touch screen

See also: touch-screen and touchscreen

English

Alternative forms

• touchscreen, touch-screen

Etymology

From touch +‎ screen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʌtʃ ˌskɹiːn/
• enPR: /tûch skrēn/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

touch screen (plural touch screens)

1. (computer hardware) An input and output device that allows the user to interact with the computer by touching the display screen.
   • 2008, “Story Mode”, in Cory in the House: Instruction Booklet, Burbank, California: Disney Interactive Studios; Nintendo, page 8:

     When Action Bubbles appear, press the A Button or use the Touch Screen to perfrom that action.

Translations

input/output device

Afrikaans: raakskerm Basque: ukimen-pantaila Catalan: pantalla tàctil f Chinese: Mandarin: 觸控螢幕 / 触控萤幕 (zh) (chùkòng yíngmù), 觸摸屏 / 触摸屏 (zh) (chùmōpíng) Czech: dotyková obrazovka f Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: aanraakscherm (nl) n, touchscreen (nl) n Esperanto: tuŝekrano Estonian: puuteekraan (et) Finnish: kosketusnäyttö (fi) French: écran tactile (fr) m Galician: pantalla táctil f German: Berührungsbildschirm m, Sensorbildschirm m, Touchbildschirm m, Touchscreen (de) m Greek: οθόνη αφής (el) f (othóni afís), απτική οθόνη f (aptikí othóni) Hebrew: מסך מגע (he) Hungarian: érintőképernyő (hu) Indonesian: layar sentuh Italian: touch screen (it) m, schermo tattile (it) m, toccoschermo m (humorous), toccaschermo m (humorous) Japanese: タッチパネル (ja) (tachipaneru), タッチスクリーン (tatchisukurīn), タッチ画面 (tachi-gamen) Korean: 터치 스크린 (teochi seukeurin) Malay: skrin sesentuh Norwegian: Bokmål: berøringsskjerm m, touchskjerm m, trykkskjerm m Nynorsk: berøringsskjerm m, touchskjerm m, trykkskjerm m Polish: ekran dotykowy m Portuguese: (Portugal) ecrã tátil m, (Brazil) tela sensível ao toque f Russian: се́нсорный экра́н (ru) m (sɛ́nsornyj ekrán), тачскри́н (ru) m (tačskrín) Sanskrit: स्पर्शपटल (sparśapaṭala) Slovak: dotyková obrazovka f Spanish: pantalla táctil f Swahili: skrini ya kugusa Swedish: pekskärm (sv) c Thai: จอสัมผัส (jɔɔ-sǎm-pàt), ทัชสกรีน (tát-sà-griin) Turkish: dokunmatik ekran, dokunmalı ekran Ukrainian: сенсо́рний екра́н m (sensórnyj ekrán) Vietnamese: màn hình cảm ứng, màn hình chạm West Frisian: taastskerm

Further reading

• touch screen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English touch screen.

Pronunciation

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Noun

touch screen m (invariable)

1. (computing) touch screen