code
common nounverb
Syllable Decomposition
codefrom Latin codex, itself from caudex, which originally designated the trunks of trees, and then later the tablets made from them. The term then designated books more generally, and more specifically legal books containing laws, and finally by metonymy, the word code has been used to designate the set of written laws in these books.
Definitions
- droit
- antiquité
- histoire
- programmation
Plural
codes
Translations
italian:codice
dutch:wetboek
portuguese:código
english:code
See also
code (v.) codant (adj.) décodeur (cn.) recoder (v.) coder (v.) codage (cn.) encodage (cn.) décoder (v.) encoder (v.) encodeur (cn.) décodage (cn.) codes (v.)