Java
Translingual
Etymology 1
Clipping of EnglishCategory:Translingual terms derived from English#JAVA Javanese or FrenchCategory:Translingual terms derived from French#JAVA javanaisCategory:Translingual clippings#JAVA.
Symbol
JavaCategory:Translingual lemmas#JAVACategory:Translingual symbols#JAVACategory:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#JAVACategory:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#JAVACategory:Pages with entries#JAVACategory:Pages with 10 entries#JAVA
- (international standards) ISO 15924Category:ISO 15924 script code for Javanese.
Etymology 2
From Franco-Italian or Latin: Java
Proper noun
Java fCategory:Translingual lemmas#JAVACategory:Translingual proper nouns#JAVACategory:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#JAVACategory:Pages with entries#JAVACategory:Pages with 10 entries#JAVA
- A taxonomic genus within the family Pompilidae – certain tarantula waspsCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#tarantula%20wasp.Category:mul:Taxonomic names (genus)#JAVA
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Hymenoptera – order; Apocrita – suborder; PompiloideaCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (superfamily)#Pompiloidea – superfamily; Pompilidae – family; Pepsinae – subfamily; Pepsini – tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Java nigritaCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Java%20nigrita – type species; Java caroliwaterhouseiCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Java%20caroliwaterhousei – selected other species
References
- “Java”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Java (wasp) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Pepsini on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Java (Pompilidae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English

Etymology
Borrowed from JavaneseCategory:English terms borrowed from Javanese#JAVACategory:English terms derived from Javanese#JAVA Jawa, via Franco-Italian and Latin, possibly from SanskritCategory:English terms derived from Sanskrit#JAVA यव-द्वीप (yava-dvīpa, “island of barley”), used in reference to the coffee grown on Java and nearby islands since at least 1850. The programming language (initially called Oak) is a reference to java, the blend of coffee from the island.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɑːvə/Category:English 2-syllable words#JAVACategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#JAVA, enPR: jäʹ-və
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#JAVAAudio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːvəCategory:Rhymes:English/ɑːvə#JAVACategory:Rhymes:English/ɑːvə/2 syllables#JAVA
- Homophone: javaCategory:English terms with homophones#JAVA
Proper noun
JavaCategory:English lemmas#JAVACategory:English proper nouns#JAVACategory:English uncountable nouns#JAVACategory:English entries with incorrect language header#JAVACategory:Pages with entries#JAVACategory:Pages with 10 entries#JAVA
- An island in the Indonesian Archipelago, IndonesiaCategory:en:Islands#JAVACategory:en:Places in Indonesia#JAVA.
- (computer languagesCategory:en:Computer languages#JAVA) An object-oriented, garbage-collected computer programming language.
- 2011 October 17, Matthew Baxter-Reynolds, “Java's second coming? Over my cold, dead RAM-cached database”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 27 June 2022:
- The awesome power of RSS delivered to me this morning a link to a new blog post by Robert X Cringeley. The post, The second coming of Java got me thinking.Category:English terms with quotations#JAVA
- (computer languagesCategory:en:Computer languages#JAVA, proscribedCategory:English proscribed terms#JAVA) JavaScript (by confusion with Java).
- 1996 October 6, Timothy Litwiller, “HOW TO MAKE A JAVA ALERT POP UP ON LOAD”, in comp.lang.javascript (Usenet):
- 1996 December 10, Cédric Bouckaert, “onBlur event handler with input fields”, in comp.lang.javascript (Usenet):
- In the input tag I include the onBlur="myfunction()" which checks if the field is filled (displays an alert if necessary and resets the focus). If I leave the first field I get an java alert which says that field two should have a value and then a java alert which says that field one should have a value and then a java... get the picture ?Category:English terms with quotations#JAVA
- 1997 January 7, Kenneth Roddy, “Java Alert Messages When Netscape Home Page Loads”, in comp.infosystems.www.browsers.ms-windows (Usenet):
- 1997 February 18, AG, “alert...is there a way of controling font size and style when java alert window opens”, in comp.lang.javascript (Usenet):
- I created an alert window using java script, but I found the fonts too small. Is there a way of controling font size and style when java alert window opens.Category:English terms with quotations#JAVA
- 2003 April 8, mpaulopes, “Passing values to a Java popup windows”, in macromedia.coldfusion.cfml_general_discussion (Usenet):
Hyponyms
Meronyms
Holonyms
- (island): Greater Sunda Islands
Derived terms
Translations
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
Noun
Java (plural Javas)Category:English lemmas#JAVACategory:English nouns#JAVACategory:English countable nouns#JAVACategory:English entries with incorrect language header#JAVACategory:Pages with entries#JAVACategory:Pages with 10 entries#JAVA

- A chicken of the Java breed which was developed in the United States.
Further reading
Java (programming language) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Java on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Catalan
Proper noun
Java fCategory:Catalan lemmas#JAVACategory:Catalan proper nouns#JAVACategory:Catalan uncountable proper nouns#JAVACategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#JAVACategory:Catalan feminine nouns#JAVACategory:Pages with entries#JAVACategory:Pages with 10 entries#JAVA
Derived terms
Dutch
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Dutch entries#JAVA
The neighbourhood is named after the Indonesian island.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjaː.vaː/Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#JAVA
Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation#JAVAAudio: (file) - Hyphenation: Ja‧va
Proper noun
Java nCategory:Dutch lemmas#JAVACategory:Dutch proper nouns#JAVACategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#JAVACategory:Dutch neuter nouns#JAVACategory:Pages with entries#JAVACategory:Pages with 10 entries#JAVA
- Java (island of Indonesia)
- a neighbourhood of Almelo, Overijssel, NetherlandsCategory:nl:Neighbourhoods in Overijssel, Netherlands#JAVACategory:nl:Neighbourhoods in Overijssel, Netherlands#JAVACategory:nl:Neighbourhoods in Overijssel, Netherlands#JAVACategory:nl:Places in Overijssel, Netherlands#JAVACategory:nl:Places in the Netherlands#JAVA
Derived terms
Related terms
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒa.va/Category:French 2-syllable words#JAVACategory:French terms with IPA pronunciation#JAVA
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#JAVAAudio (France (Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#JAVAAudio (France (Toulouse)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#JAVAAudio (France (Vosges)): (file)
Proper noun
Java fCategory:French lemmas#JAVACategory:French proper nouns#JAVACategory:French uncountable nouns#JAVACategory:French entries with incorrect language header#JAVACategory:French feminine nouns#JAVACategory:Pages with entries#JAVACategory:Pages with 10 entries#JAVA
- Java (Island)
- L'île de Java. ― Java island.Category:French terms with usage examples#JAVA
Proper noun
Java mCategory:French lemmas#JAVACategory:French proper nouns#JAVACategory:French uncountable nouns#JAVACategory:French entries with incorrect language header#JAVACategory:French masculine nouns#JAVACategory:Pages with entries#JAVACategory:Pages with 10 entries#JAVA
- Java (programming language)
Derived terms
Category:fr:Computer languages#JAVACategory:fr:Islands#JAVAGerman
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Java n (proper noun, genitive Javas or (optionally with an article) Java)Category:German lemmas#JAVACategory:German proper nouns#JAVACategory:German entries with incorrect language header#JAVACategory:German neuter nouns#JAVACategory:Pages with entries#JAVACategory:Pages with 10 entries#JAVA
- Java (an island of Indonesia, the world's most populous island)Category:de:Islands#JAVACategory:de:Places in Indonesia#JAVA
Related terms
Proper noun
Java n (proper noun, strong, genitive Javas)Category:German lemmas#JAVACategory:German proper nouns#JAVACategory:German entries with incorrect language header#JAVACategory:German neuter nouns#JAVACategory:Pages with entries#JAVACategory:Pages with 10 entries#JAVA
- Java (programming language)
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from EnglishCategory:Polish terms borrowed from English#JAVACategory:Polish unadapted borrowings from English#JAVACategory:Polish terms derived from English#JAVA Java, from JavaneseCategory:Polish terms derived from Javanese#JAVA Jawa, possibly from SanskritCategory:Polish terms derived from Sanskrit#JAVA यव-द्वीप (yava-dvīpa).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Java fCategory:Polish lemmas#JAVACategory:Polish proper nouns#JAVACategory:Polish terms spelled with V#JAVACategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#JAVACategory:Polish feminine nouns#JAVACategory:Pages with entries#JAVACategory:Pages with 10 entries#JAVA
- Java (programming language)
Declension
Further reading
- Java in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -avɐ, (Northern Portugal) -abɐCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/avɐ#JAVACategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/avɐ/2 syllables#JAVACategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/abɐ#JAVACategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/abɐ/2 syllables#JAVA
- Hyphenation: Ja‧va
Etymology 1
Proper noun
Java fCategory:Portuguese lemmas#JAVACategory:Portuguese proper nouns#JAVACategory:Portuguese uncountable proper nouns#JAVACategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#JAVACategory:Portuguese feminine nouns#JAVACategory:Pages with entries#JAVACategory:Pages with 10 entries#JAVA
Related terms
Etymology 2
Unadapted borrowing from EnglishCategory:Portuguese terms borrowed from English#JAVACategory:Portuguese unadapted borrowings from English#JAVACategory:Portuguese terms derived from English#JAVA Java.
Proper noun
Java mCategory:Portuguese lemmas#JAVACategory:Portuguese proper nouns#JAVACategory:Portuguese uncountable proper nouns#JAVACategory:Portuguese proper nouns with irregular gender#JAVACategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#JAVACategory:Portuguese masculine nouns#JAVACategory:Pages with entries#JAVACategory:Pages with 10 entries#JAVA
- (computingCategory:pt:Computing#JAVA) Java (programming language)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxaba/ [ˈxa.β̞a]Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#JAVACategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#JAVA
- Rhymes: -abaCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aba#JAVACategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aba/2 syllables#JAVA
- Syllabification: Ja‧va
Proper noun
Java fCategory:Spanish lemmas#JAVACategory:Spanish proper nouns#JAVACategory:Spanish uncountable proper nouns#JAVACategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#JAVACategory:Spanish feminine nouns#JAVACategory:Pages with entries#JAVACategory:Pages with 10 entries#JAVA
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Tagalog: Haba
Proper noun
Java mCategory:Spanish lemmas#JAVACategory:Spanish proper nouns#JAVACategory:Spanish uncountable proper nouns#JAVACategory:Spanish nouns with irregular gender#JAVACategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#JAVACategory:Spanish masculine nouns#JAVACategory:Pages with entries#JAVACategory:Pages with 10 entries#JAVA
- Java (programming language)
Derived terms
Category:es:Computer languages#JAVASwedish
Proper noun
Java n (genitive Javas)Category:Swedish lemmas#JAVACategory:Swedish proper nouns#JAVACategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#JAVACategory:Swedish neuter nouns#JAVACategory:Pages with entries#JAVACategory:Pages with 10 entries#JAVA
Related terms
See also
Further reading
- “Java”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
