developer

English

Alternative forms

• (clipping) dev

Etymology

From develop +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈvɛləpə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /dɪˈvɛləpɚ/
• Hyphenation: de‧vel‧op‧er

Noun

developer (plural developers)

1. A person or entity engaged in the creation or improvement of certain classes of products.
2. A real estate developer; a person or company who prepares a parcel of land for sale, or creates structures on that land.
   • 2013 June 21, Chico Harlan, “Japan pockets the subsidy …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 30:

     Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."

3. A film developer; a person who uses chemicals to create photographs from photograph negatives.
4. A liquid used in the chemical processing of traditional photos.
5. (dyeing) A reagent used to produce an ingrain color by its action upon some substance on the fiber.
6. (computing) A software developer; a person or company who creates or modifies computer software.

Synonyms

• (person or company who writes computer software): designer, programmer, software engineer

Derived terms

• 10x developer
• codeveloper
• developer exit
• developer experience
• developer program
• megadeveloper
• predeveloper
• web developer

 

Related terms

• develop
• development
• developmental

Translations

someone engaged in product creation and improvement

• Albanian: zhvillues (sq) m, zhvilluese f
• Catalan: desenvolupador m, desenvolupadora f
• Danish: udvikler c
• Dutch: ontwikkelaar (nl) m, ontwerper (nl) m
• Finnish: kehittäjä (fi), tuotekehittäjä, devaaja (fi)
• French: concepteur (fr) m, développeur (fr) m, créateur (fr) m
• German: Entwickler (de) m, Entwicklerin (de) f
• Hebrew: מפתח (he) m (mefatéakh)
• Hungarian: fejlesztő (hu)
• Italian: sviluppatore (it) m, sviluppatrice (it) f
• Maori: kaiwhakawhanake
• Portuguese: desenvolvedor (pt), desenvolvedora (pt) f
• Romanian: creator (ro) m, dezvoltator m
• Russian: разрабо́тчик (ru) m (razrabótčik), разрабо́тчица (ru) m (razrabótčica)
• Spanish: desarrollador m
• Swedish: utvecklare (sv) c
• Turkish: geliştirici (tr)
• Vietnamese: nhà phát triển

real estate developer

• Armenian: կառուցապատող (kaṙucʻapatoġ)
• Czech: developer (cs) m
• Dutch: promotor (nl) m, projectontwikkelaar (nl) m
• Finnish: rakennuttaja (fi), kiinteistönkehittäjä
• French: promoteur (fr)
• German: Projektentwickler m, Bauunternehmer (de) m
• Hebrew: קבלן (he) m (kablán), יזם (he) m (yazám)
• Hungarian: fejlesztő (hu)
• Indonesian: developer (id), pengembang (id)
• Italian: sviluppatore (it) m
• Malay: ڤماجو (pemaju), pemaju
• Polish: deweloper (pl) m
• Romanian: constructor (ro) m
• Russian: застро́йщик (ru) m (zastrójščik), деве́лопер (ru) (devéloper)
• Spanish: promotor (es) m, constructor (es) m
• Ukrainian: забудо́вник m (zabudóvnyk), деве́лопер m (devéloper)

film developer

• Dutch: ontwikkelaar (nl) m
• Finnish: (filmin) kehittäjä
• French: révélateur (fr) m
• German: Entwickler (de) m
• Hungarian: előhívó (hu)
• Italian: sviluppatore (it) m
• Korean: 현상액 (hyeonsang'aek)
• Persian: فیلم‌ساز
• Turkish: film banyosu ilacı

liquid used in chemical film processing

• Catalan: revelador m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 顯影劑／显影剂 (zh) (xiǎnyǐngjì)

• Czech: vývojka (cs) f
• Dutch: ontwikkelaar (nl) m
• Finnish: kehitin (fi)
• French: développateur (fr) m
• Galician: revelador m
• German: Entwickler (de) m
• Hungarian: előhívó (hu)
• Italian: liquido per sviluppare m, sviluppatore (it) m
• Japanese: 現像液 (ja) (げんぞうえき, genzōeki)
• Korean: 현상액 (hyeonsang'aek)
• Polish: wywoływacz m
• Portuguese: revelador m
• Romanian: developator (ro) m, revelator (ro) m
• Russian: прояви́тель (ru) m (projavítelʹ)
• Slovak: vývojka f
• Spanish: revelador (es) m
• Turkish: developman maddesi

software programmer

• Arabic: مُطَوِّر m (muṭawwir)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Basque: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: програми́ст m (programíst), програми́стка f (programístka), разрабо́тчик m (razrabótčik)
• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: desenvolupador m, desenvolupadora f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 開發人員／开发人员 (zh) (kāifā rényuán), 程序員／程序员 (zh) (chéngxùyuán)

• Czech: vývojář (cs) m
• Danish: udvikler c, programmør c
• Dutch: (-analist) programmeur (nl) m
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kehittäjä (fi), ohjelmoija (fi), devaaja (fi)
• French: (-analyste) programmeur (fr) m, développeur (fr) m
• Galician: desenvolvedor (gl) m, desenvolvedora f
• German: Entwickler (de) m, Entwicklerin (de) f
• Hebrew: מפתח (he) m (mefatéakh)
• Hungarian: fejlesztő (hu)
• Italian: sviluppatore (it) m, sviluppatrice (it) f, sviluppatore di software m
• Japanese: プログラマー (ja) (puroguramā)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 프로그래머 (peurogeuraemeo)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latvian: izstrādātājs m, izstrādātāja f, izstrādātāji m pl, izstrādātājas f pl
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: سازنده (fa)
• Polish: programista (pl) m, programistka (pl) f, deweloper (pl) m
• Portuguese: desenvolvedor (pt) m, desenvolvedora (pt) f
• Romanian: developer (ro) m, programator (ro) m
• Russian: программи́ст (ru) m (programmíst), программи́стка (ru) f (programmístka), разрабо́тчик (ru) m (razrabótčik), разрабо́тчица (ru) f (razrabótčica)
• Sanskrit: व्युत्पादक (sa) m (vyutpādaka), व्युत्पादका f (vyutpādakā)
• Spanish: desarrollador m, desarrolladora f (person), desarrolladora f (company)
• Swedish: mjukvaruutvecklare (sv) c
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: yazılım uzmanı, geliştirici (tr)
• Vietnamese: nhà phát triển phần mềm

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} promoteur (fr) m

Anagrams

• redevelop

Czech

Noun

developer m anim (female equivalent developerka)

1. developer (real estate developer)

Declension

Declension of developer (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	developer	developeři
genitive	developera	developerů
dative	developerovi, developeru	developerům
accusative	developera	developery
vocative	developere	developeři
locative	developerovi, developeru	developerech
instrumental	developerem	developery

Danish

Etymology

From English developer.

Noun

developer c (singular definite developeren, plural indefinite developere)

1. developer

Synonyms

• udvikler

References

• “developer” in Den Danske Ordbog

Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English developer.

Noun

developer (plural developer-developer, first-person possessive developerku, second-person possessive developermu, third-person possessive developernya)

1. developer

Synonyms

• pemaju (Standard Malay)
• pengembang

Further reading

• “developer” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English developer.

Noun

developer m or f by sense (plural developers)

1. developer (software programmer)

Synonyms

• desenvolvedor, programador, creador,