Enter

See also: enter, Enter., and enter-

English

Alternative forms

• enter

Noun

Enter (plural Enters)

1. The "Enter" key on a computer keyboard.
2. A stroke of the Enter key.

Translations

key

Chinese: Mandarin: 回車鍵 / 回车键 (zh) (huíchējiàn) Esperanto: eniga klavo Estonian: sisestusklahv, enter (et) Finnish: syöttönäppäin, palautusnäppäin; enter-näppäin, enter (fi) (colloquial) German: Eingabetaste f Marathi: एंटर f (eṇṭar) Romanian: tasta Enter f. Russian: ввод (ru) m (vvod) Spanish: intro (es) m Turkish: enter (tr)

stroke of said key

Estonian: sisestama, enteri vajutus Finnish: enterin painallus

Anagrams

• entre, rente, terne, treen

Dutch

Etymology

First attested with certainty as entheren in 1188. Potentially a compound of Old Dutch ened (“duck”) and *heri (“sandy ridge”). A derivation from Middle Dutch *enet (“lonely place, hermitage”) is also possible. Compare Eynatten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛn.tər/
• Hyphenation: En‧ter
• Rhymes: -ɛntər
• Homophone: enter

Proper noun

Enter n

1. a village in Wierden, Overijssel, Netherlands

Derived terms

• Enternaar
• Enters
• Enterbroek

References

• van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN