Lingoflyகணினி விஞ்ஞானம்
- கணினி விஞ்ஞானம்kaṇiṉi viññāṉamcomputer science
“கணினி விஞ்ஞானம்” (kaṇiṉi viññāṉam) — computer science in Tamil. Noun, level A1. Next to the computer word, this one is young, coined to replace the English one. On a school timetable the subject is more often signed with letters. In a live sentence: “கணினி விஞ்ஞானம் எனக்குப் பிடிக்கும்” (kaṇiṉi viññāṉam eṉakkup piḍikkum) — I like computer science. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters க, ண, ி, ன, ி, வ, ி, ஞ, ், ஞ, ா, ன… A word from the everyday Tamil course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Tamil | கணினி விஞ்ஞானம் (kaṇiṉi viññāṉam) |
| Read in Latin letters | kaṇiṉi viññāṉam |
| Translation | computer science |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Next to the computer word, this one is young, coined to replace the English one. On a school timetable the subject is more often signed with letters
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “computer science” in Tamil?
«கணினி விஞ்ஞானம்» (kaṇiṉi viññāṉam), read “kaṇiṉi viññāṉam”. In a live sentence: “கணினி விஞ்ஞானம் எனக்குப் பிடிக்கும்” (kaṇiṉi viññāṉam eṉakkup piḍikkum) — I like computer science. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A1; written with the characters க, ண, ி, ன, ி, வ, ி, ஞ, ், ஞ, ா, ன…
How is “கணினி விஞ்ஞானம்” (kaṇiṉi viññāṉam) written in Latin letters?
kaṇiṉi viññāṉam. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Next to the computer word, this one is young, coined to replace the English one. On a school timetable the subject is more often signed with letters. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
Can I hear how this sounds?
Yes, right on this page: click the word and it will play. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.