screenshot

See also: Screenshot

English

A screenshot.

Etymology

screen +‎ shot (“(photography) single unbroken sequence of photographic exposures”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈskriːn.ʃɒt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈskriːn.ʃɑt/
• Rhymes: -ɒt

Noun

screenshot (plural screenshots)

1. (computing) An image of computer or smartphone screen output at a given moment in time.

   Synonyms: screencast, screen capture, screen dump, screengrab, screenie, screencap

   I grabbed a screenshot of my desktop.

Translations

image of computer screen output

• Amharic: ቅጽበታዊ ገጽ እይታ (ḳəṣbätawi gäṣ ʾyta)
• Catalan: captura de pantalla f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 截圖 (zh), 截图 (zh) (jiétú)

• Czech: snímek obrazovky m
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: schermafbeelding f, schermafdruk m, screenshot (nl) m
• Esperanto: ekrankopio
• Finnish: kuvakaappaus (fi), ruudunkaappaus, näyttökuva (fi)
• French: capture d'écran (fr) f
• Galician: captura de pantalla f
• German: Screenshot (de) m, Bildschirmfoto (de) n, Bildschirmabzug (de) m (obsolete), Hardcopy f (obsolete)
• Greek: στιγμιότυπο (el) n (stigmiótypo)
• Hungarian: képernyőkép
• Indonesian: cuplikan layar
• Italian: schermata (it) f, videata (it) f, screenshot (it) m

• Japanese: スクリーンショット (sukurīnshotto), スクショ (sukusho)
• Malay: tangkap layar
• Maori: kapomata
• Moroccan Amazigh: ⵉⵎⵥ ⵏ ⵓⵎⵉⵥⴰⵕ (Imẓ n umiẓaṛ)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: skjermbilde n, skjermdump m

  Nynorsk: skjermbilete n, skjermbilde n

• Polish: zrzut ekranu m
• Portuguese: captura de ecrã f (Portugal), captura de tela f (Brazil), screenshot (pt) m, print (pt) m
• Russian: скриншо́т (ru) m (skrinšót), скри́ншот (ru) m (skrínšot) , сни́мок экра́на m (snímok ekrána)
• Serbo-Croatian: snimak zaslona m, снимак заслона m
• Spanish: captura de pantalla f, pantallazo m
• Swedish: skärmbild (sv) c, skärmdump (sv) c
• Tigrinya: ቅጽበታዊ ገጽ ትርኢት (ḳəṣbätawi gäṣ trʾit)
• Turkish: ekran görüntüsü, ekran yakalama görüntüsü
• Welsh: sgrînlun m

See also

• bullshot

Verb

screenshot (third-person singular simple present screenshots, present participle screenshotting, simple past and past participle screenshotted)

1. (computing, transitive) To take a screenshot of something.

   To help to improve the software, make sure to screenshot any bugs you find.

Translations

take a screenshot

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 截圖 (zh), 截图 (zh) (jiétú)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: ottaa kuvakaappaus

• German: ein Bildschirmfoto machen
• Maori: kapomata
• Moroccan Amazigh: ⴰⵎⵥ ⴰⵎⵉⵥⴰⵕ (Amẓ amiẓaṛ)
• Portuguese: (Portugal) capturar ecrã, (Portugal) tirar uma captura de ecrã, (Brazil) capturar tela, (Brazil) tirar uma captura de tela
• Swedish: ta skärmbild, ta skärmdump

Further reading

• screenshot on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from English screenshot.

Noun

screenshot m (plural screenshot)

1. (computing) screenshot (image of computer screen output)

   Synonym: schermata

Further reading

• screenshot in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from English screenshot.

Noun

screenshot m (plural screenshots)

1. (computing) screenshot (image of computer screen output)

   Synonyms: captura de ecrã, captura de tela, print, Print Screen

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:screenshot.