portuguese: shareware m, programa de utilização limitada m, programa de utilização condicionada m, programa de utilização restrita m
• Russian: усло́вно-беспла́тное ПО n (uslóvno-besplátnoje PO)
• Swedish: spridprogram n
• Turkish: deneme yazılımı