Keyboard

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1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 See also

English

Pronunciation

(US) IPA: /kiˈbɔərd/, SAMPA: /ki"bO@rd/

(UK, Australian) IPA: /ˈkiːbɔːd/, SAMPA: /ki"bO:d/

Noun

keyboard (plural keyboards)

1. An electromechanical device with keys affixed to a base used to enter information and interact with a computer.
2. 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.
3. (music) An device with keys of a musical keyboard, used to control electronic sound-producing devices which may be built into or separate from the keyboard device.

Synonyms

• (3): electronic keyboard

Translations

• Breton: klavier m (1, 2)
• Catalan: teclat
• Croatian: tipkovnica
• Czech: klávesnice f
• Dutch: toetsenbord n, klavier n
• Esperanto: klavaro
• Farsi: صفحه کلید (Safhe-Kelid)
• Finnish: näppäimistö (1), koskettimisto (2), koskettimet (2)
• French: clavier m (1, 2); clavier électronique (3)
• German: Tastatur f
• Hungarian: billentyüzet
• Indonesian: keyboard
• Italian: tastiera f (1, 2); tastiera elettronica (3)
• Japanese: キーボード (kībōdo)
• Korean: 자판 (japan), 키보드 [keyboard] (kibodeu)
• Portuguese: teclado m (1, 2)
• Romanian: tastatură (1) f, claviatură (1, 2) f
• Russian: клавиатура (klaviatúra) f
• Serbian: tastatura f
• Slovak: klávesnica f (1, 2), klaviatúra f (2)
• Spanish: teclado m
• Swedish: tangentbord

See also

• key
• keypad
• Wikipedia article on keyboards