plug-in

See also: plugin and plug in

English

Alternative forms

(noun): plugin

Etymology

From the verb plug in.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈplʌɡ.ɪn/
Hyphenation: plug-in

Adjective

plug-in (not comparable)

Designed to be plugged into an electrical power outlet or circuit.
Able to be extended with further components in a modular fashion.

Antonyms

(designed to be plugged in): hard-wired

Related terms

plug-in hybrid

Noun

plug-in (plural plug-ins)

Anything that plugs into something.
(computing) A module or device that interacts with another to add a specific feature or function.
An electric vehicle that can be recharged from an external power source.
Synonym: PEV

Synonyms

add-in, add-on, snap-in

Hypernyms

software component

Related terms

drop-in

Translations

computer add-on

Basque: plugin
Catalan: connector m, plugin m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 插件 (zh) (chājiàn)
Czech: zásuvný modul m
Dutch: plug-in (nl) m
Esperanto: kromprogramo
Finnish: liitännäinen (fi)
French: greffon (fr) m, plugiciel (fr) m, module d’extension (fr) m, plugin (fr) m
German: Plug-in (de) n, Plugin (de) n
Hebrew: מתקע‎ m (mitká)
Japanese: プラグイン (puraguin)
Korean: 플러그인 (peulleogeu'in)
Macedonian: дополнителна компонента f (dopolnitelna komponenta)
Malay: pemalam
Norwegian:
Bokmål: programvareutvidelse m
Persian: افزایه‎ (fa) (afzâye)
Polish: plugin (pl) m, wtyczka (pl) f
Portuguese: plugin (pt) m, extensão (pt) f, complemento (pt) m, extra (pt) m, módulo de extensão m, módulo (pt) m, módulo externo m
Russian: плаги́н (ru) m (plagín), дополни́тельный програ́ммный мо́дуль m (dopolnítelʹnyj prográmmnyj módulʹ)
Spanish: extensión (es)
Swedish: insticksmodul c, tilläggsmodul c, insticksprogram n, tilläggsprogram n
Thai: ปลั๊กอิน (bplák-in)

See also

drop-in

Anagrams

Pinglu, gulpin, puling

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