keyboard

See also: Keyboard

English

A computer keyboard

A piano keyboard

An electronic keyboard instrument

Etymology

From key +‎ board.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkibɔɹd/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkiːbɔːd/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

keyboard (plural keyboards)

1. (computing, etc.) A set of keys used to operate a typewriter, computer etc.
2. (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.
3. (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.

Synonyms

• (electronic musical device): electronic keyboard

Derived terms

Derived terms

• chiclet keyboard
• keyboard instrument
• keyboardist, keyboarder
• keyboard shortcut

• keyboard warrior
• space-cadet keyboard
• kezboard

Related terms

• key
• keypad
• keys

Translations

set of keys used to operate a typewriter, computer etc.

• Afrikaans: sleutelbord (af)
• Albanian: tastierë (sq) f
• Arabic: لَوْحَةْ مَفَاتِيح f (lawḥat mafātīḥ)
• Armenian: ստեղնաշար (hy) (steġnašar)
• Asturian: tecláu m
• Azerbaijani: klaviatura
• Basque: teklatu (eu)
• Belarusian: клавіяту́ра f (klavijatúra)
• Bengali: কীবোর্ড (kibōrḍo)
• Breton: klavier m
• Bulgarian: клавиату́ра (bg) f (klaviatúra)
• Burmese: ခလုတ်ခုံ (my) (hka.luthkum), လက်ကွက် (lakkwak)
• Catalan: teclat (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 鍵盤／键盘, 键盘 (gin⁶ pun⁴, gin⁶ pun^4-2)

  Hakka: 鍵盤／键盘, 键盘 (khien-phàn)

  Mandarin: 鍵盤／键盘 (zh) (jiànpán), 键盘 (zh) (jiànpán)

  Min Nan: 鍵盤／键盘, 键盘 (kiān-pôaⁿ)

• Czech: klávesnice (cs) f
• Danish: tastatur (da)
• Dutch: toetsenbord (nl) n, klavier (nl) n
• Esperanto: klavaro (eo)
• Estonian: klaviatuur
• Faroese: knappaborð n
• Finnish: näppäimistö (fi)
• French: clavier (fr) m
• Galician: teclado (gl) m
• Georgian: კლავიატურა (ḳlaviaṭura)
• German: Tastatur (de) f
• Greek: πληκτρολόγιο (el) n (pliktrológio)
• Haitian Creole: klavye
• Hebrew: מִקְלֶדֶת (he) f (mikledet)
• Hindi: कीबोर्ड (kīborḍ)
• 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)
• Kazakh: клавиатура (klaviatura)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Khmer: ក្ដារចុច (km) (kdaa coc)
• Korean: 자판 (ko) (japan), 키보드 (ko) (kibodeu), 글쇠판 (geulsoepan)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

• Kyrgyz: клавиатура (ky) (klaviatura)
• Lao: ແປ້ນພິມ (pǣn phim)
• Latin: plectrologium n
• Latvian: tastatūra
• Lithuanian: klaviatūra (lt) f
• Macedonian: тастату́ра f (tastatúra)
• Malay: papan kekunci
• Maltese: tastiera f
• Maori: papapato, papa pātuhi
• Marathi: कीबोर्ड m (kīborḍa)
• Mongolian: даруул (mn) (daruul)
• Northern Sami: boallobeavdi
• Northern Sotho: khiipote
• Norwegian: tastatur (no) n
• Persian: صفحه کلید (fa) (safhe-kelid), کیبورد (kibord)
• Polish: klawiatura (pl) f
• Portuguese: teclado (pt) m
• Romanian: tastatură (ro) f, claviatură (ro) f
• Russian: клавиату́ра (ru) f (klaviatúra)
• Scottish Gaelic: meur-chlàr m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тастатура f, типковница

  Roman: tastatura (sh) f, tipkovnica (sh)

• Slovak: klávesnica f
• Slovene: tipkovnica (sl) f
• Spanish: teclado (es) m
• Swedish: tangentbord (sv) n
• Tagalog: teklado, tipaan (tl), palapindutan
• Tajik: клавиатура (tg) (klaviatura)
• Tamil: விசைப்பலகை (ta) (vicaippalakai)
• Thai: แป้นพิมพ์ (bpɛ̂n-pim)
• Turkish: klavye (tr)
• Turkmen: klawiatura
• Ukrainian: клавіату́ра f (klaviatúra)
• Urdu: کیبورڈ (kīborḍ)
• Uzbek: klaviatura (uz)
• Vietnamese: bàn phím
• Welsh: bysellfwrdd (cy) m
• Yiddish: קלאַוויאַטור f (klavyatur)

component of many instruments

• Armenian: ստեղնաշար (hy) (steġnašar)
• Asturian: tecláu m
• Breton: klavier m
• Bulgarian: клавиатура (bg) f (klaviatura)
• Catalan: teclat (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 鍵盤／键盘, 键盘 (gin⁶ pun⁴, gin⁶ pun^4-2)

  Hakka: 鍵盤／键盘, 键盘 (khien-phàn)

  Mandarin: 鍵盤／键盘 (zh) (jiànpán), 键盘 (zh) (jiànpán)

  Min Nan: 鍵盤／键盘, 键盘 (kiān-pôaⁿ)

• 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
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: tastiera (it) f
• Japanese: 鍵盤 (ja) (けんばん, kenban)
• Korean: 건반 (ko) (geonban)
• Macedonian: клавијату́ра f (klavijatúra)
• Norwegian: klaviatur n, tastatur (no) n
• Persian: صفحه کلید (fa) (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)
• Welsh: allweddell (cy) f

electronic device with keys of a musical keyboard

• Azerbaijani: klaviatura
• Catalan: teclat (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 電子琴／电子琴 (din⁶ zi² kam⁴), 电子琴 (din⁶ zi² kam⁴)

  Mandarin: 電子琴／电子琴 (zh) (diànzǐqín), 电子琴 (zh) (diànzǐqín), 鍵盤／键盘 (zh) (jiànpán), 键盘 (zh) (jiànpán)

• Czech: klávesy f pl
• Dutch: keyboard (nl) n
• Finnish: koskettimisto (fi), koskettimet
• French: clavier électronique
• Galician: teclado (gl) m
• Georgian: კლავიატურა (ḳlaviaṭura)
• German: Keyboard (de) n
• Hebrew: קלידים m pl (klidím), מקלדת אלקטרונית (he) f
• Icelandic: hljómborð n
• Irish: eochairchlár m, luibheanchlár m, méarchlár (ga) m
• Italian: tastiera (it)
• Japanese: キーボード (ja) (kībōdo)
• Javanese: kibor
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Macedonian: синтиса́јзер m (sintisájzer)
• Maori: papapatooro
• Norwegian: elektronisk orgel n, keyboard (no) n
• Persian: کیبورد (kibord)
• Polish: klawiatura (pl) f
• Portuguese: teclado (pt) m
• Russian: клавиату́ра (ru) f (klaviatúra), синтеза́тор (ru) m (sintɛzátor)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: електрични клавир m

  Roman: električni klavir m

• Slovene: klaviatura f
• Spanish: teclado (es) m
• Swedish: keyboard (sv) n
• Tagalog: teklado
• Turkish: klavye (tr), klavye (tr)
• Turkmen: klawiatura
• Welsh: allweddell (cy) f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} keyboard (id)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Verb

keyboard (third-person singular simple present keyboards, present participle keyboarding, simple past and past participle keyboarded)

1. (intransitive) To type on a computer keyboard.

   Keyboarding is the part of this job I hate the most.

Translations

to type in

• Bulgarian: наби́рам (bg) (nabíram)
• Catalan: teclejar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 打字 (daa² zi⁶)

  Hakka: 打字 (tá-sṳ)

  Mandarin: 打字 (zh) (dǎzì)

  Min Nan: 拍字 (phah-jī, phah-lī), 打字 (táⁿ-jī, táⁿ-lī)

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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: клавиатура (ru) f (klaviatura)
• Spanish: teclear (es)

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Etymology

Borrowed from English keyboard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.bɔrt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: key‧board

Noun

keyboard n (plural keyboards or keyboarden, diminutive keyboardje n)

1. (music) keyboard (electrical keyboard instrument)
2. (computing) keyboard (input device for a computer)

Usage notes

• The plural keyboarden is rare, at least in writing.

Synonyms

• (computing): toetsenbord

Derived terms

• keyboardspeelster
• keyboardspeler