shift key

English

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 (huàndǎng jiàn), 移位鍵／移位键 (yíwèi jiàn)

• Danish: shift, shifttast c
• Finnish: vaihtonäppäin, Shift-näppäin
• French: touche majuscule f
• German: Umschalttaste f
• Italian: tasto maiuscolo m
• Japanese: シフトキー (shifuto kī)
• 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