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"Performant" is a word in German. It translates to exact what "perfomant" would mean in english if it were an english word. The funny thing is, google translate

"Performant" is a word in German. It translates to exact what "perfomant" would mean in english if it were an english word. The funny thing is, google translate, translates the german word "performant" to the english word "performant". https://translate.google.com/?hl=de#de/en/per%C2%ADfor%C2%ADmant https://translate.google.com/?hl=de#de/en/per%C2%ADfor%C2%AD...

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nijaru 9y ago
It is not actually translating anything since performant is not considered a real word in English, although I commonly see it used in the tech world.
- SEMW 9y ago
  > performant is not considered a real word in English, although I commonly see it used... This is close to being a contradiction in terms. The purpose of words is to communicate, and if a word is being successfully used to communicate -- which clearly it is -- what exactly does it mean to say that isn't "considered a real word"? Also, "Considered" by whom? The dictionary? Dictionaries are descriptivist -- they record usage, they don't prescribe it [0]. If it isn't in the dictionary yet, that's only because the usage hasn't been used widely and/or for long enough that it meets the inclusion criteria [1]. (As it happens, "performant" is at the stage where it is starting to pass those thresholds, and is now in the OED [2]) [0] http://englishplus.com/news/news1100.htm http://englishplus.com/news/news1100.htm [1] http://public.oed.com/about/frequently-asked-questions/#qualify http://public.oed.com/about/frequently-asked-questions/#qual... [2] https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/performant https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/performant
  - jfk13 9y ago
    > (As it happens, "performant" is at the stage where it is starting to pass those thresholds, and is now in the OED [2]) Strictly speaking, I don't believe your [2] is the OED. It's "Oxford Living Dictionaries", which I assume tries to be more current/dynamic, but might be regarded as less authoritative. Interestingly, the word "performant" is in the OED itself, with the earliest citation being from 1809 -- but it is listed only as a noun, meaning "A person who performs a duty, ceremony, etc., a performer", not the adjectival usage under discussion here. http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/262085?redirectedFrom=performant http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/262085?redirectedFrom=performa... (requires login)
    - zimpenfish 9y ago
      Would you prefer the dictionary from Cambridge University Press as a source? https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/performant https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/performa...
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Nux 9y ago
We have this word "performant" in Romanian, too, it means something that performs well; it's not limited to IT parlance. I just checked and the French have it too, I can see how it has slowly made its way into English, through immigration and especially the Internet. A live language is always changing, resistance is futile. :)

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nijaru 9y ago

It is not actually translating anything since performant is not considered a real word in English, although I commonly see it used in the tech world.

SEMW 9y ago
> performant is not considered a real word in English, although I commonly see it used... This is close to being a contradiction in terms. The purpose of words is to communicate, and if a word is being successfully used to communicate -- which clearly it is -- what exactly does it mean to say that isn't "considered a real word"? Also, "Considered" by whom? The dictionary? Dictionaries are descriptivist -- they record usage, they don't prescribe it [0]. If it isn't in the dictionary yet, that's only because the usage hasn't been used widely and/or for long enough that it meets the inclusion criteria [1]. (As it happens, "performant" is at the stage where it is starting to pass those thresholds, and is now in the OED [2]) [0] http://englishplus.com/news/news1100.htm http://englishplus.com/news/news1100.htm [1] http://public.oed.com/about/frequently-asked-questions/#qualify http://public.oed.com/about/frequently-asked-questions/#qual... [2] https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/performant https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/performant
- jfk13 9y ago
  > (As it happens, "performant" is at the stage where it is starting to pass those thresholds, and is now in the OED [2]) Strictly speaking, I don't believe your [2] is the OED. It's "Oxford Living Dictionaries", which I assume tries to be more current/dynamic, but might be regarded as less authoritative. Interestingly, the word "performant" is in the OED itself, with the earliest citation being from 1809 -- but it is listed only as a noun, meaning "A person who performs a duty, ceremony, etc., a performer", not the adjectival usage under discussion here. http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/262085?redirectedFrom=performant http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/262085?redirectedFrom=performa... (requires login)
  - zimpenfish 9y ago
    Would you prefer the dictionary from Cambridge University Press as a source? https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/performant https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/performa...
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Nux 9y ago

We have this word "performant" in Romanian, too, it means something that performs well; it's not limited to IT parlance. I just checked and the French have it too, I can see how it has slowly made its way into English, through immigration and especially the Internet. A live language is always changing, resistance is futile. :)