algoritmo

From French algorithme, from Medieval Latin algorismus, from Arabic الخَوَارِزْمِيّ (al-ḵawārizmiyy), the nisba of Persian mathematician Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi.

• IPA^(key): /alɡoˈritmo/

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• Rhymes: -itmo
• Syllabification: al‧go‧rit‧mo

algoritmo (accusative singular algoritmon, plural algoritmoj, accusative plural algoritmojn)

1. (mathematics, computing) algorithm

algoritmo m (plural algoritmos)

1. algorithm

algoritmo (plural algoritmi)

1. algorithm

• algorismo

Borrowed from Latin algorismus~algorithmus.

algoritmo m (plural algoritmi)

1. algorithm

• algoritmico

• algoritmo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• logaritmo

• IPA^(key): [ɐlɡoˈrʲɪtmo]

algori̇̀tmo m

1. genitive singular of algoritmas

algoritmo m (plural algoritmos)

1. algorithm

Borrowed from English algorithm, from Medieval Latin algorismus, from Arabic الخَوَارِزْمِيّ (al-ḵawārizmiyy), name of the Persian mathematician al-Khwārizmī, whose name literally means "person from Chorasmia". The English form was influenced by unrelated Ancient Greek ἀριθμός (arithmós, “number”). Doublet of algarismo.

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -itmu, (Portugal) -itɨmu, (Brazil) -it͡ʃmu, (Brazil) -it͡ʃimu
• Hyphenation: al‧go‧rit‧mo

algoritmo m (plural algoritmos)

1. algorithm

• “algoritmo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “algoritmo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from Medieval Latin algorismus, from Arabic الخَوَارِزْمِيّ (al-ḵawārizmiyy). Influenced by ritmo.

• IPA^(key): /alɡoˈɾidmo/ [al.ɣ̞oˈɾið̞.mo]

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• Rhymes: -idmo
• Syllabification: al‧go‧rit‧mo

algoritmo m (plural algoritmos)

1. algorithm

• “algoritmo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025