widget

English

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪdʒɪt

Etymology 1

Coined by George S. Kaufman in his play Beggar on Horseback (1924).

Noun

widget (plural widgets)

1. An unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product.
2. Portable code that can be easily installed and executed by an end user.
3. A floating widget or other device inside a beer can, meant to create foam when opened
4. A small scraping tool consisting of a blade and a handle, commonly used to remove paint from glass and other smooth surfaces

Synonyms

• (unspecified manufactured good): thingy, gizmo
• (scraping tool): scraper

Translations

unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product

Czech: věcička (cs) f., udělátko (cs) n., udělátor (cs) m. Finnish: vempain (fi), vekotin (fi)

Irish: giuirléid (ga) f.

floating widget or other device inside a beer can

small scraping tool

German: Schaber (de) m.

Spanish: espátula (es)

Etymology 2

Borrowed as a shortened form of “window gadget”

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Noun

widget (plural widgets)

1. Any one of the components of a computer application's graphical user interface, such as a Cancel button or text input box, that a user interacts with.

Synonyms

• (GUI): control

Translations

component of a graphical user interface that the user interacts with

Finnish: widgetti (colloquial) Macedonian: посреднички елемент (mk) (posrédnički elemént) m.

Polish: widżet (pl) m. Russian: виджет (ru) (vídzhet) m.