calcolatore

calculator

noun kahl-koh-lah-TOH-reh Rare

Also means

computer

Usage Note

Calcolatore originally meant a person who calculates, then shifted to mean a computing machine. In modern Italian it most often refers to a computer in formal or technical contexts (calcolatore elettronico), while calcolatrice (f) is the word for a pocket calculator. A calcolatore is also used metaphorically to describe a coldly calculating person. Note that computer (invariable, masculine) has largely replaced calcolatore in everyday speech.

Examples

"Il calcolatore ha elaborato i dati in pochi secondi."

Natural Translation

The computer processed the data in a few seconds.

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