checkbox

See also: Checkbox and check box

English

Alternative forms

• check box

Etymology

From check +‎ box.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃɛkbɒks/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛkbɑks/

Noun

checkbox (plural checkboxes)

2. A space on a paper form that can be optionally filled with a check mark.

   Hypernym: box

4. (graphical user interface) An on-screen box that can be optionally filled with a check mark, to enable or disable a setting.

   Synonym: tick box

Derived terms

• checkbox compliance

Related terms

• check mark, tickmark

Translations

place on a form that can be checked

Catalan: casella de selecció f Chinese: Mandarin: 複選框 / 复选框 (zh) (fùxuǎnkuāng) Dutch: aankruisvak n, aanvinkvak n Finnish: ruutu (fi), valintaruutu French: case à cocher (fr) f German: Kästchen (de), Ankreuzkästchen, Antwortkästchen, Auswahlkästchen n, Kontrollkästchen (de) n Hungarian: jelölőnégyzet Icelandic: gátreitur m, merkireitur m Italian: casella di spunta f Japanese: チェックボックス (chekkubokkusu) Korean: 체크 상자 (chekeu sangja), 체크 박스 (chekeu bakseu) Romanian: please add this translation if you can Russian: флажо́к (ru) m (flažók), чек-бо́кс m (ček-bóks), га́лочка (ru) f (gáločka) Spanish: please add this translation if you can Tamil: தேர்வுப் பெட்டி (ta) (tērvup peṭṭi) Turkish: işaret kutusu, onay kutusu

graphical user interface: feature that can be marked

Catalan: casella de selecció f Czech: zaškrtávací pole n Dutch: selectievakje (nl) n Esperanto: markobutono Faroese: avkrossingarteigur m Finnish: valintaruutu French: case à cocher (fr) f German: Checkbox f, Auswahlkästchen n Icelandic: gátreitur m, merkireitur m Italian: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: caixa de verificação f, caixa de seleção f, caixa de visto f Romanian: please add this translation if you can Russian: флажо́к (ru) m (flažók), чекбо́кс (ru) m (čekbóks), га́лочка (ru) f (gáločka), переключа́тель (ru) m (pereključátelʹ) Spanish: casilla de selección f, casilla de verificación f Swedish: kryssruta c Turkish: seçme kutusu

Further reading

• checkbox on Wikipedia.Wikipedia