keyboard
See also: Keyboard
English
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Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (US, Canada) enPR: kē'bôrd, IPA(key): /ˈki.bɔɹd/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkiːbɔːd/
- (Standard Southern British, Australia) IPA(key): /ˈkɪjboːd/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈkiboɾd/, [ˈkiboːɾd]
Noun
[edit]keyboard (plural keyboards)
- (computing, computer hardware) A set of keys laid out in a gridlike pattern, used for typing on a typewriter, computer, etc.
- (music) A component of many instruments, including the piano, organ, and harpsichord, consisting of usually black and white keys that cause different tones to be produced when struck.
- (music) An electronic device containing a keyboard (preceding sense), especially one that is capable of producing musical sounds when the keys are played.
- Synonyms: electronic keyboard, synthesizer
Derived terms
[edit]typing-related terms (noun sense 1)
- butterfly keyboard
- chiclet keyboard
- extended keyboard
- keyboard army
- keyboard cowboy
- keyboard diarrhea
- keyboard distance
- keyboarder
- keyboard layout
- keyboard shortcut
- keyboard smash
- keyboard warrior
- kezboard
- mechanical keyboard
- membrane keyboard
- policy keyboard
- slip of the keyboard
- space-cadet keyboard
- virtual keyboard
music-related terms (noun sense 2 and noun sense 3)
unsorted terms
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]set of keys used to operate a typewriter, computer etc.
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component of many instruments
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electronic device with keys of a musical keyboard
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Verb
[edit]keyboard (third-person singular simple present keyboards, present participle keyboarding, simple past and past participle keyboarded)
- (intransitive) To type on a computer keyboard.
- Keyboarding is the part of this job I hate the most.
- 1995, Richard Powers, Galatea 2.2, Vintage (2019), page 16:
- The earliest hardcore hackers would not stumble in to their predawn keyboarding for another two hours.
Translations
[edit]to type in
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Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English keyboard.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]keyboard n (plural keyboards or keyboarden, diminutive keyboardje n)
- (music) keyboard (electrical keyboard instrument)
- (computing) keyboard (input device for a computer)
Usage notes
[edit]- The plural keyboarden is rare, at least in writing.
Synonyms
[edit]- (computing): toetsenbord
Derived terms
[edit]Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Etymology tree
Unadapted borrowing from English keyboard.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]keyboard m inan
- keyboard (electronic device with keys of a musical keyboard)
- Synonym: klawiatura
Declension
[edit]Declension of keyboard
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | keyboard | keyboardy |
| genitive | keyboardu | keyboardów |
| dative | keyboardowi | keyboardom |
| accusative | keyboard | keyboardy |
| instrumental | keyboardem | keyboardami |
| locative | keyboardzie | keyboardach |
| vocative | keyboardzie | keyboardy |
Derived terms
[edit]adjective
Further reading
[edit]- “keyboard”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- “keyboard”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[2] (in Polish)
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]keyboard c or n
- (music) an electronic keyboard
- Hypernym: klaver (“keyboard instrument”)
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | keyboard | keyboards |
| definite | keyboarden | keyboardens | |
| plural | indefinite | keyboards, keyboardar | keyboards, keyboardars |
| definite | keyboardarna | keyboardarnas |
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | keyboard | keyboards |
| definite | keyboardet | keyboardets | |
| plural | indefinite | keyboards, keyboard | keyboards |
| definite | keyboarden | keyboardens |
See also
[edit]- elorgel (“electric organ”)
- klaviatur (“keyboard (on a piano, organ, harpsichord, etc.)”)
- synthesizer (“synthesizer”)
- tangentbord (“keyboard (for typing)”)
References
[edit]- “keyboard”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “keyboard”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
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- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- English lemmas
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- en:Computing
- en:Computer hardware
- en:Music
- English verbs
- English intransitive verbs
- English terms with usage examples
- English terms with quotations
- en:Typing keyboards
- Dutch terms borrowed from English
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- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Dutch lemmas
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- Dutch countable nouns
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- nl:Music
- nl:Computing
- Polish terms borrowed from English
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- Rhymes:Polish/ibɔrt
- Rhymes:Polish/ibɔrt/2 syllables
- Polish lemmas
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- pl:Musical instruments
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
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- sv:Music
