shift key

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Etymology

First use appears c. 1883 in the listing of U.S. Patents.

Noun

shift key (plural shift keys)

1. The key on a typewriter used to select uppercase letters and certain special characters by physically moving the mechanism
2. (computing) A key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard used to effect the same function, or to change the function of the function keys.

Translations

key on a typewriter

Danish: skiftenøgle c Finnish: vaihtonäppäin German: Umschalttaste f Spanish: tecla de mayúsculas f Swedish: omskiftare c, skifttangent c

key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard

Chinese: Mandarin: 換檔鍵 / 换档键 (huàndàngjiàn), 移位鍵 / 移位键 (yíwèijiàn) Danish: shift, shifttast c Finnish: vaihtonäppäin, Shift-näppäin French: touche majuscule f German: Umschalttaste f Irish: eochair iomlaoide f Italian: tasto maiuscolo m Japanese: シフトキー (shifuto kī), シフト (ja) (shifuto) Korean: 시프트 키 (sipeuteu ki), 시프트 (sipeuteu) Romanian: tastă shift f Russian: шифт (ru) m (šift), кла́виша шифт f (kláviša šift) Spanish: mayús m or f, tecla mayús f Swedish: skifttangent c Turkish: shift tuşu