keyboard

keyboard

See also: Keyboard

English

A computer keyboard

A piano keyboard

An electronic keyboard instrument

Etymology

From key +‎ board.

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: kē'bôrd, IPA^(key): /ˈki.bɔɹd/
• (UK, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈkiː.bɔːd/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Audio (CA)

  (file)

Noun

keyboard (plural keyboards)

1. (computing, etc.) A set of keys used to operate a typewriter, computer etc.
2. (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.
3. (music) A device with keys of a musical keyboard, used to control electronic sound-producing devices which may be built into or separate from the keyboard device.

Synonyms

• (electronic musical device): electronic keyboard

Derived terms

Derived terms

• chiclet keyboard
• keyboard instrument
• keyboardist, keyboarder
• keyboard shortcut
• keyboard warrior
• policy keyboard
• space-cadet keyboard
• kezboard

Related terms

• key
• keypad
• keys

Translations

set of keys used to operate a typewriter, computer etc.

Afrikaans: sleutelbord (af) Albanian: tastierë (sq) f Amharic: ቁልፍ ሰሌዳ (ḳulf säleda) Arabic: لَوْحَةْ مَفَاتِيح‎ f (lawḥat mafātīḥ) Armenian: ստեղնաշար (hy) (stełnašar) Assamese: কীব'ৰ্ড (kib'rdo) Asturian: tecláu m Azerbaijani: klaviatura Basque: teklatu (eu) Belarusian: клавіяту́ра f (klavijatúra) Bengali: কীবোর্ড (bn) (kīborḍô) Breton: klavier m, touchennaoueg Bulgarian: клавиату́ра (bg) f (klaviatúra) Burmese: ခလုတ်ခုံ (my) (hka.luthkum), လက်ကွက် (lakkwak) Catalan: teclat (ca) m Chinese: Cantonese: 鍵盤, 键盘 (gin6 pun4, gin6 pun4-2) Hakka: 鍵盤, 键盘 (khien-phàn) Mandarin: 鍵盤／键盘 (zh) (jiànpán) Min Nan: 鍵盤, 键盘 (kiān-pôaⁿ) Czech: klávesnice (cs) f Danish: tastatur (da) Dutch: toetsenbord (nl) n, klavier (nl) n Esperanto: klavaro (eo) Estonian: klaviatuur Faroese: knappaborð n Finnish: näppäimistö (fi) French: clavier (fr) m Friulian: tastiere Fula: Adlam: 𞤼𞤢𞤨𞥆𞤭𞤪𞤺𞤢𞤤‎ Latin: tappirgal Galician: teclado (gl) m Georgian: კლავიატურა (ḳlaviaṭura) German: Tastatur (de) f Greek: πληκτρολόγιο (el) n (pliktrológio) Haitian Creole: klavye Hebrew: מִקְלֶדֶת‎ (he) f (mikledet) Hindi: कीबोर्ड (kīborḍ), कुञ्जीपटल (kuñjīpṭal) Hungarian: billentyűzet (hu), klaviatúra (hu) Icelandic: lyklaborð n, hnappaborð n (dated), leturborð n (dated) Ido: klavaro (io) Indonesian: papan ketik (id), papan tombol (id), papan tik (id) Irish: méarchlár (ga) f, eochairchlár m, luibheanchlár m Italian: tastiera (it) f Japanese: キーボード (ja) (kībōdo), 鍵盤 (ja) (けんばん, kenban) Javanese: kibor Kalmyk: товчлур (tovchlur) Kannada: ಕೀಲಿಮಣೆ (kn) (kīlimaṇe) Kashmiri: کُنٛز بوڈ‎ (kunz bōḍ) Kazakh: пернетақта (kk) (pernetaqta) Khmer: ក្ដារចុច (km) (kdaa coc) Korean: 자판(字板) (ko) (japan), 키보드 (ko) (kibodeu), 글쇠판 (geulsoepan) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: پیتلێدەر‎ (pîtlêder) Kyrgyz: клавиатура (ky) (klaviatura) Lao: ແປ້ນພິມ (pǣn phim), ຄີບອດ (khī bǭt) Latin: plectrologium n Latvian: tastatūra Lingala: mángolá Lithuanian: klaviatūra (lt) f Luxembourgish: tastatur Macedonian: тастату́ра f (tastatúra) Malay: papan kekunci (ms) Malayalam: കീബോഡ് (kībōḍŭ) Maltese: tastiera f Maori: papapato, papa pātuhi Marathi: कीबोर्ड m (kīborḍa) Mongolian: даруул (mn) (daruul) Nepali: किबोर्ड (kiborḍ) Northern Sami: boallobeavdi Northern Sotho: khiipote Norwegian: tastatur (no) n Occitan: clavièr (oc) Persian: صفحه‌کلید‎ (safhe-kelid), کیبورد‎ (kibord) Polish: klawiatura (pl) f Portuguese: teclado (pt) m Romanian: tastatură (ro) f, claviatură (ro) f Russian: клавиату́ра (ru) f (klaviatúra) Scottish Gaelic: meur-chlàr m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: тастатура f, типковница Roman: tastatura (sh) f, tipkovnica (sh) Slovak: klávesnica f Slovene: tipkovnica (sl) f Spanish: teclado (es) m Swedish: tangentbord (sv) n Tagalog: teklado, tipaan (tl), palapindutan Tajik: клавиатура (tg) (klaviatura), сафҳакалид (tg) (safhakalid) Tamil: விசைப்பலகை (ta) (vicaippalakai) Thai: แป้นพิมพ์ (th) (bpɛ̂n-pim) Turkish: klavye (tr) Turkmen: klawiatura Ukrainian: клавіату́ра (uk) f (klaviatúra) Urdu: کیبوڈ‎ (kībōḍ), کلیدی تختہ‎ (kalīdī taxtā) Uzbek: klaviatura (uz) Venetian: tastiera Vietnamese: bàn phím Walloon: taprece (wa) f Welsh: bysellfwrdd (cy) m West Frisian: kaaiboerd Yiddish: קלאַוויאַטור‎ f (klavyatur)

component of many instruments

Armenian: ստեղնաշար (hy) (stełnašar) Asturian: tecláu m Breton: klavier m Bulgarian: клавиату́ра (bg) f (klaviatúra) Catalan: teclat (ca) m Chinese: Cantonese: 鍵盤, 键盘 (gin6 pun4, gin6 pun4-2) Hakka: 鍵盤, 键盘 (khien-phàn) Mandarin: 鍵盤／键盘 (zh) (jiànpán) Min Nan: 鍵盤, 键盘 (kiān-pôaⁿ) Czech: klávesnice (cs) f, klaviatura f Danish: klaviatur (da) n Dutch: klavier (nl) n, keyboard (nl) n Faroese: knappaborð n Finnish: koskettimisto (fi), koskettimet, sormio (fi) French: clavier (fr) m Galician: teclado (gl) m Georgian: კლავიატურა (ḳlaviaṭura) German: Tastatur (de) f, Klaviatur (de) f, Manual (de) n Greek: κλαβιέ (el) n (klavié), πλήκτρα (el) n pl (plíktra) Irish: eochairchlár m, luibheanchlár m, méarchlár (ga) m Italian: tastiera (it) f Japanese: 鍵盤 (ja) (けんばん, kenban) Korean: 건반 (ko) (geonban) Latin: clāviatūra f Macedonian: клавијату́ра f (klavijatúra) Norwegian: klaviatur n, tastatur (no) n Persian: صفحه‌کلید‎ (safhe-kelid), کلاویه‎ (fa) (klâvie) Portuguese: teclado (pt) m Romanian: claviatură (ro) f Russian: клавиату́ра (ru) f (klaviatúra) Scottish Gaelic: meur-chlàr m Slovak: klávesnica f, klaviatúra f Slovene: klaviatura f Spanish: teclado (es) m Swedish: klaviatur (sv) c Tagalog: teklado Thai: ลิ่มนิ้ว (lîm-níu) Turkish: klavye (tr) Welsh: allweddell (cy) f

electronic device with keys of a musical keyboard

Azerbaijani: klaviatura Catalan: teclat (ca) m Chinese: Cantonese: 電子琴, 电子琴 (din6 zi2 kam4) Mandarin: 電子琴／电子琴 (zh) (diànzǐqín), 鍵盤／键盘 (zh) (jiànpán) Czech: klávesy f pl Dutch: keyboard (nl) n Finnish: koskettimisto (fi), koskettimet French: clavier électronique Galician: teclado (gl) m Georgian: კლავიატურა (ḳlaviaṭura) German: Keyboard (de) n Hebrew: קלידים‎ m pl (klidím), מקלדת אלקטרונית‎ (he) f Icelandic: hljómborð n Indonesian: kibor Irish: eochairchlár m, luibheanchlár m, méarchlár (ga) m Italian: tastiera (it) Japanese: キーボード (ja) (kībōdo) Javanese: kibor Macedonian: синтиса́јзер m (sintisájzer) Maori: papapatooro Norwegian: elektronisk orgel n, keyboard (no) n Persian: کیبورد‎ (kibord) Polish: klawiatura (pl) f, keyboard (pl) m Portuguese: teclado (pt) m Russian: клавиату́ра (ru) f (klaviatúra), синтеза́тор (ru) m (sintɛzátor) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: електрични клавир m Roman: električni klavir m Slovene: klaviatura f Spanish: teclado (es) m Swedish: keyboard (sv) n Tagalog: teklado Turkish: klavye (tr) Turkmen: klawiatura Vietnamese: organ (vi) (Vietnam), đàn phím Welsh: allweddell (cy) f

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Verb

keyboard (third-person singular simple present keyboards, present participle keyboarding, simple past and past participle keyboarded)

1. (intransitive) To type on a computer keyboard.

   Keyboarding is the part of this job I hate the most.

Translations

to type in

Bulgarian: наби́рам (bg) (nabíram) Catalan: teclejar (ca) Chinese: Cantonese: 打字 (daa2 zi6) Hakka: 打字 (tá-sṳ) Mandarin: 打字 (zh) (dǎzì) Min Nan: 拍字 (phah-jī, phah-lī), 打字 (táⁿ-jī, táⁿ-lī) Finnish: kirjoittaa (fi), naputella (fi), naputtaa (fi), näpytellä, näppäillä (fi) Greek: πληκτρογραφώ (pliktrografó), πληκτρολογώ (el) (pliktrologó) Italian: digitare (it) Macedonian: чука (čuka), типка (tipka) Portuguese: teclar (pt) Russian: печа́тать (ru) impf (pečátatʹ), напеча́тать (ru) pf (napečátatʹ); набира́ть (ru) impf (nabirátʹ), набра́ть (ru) pf (nabrátʹ); набива́ть (ru) impf (nabivátʹ), наби́ть (ru) pf (nabítʹ) Spanish: teclear (es)

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English keyboard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.bɔrt/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: key‧board

Noun

keyboard n (plural keyboards or keyboarden, diminutive keyboardje n)

1. (music) keyboard (electrical keyboard instrument)
2. (computing) keyboard (input device for a computer)

Usage notes

• The plural keyboarden is rare, at least in writing.

Synonyms

• (computing): toetsenbord

Derived terms

• keyboardspeelster
• keyboardspeler

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Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English keyboard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.bɔrt/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ibɔrt
• Syllabification: key‧board

Noun

keyboard m inan

1. keyboard (electronic device with keys of a musical keyboard)

   Synonym: klawiatura

Declension

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

adjective

• keyboardowy

 

nouns

• keyboardzista
• keyboardzistka

 

Further reading

• keyboard in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• keyboard in Polish dictionaries at PWN