documentation

English

Pronunciation

• (General American)IPA^(key):/ˌdɑkjəmənˈteɪʃən/
• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key):/ˌdɒkjʊmənˈteɪʃən/

• Audio(Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes:-eɪʃən

Etymology 1

Fromdocument+‎-ationorMedieval Latindocumentātio.

Noun

documentation(countableanduncountable,pluraldocumentations)(very rare in the plural)

1. Something transposed from a thought to adocument;thewrittenaccount of an idea.
2. Documentary evidence and sources.
3. (computing,mechanical engineering)Documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program.
4. (programming)Commentsthat explain the usage of individualfunctions,librariesandblocksof code.

Derived terms

• documentational
• e-documentation
• overdocumentation
• photodocumentation
• redocumentation
• teledocumentation

Related terms

• document

Translations

something transposed from a thought to a document

• Finnish:kirjaaminen(fi),dokumentointi(fi)
• Georgian:დოკუმენტაცია(doḳumenṭacia)
• Gujarati:દસ્તાવેજીકરણ(dastāvejīkraṇ)
• Hebrew:תיעוד(he)m(tiʿúd)
• Indonesian:dokumentasi(id)
• Khmer:ឯកសារកម្ម(ʼékâsarkmâm)
• Maori:mauhanga
• Norman:dotchûmentâtionf
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:dokumentasjonm

  Nynorsk:dokumentasjonm

• Russian:документа́ция(ru)f(dokumentácija)

documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program

• Albanian:dokumentimi
• Arabic:وَثَائِقpl(waṯāʔiq)
• Assamese:আলেখ্যন(alekhyon)
• Asturian:documentaciónf
• Baluchi:نوشتانک
• Belarusian:дакумента́цыяf(dakumjentácyja)
• Bengali:নথিপত্র(bn)(nothipotro)
• Bulgarian:документа́цияf(dokumentácija)
• Catalan:documentació(ca)f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Văn đương／Văn đương(zh)(wéndàng),Văn kiện(zh)(wénjiàn)

• Czech:dokumentacef
• Danish:dokumentationc
• Dutch:documentatie(nl)c
• Esperanto:dokumentaro
• Finnish:ohjekirja,opas(fi),dokumentaatio(fi)
• French:documentation(fr)f
• Galician:documentación(gl)f
• Georgian:დოკუმენტაცია(doḳumenṭacia)
• German:Dokumentation(de)f
• Greek:τεκμηρίωση(el)f(tekmiríosi)
• Gujarati:દસ્તાવેજ(dastāvej),દસ્તાવેજીકરણ(dastāvejīkraṇ)
• Hebrew:תיעוד(he)
• Hindi:दस्तावेज़ीकरण(dastāvezīkraṇ)
• Hungarian:dokumentáció(hu)
• Icelandic:hjálparskjöl
• Ido:dokumentigo
• Indonesian:dokumentasi(id)
• Irish:cáipéisífpl,cáipéisíochtf
• Italian:documentazione(it)f
• Japanese:Văn thư(ja)(ぶんしょ, bunsho),ドキュメンテーション(dokyumentēshon)
• Kannada:ದಸ್ತಾವೇಜು(kn)(dastāvēju)
• Khmer:ឯកសារកម្ម(ʼékâsarkmâm)
• Korean:문서(ko)(munseo)
• Latvian:dokumentācija
• Lithuanian:dokumentacija(lt)
• Macedonian:документацијаf(dokumentacija)
• Malay:dokumentasi
• Malayalam:വിവരണക്കുറിപ്പുകള്(vivaraṇakkuṟippukaḷ)
• Maori:mauhanga
• Marathi:दस्तऐवजीकरण(dastaivjīkraṇ)
• Norman:dotchûmentâtionf
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:dokumentasjon

• Occitan:documentacion(oc)f
• Odia:ଦଲିଲଗୁଡ଼ିକ(dalilaguṛika)
• Persian:مستندات(fa)(mostanadât)
• Polish:dokumentacja(pl)f
• Portuguese:documentação(pt)f
• Punjabi:ਡੌਕੂਮੈਂਟ(ḍaukūmaiṇṭ)
• Romanian:documentație(ro)
• Russian:документа́ция(ru)f(dokumentácija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:документацијаf

  Roman:dokumentacija(sh)f

• Slovak:dokumentáciaf
• Slovene:dokumentacijaf
• Spanish:documentación(es)f
• Swedish:dokumentation(sv)c
• Tajik:санадҳо(sanadho)
• Tamil:ஆவணமாக்கம்(āvaṇamākkam)
• Telugu:పత్రికీకరణ(patrikīkaraṇa)
• Thai:เอกสารการใช้งาน(àyk săan gaan chái ngaan)
• Turkish:belgebilim(tr)
• Ukrainian:документа́ціяf(dokumentácija)
• Welsh:dogfennaeth(cy)f

Etymology 2

FromGermanDokumentation.

Noun

documentation(pluraldocumentations)

1. (non-native speakers' English)Adocumentary.
   • 1997August 10, mclane, “Chess Analysis Software”, inrec.games.chess.computer‎^[1](Usenet), retrieved2022-05-01:

     Yesterday I saw adocumentationabout Hitler and Stalin and the way Hitler cheated Stalin by suggesting him, he would NOT attack UdSSR but Great Britain. It was a very nicedocumentation,they showed that the whole bolschevism was just an arranged idea of germans, using Lenin/Stalin for own ideas.

   • 1999April 8, Friedrich Vystrcil, “The plan to invade Japan”, insoc.history.war.world-war-ii‎^[2](Usenet), retrieved2022-05-01:

     Yesterday I watched adocumentationabout the Dresden fire storm.

   • 2010September 16, Volker Bartheld, “This is Germany calling...”, inrec.motorcycles.dirt‎^[3](Usenet), retrieved2022-05-01:

     Yesterday, I watched adocumentationabout the "boss" of a German allot settlement who told other gardeners what plants to grow and what weed to cut. GEEZE! GET A LIVE! I felt tempted paying a visit to them and leave a bunch of knobby tire marks on this sucker's lawn...

Further reading

• “documentation”,inOneLook Dictionary Search.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/dɔ.ky.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

documentationf(pluraldocumentations)

1. documentation(written account)

Related terms

• document
• documenter

See also

• enregistrement

Further reading

• “documentation”,inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.