Enter

See also: enter, Enter., and enter-

English

Enter-key marked with green, Return-key with red

Alternative forms

• enter

Noun

Enter (plural Enters)

1. The "Enter" key on a computer keyboard.
2. A stroke of the Enter key.

Translations

key

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 回車鍵 / 回车键 (zh) (huíchējiàn)

• Esperanto: eniga klavo
• Finnish: syöttönäppäin, palautusnäppäin; enter-näppäin, enter (fi) (colloquial)
• German: Eingabetaste f
• Marathi: एंटर f (eṇṭar)
• Romanian: tasta Enter f.
• Russian: ввод (ru) m (vvod)
• Spanish: intro (es) m
• Turkish: enter (tr)

stroke of said key

• Finnish: enterin painallus

Anagrams

• entre, rente, terne, treen

Dutch

Etymology

First attested with certainty as entheren in 1188. Potentially a compound of Old Dutch ened (“duck”) and *heri (“sandy ridge”). A derivation from Middle Dutch *enet (“lonely place, hermitage”) is also possible. Compare Eynatten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛn.tər/
• Hyphenation: En‧ter
• Rhymes: -ɛntər
• Homophone: enter

Proper noun

Enter n

1. A village in Wierden, Overijssel, Netherlands

Derived terms

• Enternaar
• Enters
• Enterbroek

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN