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digital

  • /ˈdɪd͡ʒɪtl̩/

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin digitālis, from digitus (“finger, toe”) + -alis (“-al”), equivalent to digit + -al. Doublet of digitalis.

adjective

  1. not comparable Having to do with digits (fingers or toes); especially, performed with a finger. digital palpation
  2. not comparable Property of representing values as discrete, often binary, numbers rather than a continuous spectrum. digital computer
  3. not comparable Of or relating to computers or the Information Age. Near-synonyms: computerized, electronic, digitized, virtual

    Similar: computerized, electronic, digitized, virtual

Opposite: nondigital, undigital, analog, analogue, continuous

noun digitals

  1. countable, uncountable A digital option.
  2. uncountable Digital equipment or technology. He moved to digital for the first time, using a Sony camera.
  3. abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of digital watch Initially, traditional watchmakers could not see much future in digitals.
  4. abbreviation, ellipsis, informal, uncountable Ellipsis of digital art
  5. countable, uncountable Any of the keys of a piano or similar instrument. Beginning with the keyboard, direct attention to the grouping of the black digitals, and show that though at the outer edge of the keyboard the white digitals look as if they were all equally close neighbours, yet, […]
  6. colloquial, countable, humorous, uncountable A finger. […] turning round as he reached the door, he placed his digitals in close proximity to his proboscis, saying—“I guess there an't anything green about this child!' and left the Professor in utter astonishment […]

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: fingerprint, touch, finger, din, photoshop, online, electronic, electronics, virtual, several, figures, figure, analog, point, technological, scanning

adjective

Opposite: nondigital, undigital, analog, analogue, continuous

Translations

Every language

adj having to do or performed with a finger

Españoldigital, dactilar
हिन्दीडिजिटल dijiṭal
Portuguêsdigital
Françaisdigital
DeutschFinger-, digital
Italianodigitale
Ελληνικάδακτυλικός daktylikós
Românădigital
Русскийпальцево́й palʹcevój
العربيةإِصْبَعِيّ ʔiṣbaʕiyy

adj representing discrete values

Españoldigital
한국어디지털 dijiteol
日本語デジタル dejitaru
中文數字 /数字 shùzì
हिन्दीडिजिटल ḍijiṭal
Portuguêsdigital
Françaisnumérique, digital
Deutschdigital
Italianodigitale, discreto
Ελληνικάψηφιακός psifiakós
Românădigital
Русскийцифрово́й cifrovój
Tiếng Việtsố
العربيةرَقْمِيّ raqmiyy
עבריתדיגיטאלי digit'ali

adj of or relating to computers

Españoldigital
한국어디지털 dijiteol
日本語デジタル dejitaru
中文數字 /数字 shùzì
हिन्दीडिजिटल ḍijiṭal
Kiswahilikidijitali
Portuguêsdigital
Françaisnumérique, digital
Deutschdigital
Italianodigitale, informatico
Ελληνικάψηφιακός psifiakós
Românănumeric, digital
Русскийцифрово́й cifrovój
Tiếng Việtsố
العربيةرَقْمِيّ raqmiyy
עבריתדיגיטאלי digit'ali

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BibTeX
@misc{digital_2026,
  title = {digital},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/digital},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}