checkbox

See also: Checkbox and check box

English

a tax form; note the three checkboxes (sense 1) for item 13

checkboxes (sense 2) on a Web page

Alternative forms

• check box

Etymology

From check +‎ box.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃɛkbɒks/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛkbɑks/

Noun

checkbox (plural checkboxes)

2. A space on a paper form that can be optionally filled with a check mark.

   Hypernym: box

4. (graphical user interface) An on-screen box that can be optionally filled with a check mark, to enable or disable a setting.

   Synonym: tick box

Derived terms

• checkbox compliance

Related terms

• check mark, tickmark

Translations

place on a form that can be checked

• Catalan: casella de selecció f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 複選框／复选框 (zh) (fùxuǎnkuāng)

• Dutch: aankruisvak n, aanvinkvak n
• Finnish: ruutu (fi), valintaruutu
• French: case à cocher (fr) f
• German: Kästchen (de), Ankreuzkästchen, Antwortkästchen, Auswahlkästchen n, Kontrollkästchen (de) n
• Hungarian: jelölőnégyzet
• Icelandic: gátreitur m, merkireitur m
• Italian: casella di spunta f
• Japanese: チェックボックス (chekkubokkusu)
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: флажо́к (ru) m (flažók), чек-бо́кс m (ček-bóks), га́лочка (ru) f (gáločka)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Tamil: தேர்வுப் பெட்டி (ta) (tērvup peṭṭi)
• Turkish: işaret kutusu, onay kutusu

graphical user interface: feature that can be marked

• Catalan: casella de selecció f
• Czech: zaškrtávací pole n
• Dutch: selectievakje (nl) n
• Esperanto: markobutono
• Faroese: avkrossingarteigur m
• Finnish: valintaruutu
• French: case à cocher (fr) f
• German: Checkbox f, Auswahlkästchen n
• Icelandic: gátreitur m, merkireitur m
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: caixa de verificação f, caixa de seleção f, caixa de visto f
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: флажо́к (ru) m (flažók), чекбо́кс (ru) m (čekbóks), га́лочка (ru) f (gáločka), переключа́тель (ru) m (pereključátelʹ)
• Spanish: casilla de selección f, casilla de verificación f
• Swedish: kryssruta c
• Turkish: seçme kutusu

Further reading

• checkbox on Wikipedia.Wikipedia