A computer keyboard
A piano keyboard
An electronic keyboard instrument
Etymology
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From key + board .
Pronunciation
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keyboard (plural keyboards )
( computing , etc.) A set of keys used to operate a typewriter , computer etc.
( 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.
( music ) A 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.
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Translations
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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: কীবোর্ড (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
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 )
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
Occitan: clavièr (oc)
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)
Venetian: 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 )
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 , 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
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
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keyboard (third-person singular simple present keyboards , present participle keyboarding , simple past and past participle keyboarded )
( intransitive ) To type on a computer keyboard.
Keyboarding is the part of this job I hate the most.
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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)