touch screen

See also: touch-screen and touchscreen

English

Alternative forms

• touchscreen, touch-screen

Etymology

From touch + screen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʌtʃ ˌskɹiːn/
• enPR: /tûch skrēn/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

touch screen (plural touch screens)

1. (computer hardware) An input and output device that allows the user to interact with the computer by touching the display screen.
   • 2008, “Story Mode”, in Cory in the House: Instruction Booklet, Burbank, California: Disney Interactive Studios; Nintendo, page 8:

     When Action Bubbles appear, press the A Button or use the Touch Screen to perfrom that action.

Translations

input and output device

• Afrikaans: raakskerm
• Arabic: شَاشَة لَمْس f (šāša(t) lams)
• Basque: ukimen-pantaila
• Catalan: pantalla tàctil f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 觸控螢幕 / 触控萤幕 (zh) (chùkòng yíngmù), 觸摸屏 / 触摸屏 (zh) (chùmōpíng)

• Czech: dotyková obrazovka f
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: aanraakscherm (nl) n, touchscreen (nl) n
• Esperanto: tuŝekrano
• Estonian: puuteekraan (et)
• Finnish: kosketusnäyttö (fi)
• French: écran tactile (fr) m
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: taastskerm

• Galician: pantalla táctil f
• German: Berührungsbildschirm m, Sensorbildschirm m, Touchbildschirm m, Touchscreen (de) m
• Greek: οθόνη αφής (el) f (othóni afís), απτική οθόνη f (aptikí othóni)
• Hebrew: מסך מגע (he)
• Hungarian: érintőképernyő (hu)
• Indonesian: layar sentuh
• Italian: touch screen (it) m, schermo tattile (it) m, toccoschermo m (humorous), toccaschermo m (humorous)
• Japanese: タッチパネル (ja) (tachipaneru), タッチスクリーン (tatchisukurīn), タッチ画面 (tachi-gamen)
• Korean: 터치 스크린 (teochi seukeurin), 터치 패널 (teochi paeneol)
• Malay: skrin sesentuh
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: berøringsskjerm m, touchskjerm m, trykkskjerm m

  Nynorsk: berøringsskjerm m, touchskjerm m, trykkskjerm m

• Polish: ekran dotykowy m
• Portuguese: (Portugal) ecrã tátil m, (Brazil) tela sensível ao toque f
• Russian: се́нсорный экра́н (ru) m (sɛ́nsornyj ekrán), тачскри́н (ru) m (tačskrín)
• Sanskrit: स्पर्शपटल (sparśapaṭala)
• Slovak: dotyková obrazovka f
• Spanish: pantalla táctil f
• Swahili: skrini ya kugusa
• Swedish: pekskärm (sv) c
• Thai: จอสัมผัส (jɔɔ-sǎm-pàt), ทัชสกรีน (tát-sà-griin)
• Turkish: dokunmatik ekran, dokunmalı ekran
• Ukrainian: сенсо́рний екра́н m (sensórnyj ekrán)
• Vietnamese: màn hình cảm ứng, màn hình chạm

Further reading

• touch screen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English touch screen.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

touch screen m (invariable)

1. (computing) touch screen