iMac
See also: imać
English
Etymology
First appears in 1998, from i- (“internet”) + Mac (“Macintosh”).
Noun
iMac (plural iMacs)
- (trademark) One of a line of all-in-one Macintosh computers made by Apple Inc.
- 2016, Woody Leonhard, Windows 10 All-In-One For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 885:
- When you deal with iPhones and iPads (and the iCloud, iMacs, iTVs, iPods, and all those other iThingies), you're living in a walled garden. Apple controls it from the beginning to end.
- 2019, Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other, Penguin Books (2020), page 115:
- her face bathed in the blue light of her hypnotically addictive 24-inch iMac
Derived terms
- iMacintosh
- iMacquarium
Related terms
References
- Leander Kahney (2009), “Interview: The Man Who Named the iMac and Wrote Think Different”, Cult of Mac.
Further reading
Anagrams
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English iMac.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaj.mak/
- Rhymes: -ajmak
- Syllabification: i‧Mac
Noun
iMac m inan or m animal
Declension
Declension of iMac
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | iMac | iMaci |
| genitive | iMaca | iMaców |
| dative | iMacowi | iMacom |
| accusative | iMac/iMaca | iMaci |
| instrumental | iMakiem | iMacami |
| locative | iMacu | iMacach |
| vocative | iMacu | iMaci |
Further reading
- iMac in Polish dictionaries at PWN