keyboard

See also: Keyboard

English

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keyboard

Wikipedia

Etymology

From key +‎ board.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US):

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• Audio (Canada):

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Noun

keyboard (plural keyboards)

2. (computing, etc.) A set of keys laid out in a grid-like pattern, used for typing on a typewriter, computer etc.
4. (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.
6. (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

typing-related terms (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
• space-cadet keyboard
• virtual keyboard

music-related terms (sense 2 and sense 3)

• Jankó keyboard
• keyboard bass
• keyboard instrument
• keyboardist, keyboarder
• pedal keyboard

unsorted terms

• 40% keyboard
• keyboardable
• keyboardful
• keyboard glockenspiel
• keyboardism
• keyboarditis
• keyboardless
• keyboardlike
• keytar
• multikeyboard
• nonkeyboard
• rekeyboard
• thumbboard

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) (steġnašar) Assamese: কীব'ৰ্ড (kib'rdo) Asturian: tecláu m Azerbaijani: klaviatura Basque: teklatu (eu) Belarusian: клавіяту́ра f (klavijatúra) Bengali: কিবোর্ড (bn) (kibōrḍo) 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) Hokkien: 鍵盤 / 键盘 (kiān-pôaⁿ) Mandarin: 鍵盤 / 键盘 (zh) (jiànpán) Czech: klávesnice (cs) f Danish: tastatur (da) n 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 Roman: tappirgal Galician: teclado (gl) m Georgian: კლავიატურა (ḳlaviaṭura) German: Tastatur (de) f Guaraní: tairenda (gn) Greek: πληκτρολόγιο (el) n (pliktrológio) Haitian Creole: klavye Hebrew: מִקְלֶדֶת (he) f (miklédet) Hindi: कीबोर्ड m (kīborḍ), कुञ्जीपटल m (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 (tovçlur) 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) Northern Kurdish: klavye (ku) Kyrgyz: клавиатура (ky) (klaviatura), колбаскыч (kolbaskıc) Lao: ແປ້ນພິມ (pǣn phim), ຄີບອດ (khī bǭt) Latin: plectrologium n, clāviatūra 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: Cyrillic: даруул (mn) (daruul) Nepali: किबोर्ड (kiborḍ) Northern Sami: boallobeavdi Northern Sotho: khiipote Norwegian: Bokmål: tastatur (no) n Nynorsk: tastatur n Occitan: clavièr (oc) Pannonian Rusyn: тастатура f (tastatura) Persian: صَفحِه‌کِلید (safhe-kelid), کیبورد (kibord) Polish: klawiatura (pl) f Portuguese: teclado (pt) m Romanian: tastatură (ro) f Russian: клавиату́ра (ru) f (klaviatúra) Scottish Gaelic: meur-chlàr m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: тастату́ра f, типко́вница f Roman: tastatúra (sh) f, tipkóvnica (sh) f 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) Tatar: санак төймәсары (sanaq töymäsarı), клавиатура (klawiatura) Thai: แป้นพิมพ์ (th) (bpɛ̂n-pim) Turkish: klavye (tr) Turkmen: klawiatura Ukrainian: клавіату́ра (uk) f (klaviatúra) Urdu: کیبوڈ (kībōḍ), کلیدی تختہ (kalīdī taxtā) Uyghur: كۇنۇپكا تاختىسى (ug) (kunupka taxtisi) Uzbek: klaviatura (uz) Venetan: tastiera Vietnamese: bàn phím (vi) Walloon: taprece (wa) f Welsh: bysellfwrdd (cy) m West Frisian: kaaiboerd Yiddish: קלאַוויאַטור f (klavyatur)

component of many instruments

Armenian: ստեղնաշար (hy) (steġnašar) Asturian: tecláu m Belarusian: клавіяту́ра f (klavijatúra) Bengali: কিবোর্ড (bn) (kibōrḍo) 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) Hokkien: 鍵盤 / 键盘 (kiān-pôaⁿ) Mandarin: 鍵盤 / 键盘 (zh) (jiànpán) Czech: klávesnice (cs) f, klaviatura f Danish: klaviatur (da) n Dutch: klavier (nl) n, keyboard (nl) n Faroese: knappaborð n Finnish: koskettimisto (fi), koskettimet (fi), 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(鍵盤) (ko) (geonban) Latin: clāviatūra f Macedonian: клавијату́ра f (klavijatúra) Malay: papan nada (ms) Norwegian: Bokmål: klaviatur n, tastatur (no) n Pannonian Rusyn: клавиятура f (klavijatura), тастатура f (tastatura) Persian: صَفحِه‌کِلید (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) Ukrainian: клавіату́ра (uk) f (klaviatúra) Welsh: allweddell (cy) f

electronic device with keys of a musical keyboard

Afrikaans: klawerbord 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 (fi) 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 Marathi: कीबोर्ड m (kīborḍa) Norwegian: Bokmål: 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.

   • 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

to type in

Bulgarian: наби́рам (bg) (nabíram) Catalan: teclejar (ca) Chinese: Cantonese: 打字 (daa2 zi6) Hakka: 打字 (tá-sṳ) Hokkien: 拍字 (phah-jī, phah-lī), 打字 (táⁿ-jī, táⁿ-lī) Mandarin: 打字 (zh) (dǎzì) 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)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English keyboard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.bɔrt/

• Audio:

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• 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

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

keyboard

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English keyboard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.bɔrt/

• Audio:

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• 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

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

keyboard

Wikipedia ^sv

Noun

keyboard c or n

1. (music) an electronic keyboard

   Hypernym: klaver (“keyboard instrument”)

Declension

Declension of keyboard

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	keyboard	keyboards
	definite	keyboarden	keyboardens
plural	indefinite	keyboards, keyboardar	keyboards, keyboardars
	definite	keyboardarna	keyboardarnas

Declension of keyboard

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	keyboard	keyboards
	definite	keyboardet	keyboardets
plural	indefinite	keyboards, keyboard	keyboards
	definite	keyboarden	keyboardens

See also

• elorgel (“electric organ”)
• klaviatur (“keyboard (on a piano, organ, harpsichord, etc.)”)
• synthesizer (“synthesizer”)
• tangentbord (“keyboard (for typing)”)

References

• keyboard in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• keyboard in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)