switchboard

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switchboard

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Etymology

From switch +‎ board.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈswɪt͡ʃˌbɔɹd/
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Noun

switchboard (plural switchboards)

(telecommunications) The electronic panel that is used to direct telephone calls to the desired recipient.
(electrical engineering) A large piece of power-distribution equipment that directs electricity to multiple loads.

Translations

electronic panel used to direct telephone calls

Belarusian: камута́тар m (kamutátar)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 總機 / 总机 (zh) (zǒngjī), 交換機 / 交换机 (zh) (jiāohuànjī)
Danish: omstillingsbord c, omstillingsanlæg n
Finnish: puhelinvaihde (fi)
French: standard (fr) m, standard téléphonique (fr) m
German: Klappenschrank m
Greek: τηλεφωνικό κέντρο n (tilefonikó kéntro)
Hungarian: kapcsolótábla (hu)
Irish: lasc-chlár m
Italian: centralino (it) m
Japanese: 交換台 (こうかんだい, kōkandai), 交換器 (こうかんき, kōkanki)
Korean: 교환대(交換臺) (gyohwandae)
Polish: centrala (pl) f
Portuguese: mesa (pt) f
Romanian: tablou de distribuție n
Russian: коммута́тор (ru) m (kommutátor)
Spanish: cuadro de distribución m, tablero (es) m
Swedish: telefonväxel c, växel (sv) c
Thai: ชุมสาย (chum-sǎai)
Ukrainian: комута́тор m (komutátor)

electronic device

Chinese:
Mandarin: 配電盤 / 配电盘 (zh) (pèidiànpán)
Czech: rozvaděč m
Finnish: kytkintaulu, sähkökeskus
German: Schaltschrank (de) m
Greek: ηλεκτρικός πίνακας m (ilektrikós pínakas)
Hungarian: kapcsolótábla (hu)
Japanese: 配電盤 (ja) (はいでんばん, haidenban)
Korean: 배전반(配電盤) (ko) (baejeonban)
Polish: tablica rozdzielcza f, pulpit kontrolny m
Portuguese: mesa (pt) f
Romanian: dispozitiv de comutare n
Russian: коммута́тор (ru) m (kommutátor), распредели́тельный щит m (raspredelítelʹnyj ščit)
Spanish: cuadro de distribución m
Swedish: elcentral c, gruppcentral c

Verb

switchboard (third-person singular simple present switchboards, present participle switchboarding, simple past and past participle switchboarded)

(transitive) To transmit or relay through, as if through, a switchboard.