Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fortran

/ˈfɔɹ.tɹæn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.69 in modern English

Syllables: for-tran
IPA: /ˈfɔɹ.tɹæn/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative letter-case form of Fortran, particularly its early forms.

name

A high-level programming language first developed in the 1950s for scientific, engineering, and numerical computation.

Example Sentences

"The brothers wrote the machine’s application software in FORTRAN, a programming language that is “a dinosaur from the late fifties,” Gregory said, adding, “There is always new life in this dinosaur.”"
"He was the defiant homesteader, the crusty senior member of a research team who understood Algol and Fortran but couldn't read the secrets of his own heart."
"In addition to the Fortran operators that are intrinsic (built in), there may be user-defined operators in expressions."

Etymology

A variant capitalization of FORTRAN (formally adopted with Fortran 90 in 1991), a blend of formula + translator or formula + translation.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈfɔɹ.tɹæn/
British English: /ˈfɔː.tɹæn/

Derived Forms

Fortranlike Ratfor

Frequently Paired Words

ALGOL

Homonyms

4tran

Questions

How do you pronounce fortran?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfɔɹ.tɹæn/.
What does fortran mean?: Alternative letter-case form of Fortran, particularly its early forms.
Where does fortran come from?: A variant capitalization of FORTRAN (formally adopted with Fortran 90 in 1991), a blend of formula + translator or formula + translation.

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