escape key

English

Noun

escape key (plural escape keys)

1. (computing) A key on a computer keyboard that can be used to cancel an operation.

Synonyms

• ␛
• Esc (abbreviation)
• escape

Translations

key on a personal computer

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 退出鍵 / 退出键 (tuìchūjiàn), 逸出鍵 / 逸出键 (yìchūjiàn)

• Finnish: poistumisnäppäin, esc-näppäin
• Japanese: エスケープキー (esukēpu kī), エスケープ (ja) (esukēpu)
• Korean: 에스케이프 키 (eseukeipeu ki), 에스케이프 (eseukeipeu)
• Russian: эске́йп m (eskéjp), кла́виша эске́йп f (kláviša eskéjp)
• Vietnamese: phím thoát