handshake

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Etymology

hand +‎ shake

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Noun

Handshake 1.

handshake (plural handshakes)

1. The grasping of hands by two people when greeting or leave-taking
2. (computing) An exchange of signals between two devices when communications begin in order to ensure synchronization

Related terms

• to shake hands
• shake on it

Translations

grasping of hands by two people

• Armenian: ձեռքսեղմում (hy) (jeṙkʿsełmum)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 握手 (cmn) (wòshǒu)

• Danish: håndtryk (da) n
• Dutch: handdruk (nl)
• Esperanto: manpremo (eo)
• Finnish: kättely (fi)
• French: poignée de main (fr) f
• German: Händeschütteln (de) n, Handschlag (de) m
• Icelandic: handaband (is) n
• Indonesian: jabat tangan (id)
• Italian: stretta di mano (it) f

• Japanese: 握手 (ja) (あくしゅ, akushu), ハンドシェーク (ja) (handoshēku)
• Korean: 악수 (ko) (aksu), 핸드세이크 (ko) (haendeuseikeu), 핸드셰이크 (ko) (haendeusyeikeu)
• Macedonian: ракување (mk) (rakúvanje) n
• Portuguese: aperto de mão (pt) m
• Romanian: strângere de mână (ro) f
• Russian: рукопожатие (ru) (rukopožátije) n
• Serbo-Croatian: rukovanje (sh) n
• Spanish: apretón de manos (es) m
• Swedish: handslag (sv) n
• Telugu: కరచాలనం (karachaalanam)