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lap·top

(lăp′tŏp′)

A portable computer with a display screen hinged to a keyboard, small enough to use on one's lap.

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laptop

(ˈlæpˌtɒp) or

laptop computer

(Computer Science) a personal computer that is small and light enough to be operated on the user's lap. Compare palmtop computer

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

lap•top

(ˈlæpˌtɒp)

n.

a portable, usu. battery-powered microcomputer small enough to rest on the lap.

[1980–85]

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Noun

laptop - a portable computer small enough to use in your lap

laptop computer

portable computer - a personal computer that can easily be carried by hand

Translations

حاسوب مَحْمولكُمبِيوتَرٌ مَحْمُولٌ

laptoppřenosný počítač

bærbarlaptop

Laptop

φορητός υπολογιστής

portátil computadora portátil ordenador portátil

kannettava tietokone

ordinateur portable portable

laptopprijenosnik

laptop

portatile calcolatore laptop computer portatile elaboratore laptop laptop

ノートパソコンラップトップ

랩톱

laptopasnešiojamasis kompiuterisportatyvinis kompiuteris

portativais dators

laptopnotebook

bærbar datamaskin bærbar PC

laptop

computador portátil laptop

лэптоп ноутбук портативный компьютер

laptop

notesnik

bärbar dator

คอมพิวเตอร์พกพา

diz üstü bilgisayardizüstü bilgisayarı

máy tính xách tay

笔记本电脑

laptop

[ˈlæptɒp] N (also laptop computer) → ordenador m or (LAm) computador(a) m/f portátil

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

laptop

[ˈlæptɒp] n (also laptop computer) → ordinateur m portable, portable m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

laptop

(Comput)

n → Laptop m

attr → Laptop-; laptop PC/computer → Laptop(-PC/Computer) m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

laptop

[ˈlæpˌtɒp] n (also laptop computer) → laptop m inv

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

laptop

(ˈlaptop) noun

a portable computer.

laptop

→ كُمبِيوتَرٌ مَحْمُولٌ laptop bærbar Laptop φορητός υπολογιστής computadora portátil, ordenador portátil kannettava tietokone ordinateur portable laptop portatile ラップトップ 랩톱 laptop bærbar PC laptop computador portátil, laptop портативный компьютер bärbar dator คอมพิวเตอร์พกพา dizüstü bilgisayarı máy tính xách tay 笔记本电脑

Can I use my own laptop here? → ¿Puedo usar mi portátil aquí? → Kan jeg bruke egen bærbar her?

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