keyboard

See also: Keyboard

English

A computer keyboard (sense 1)

A piano keyboard (sense 2)

An electronic keyboard (sense 3)

Etymology

From key +‎ board.

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: kē'bôrd, IPA^(key): /ˈki.bɔɹd/
• (UK, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈkiː.bɔːd/

• Audio (US):

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• Audio (Canada):

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Noun

keyboard (plural keyboards)

2. (computing, etc.) A set of keys laid out in a grid-like pattern, used for typing on a typewriter, computer etc.
4. (music) A component of many instruments, including the piano, organ, and harpsichord, consisting of usually black and white keys that cause different tones to be produced when struck.
6. (music) An electronic device containing a keyboard (preceding sense), especially one that is capable of producing musical sounds when the keys are played.

   Synonyms: electronic keyboard, synthesizer

Derived terms

(typing-related terms (sense 1)):

• butterfly keyboard
• chiclet keyboard
• extended keyboard
• keyboard army
• keyboard cowboy
• keyboard diarrhea
• keyboard distance
• keyboarder
• keyboard layout
• keyboard shortcut
• keyboard smash
• keyboard warrior
• kezboard
• mechanical keyboard
• membrane keyboard
• policy keyboard
• space-cadet keyboard
• virtual keyboard

(music-related terms (sense 2 and sense 3)):

• Jankó keyboard
• keyboard bass
• keyboard instrument
• keyboardist, keyboarder
• pedal keyboard

Related terms

• key
• keypad
• keys

Translations

set of keys used to operate a typewriter, computer etc.

• Afrikaans: sleutelbord (af)
• Albanian: tastierë (sq) f
• Amharic: ቁልፍ ሰሌዳ (ḳulf säleda)
• Arabic: لَوْحَةْ مَفَاتِيح f (lawḥat mafātīḥ)
• Armenian: ստեղնաշար (hy) (steġnašar)
• Assamese: কীব'ৰ্ড (kib'rdo)
• Asturian: tecláu m
• Azerbaijani: klaviatura
• Basque: teklatu (eu)
• Belarusian: клавіяту́ра f (klavijatúra)
• Bengali: কীবোর্ড (bn) (kibōrḍo)
• Breton: klavier m, touchennaoueg
• Bulgarian: клавиату́ра (bg) f (klaviatúra)
• Burmese: ခလုတ်ခုံ (my) (hka.luthkum), လက်ကွက် (lakkwak)
• Catalan: teclat (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 鍵盤 / 键盘 (gin⁶ pun⁴, gin⁶ pun^4-2)

  Hakka: 鍵盤 / 键盘 (khien-phàn)

  Hokkien: 鍵盤 / 键盘 (kiān-pôaⁿ)

  Mandarin: 鍵盤 / 键盘 (zh) (jiànpán)

• Czech: klávesnice (cs) f
• Danish: tastatur (da) n
• Dutch: toetsenbord (nl) n, klavier (nl) n
• Esperanto: klavaro (eo)
• Estonian: klaviatuur
• Faroese: knappaborð n
• Finnish: näppäimistö (fi)
• French: clavier (fr) m
• Friulian: tastiere
• Fula:

  Adlam: 𞤼𞤢𞤨𞥆𞤭𞤪𞤺𞤢𞤤

  Roman: tappirgal

• Galician: teclado (gl) m
• Georgian: კლავიატურა (ḳlaviaṭura)
• German: Tastatur (de) f
• Greek: πληκτρολόγιο (el) n (pliktrológio)
• Haitian Creole: klavye
• Hebrew: מִקְלֶדֶת (he) f (miklédet)
• Hindi: कीबोर्ड m (kīborḍ), कुञ्जीपटल m (kuñjīpṭal)
• Hungarian: billentyűzet (hu), klaviatúra (hu)
• Icelandic: lyklaborð n, hnappaborð n (dated), leturborð n (dated)
• Ido: klavaro (io)
• Indonesian: papan ketik (id), papan tombol (id), papan tik (id)
• Irish: méarchlár (ga) f, eochairchlár m, luibheanchlár m
• Italian: tastiera (it) f
• Japanese: キーボード (ja) (kībōdo), 鍵盤 (ja) (けんばん, kenban)
• Javanese: kibor
• Kalmyk: товчлур (tovçlur)
• Kannada: ಕೀಲಿಮಣೆ (kn) (kīlimaṇe)
• Kashmiri: کُنٛز بوڈ (kunz bōḍ)
• Kazakh: пернетақта (kk) (pernetaqta)
• Khmer: ក្ដារចុច (km) (kdaa coc)
• Korean: 자판(字板) (ko) (japan), 키보드 (ko) (kibodeu), 글쇠판 (geulsoepan)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: پیتلێدەر (pîtlêder)

  Northern Kurdish: klavye (ku)

• Kyrgyz: клавиатура (ky) (klaviatura), колбаскыч (kolbaskıc)
• Lao: ແປ້ນພິມ (pǣn phim), ຄີບອດ (khī bǭt)
• Latin: plectrologium n, clāviatūra
• Latvian: tastatūra
• Lingala: mángolá
• Lithuanian: klaviatūra (lt) f
• Luxembourgish: Tastatur
• Macedonian: тастату́ра f (tastatúra)
• Malay: papan kekunci (ms)
• Malayalam: കീബോഡ് (kībōḍŭ)
• Maltese: tastiera f
• Maori: papapato, papa pātuhi
• Marathi: कीबोर्ड m (kīborḍa)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: даруул (mn) (daruul)

• Nepali: किबोर्ड (kiborḍ)
• Northern Sami: boallobeavdi
• Northern Sotho: khiipote
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tastatur (no) n

• Occitan: clavièr (oc)
• Persian: صَفحِه‌کِلید (safhe-kelid), کیبورد (kibord)
• Polish: klawiatura (pl) f
• Portuguese: teclado (pt) m
• Romanian: tastatură (ro) f
• Russian: клавиату́ра (ru) f (klaviatúra)
• Scottish Gaelic: meur-chlàr m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тастату́ра f, типко́вница f

  Roman: tastatúra (sh) f, tipkóvnica (sh) f

• Slovak: klávesnica f
• Slovene: tipkovnica (sl) f
• Spanish: teclado (es) m
• Swedish: tangentbord (sv) n
• Tagalog: teklado, tipaan (tl), palapindutan
• Tajik: клавиатура (tg) (klaviatura), сафҳакалид (tg) (safhakalid)
• Tamil: விசைப்பலகை (ta) (vicaippalakai)
• Tatar: санак төймәсары (sanaq töymäsarı), клавиатура (klawiatura)
• Thai: แป้นพิมพ์ (th) (bpɛ̂n-pim)
• Turkish: klavye (tr)
• Turkmen: klawiatura
• Ukrainian: клавіату́ра (uk) f (klaviatúra)
• Urdu: کیبوڈ (kībōḍ), کلیدی تختہ (kalīdī taxtā)
• Uyghur: كۇنۇپكا تاختىسى (ug) (kunupka taxtisi)
• Uzbek: klaviatura (uz)
• Venetan: tastiera
• Vietnamese: bàn phím (vi)
• Walloon: taprece (wa) f
• Welsh: bysellfwrdd (cy) m
• West Frisian: kaaiboerd
• Yiddish: קלאַוויאַטור f (klavyatur)

component of many instruments

• Armenian: ստեղնաշար (hy) (steġnašar)
• Asturian: tecláu m
• Belarusian: клавіяту́ра f (klavijatúra)
• Breton: klavier m
• Bulgarian: клавиату́ра (bg) f (klaviatúra)
• Catalan: teclat (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 鍵盤 / 键盘 (gin⁶ pun⁴, gin⁶ pun^4-2)

  Hakka: 鍵盤 / 键盘 (khien-phàn)

  Hokkien: 鍵盤 / 键盘 (kiān-pôaⁿ)

  Mandarin: 鍵盤 / 键盘 (zh) (jiànpán)

• Czech: klávesnice (cs) f, klaviatura f
• Danish: klaviatur (da) n
• Dutch: klavier (nl) n, keyboard (nl) n
• Faroese: knappaborð n
• Finnish: koskettimisto (fi), koskettimet (fi), sormio (fi)
• French: clavier (fr) m
• Galician: teclado (gl) m
• Georgian: კლავიატურა (ḳlaviaṭura)
• German: Tastatur (de) f, Klaviatur (de) f, Manual (de) n
• Greek: κλαβιέ (el) n (klavié), πλήκτρα (el) n pl (plíktra)
• Irish: eochairchlár m, luibheanchlár m, méarchlár (ga) m
• Italian: tastiera (it) f
• Japanese: 鍵盤 (ja) (けんばん, kenban)
• Korean: 건반(鍵盤) (ko) (geonban)
• Latin: clāviatūra f
• Macedonian: клавијату́ра f (klavijatúra)
• Malay: papan nada (ms)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: klaviatur n, tastatur (no) n

• Persian: صَفحِه‌کِلید (safhe-kelid), کلاویه (fa) (klâvie)
• Portuguese: teclado (pt) m
• Romanian: claviatură (ro) f
• Russian: клавиату́ра (ru) f (klaviatúra)
• Scottish Gaelic: meur-chlàr m
• Slovak: klávesnica f, klaviatúra f
• Slovene: klaviatura f
• Spanish: teclado (es) m
• Swedish: klaviatur (sv) c
• Tagalog: teklado
• Thai: ลิ่มนิ้ว (lîm-níu)
• Turkish: klavye (tr)
• Ukrainian: клавіату́ра (uk) f (klaviatúra)
• Welsh: allweddell (cy) f

electronic device with keys of a musical keyboard

• Afrikaans: klawerbord
• Azerbaijani: klaviatura
• Catalan: teclat (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 電子琴 / 电子琴 (din⁶ zi² kam⁴)

  Mandarin: 電子琴 / 电子琴 (zh) (diànzǐqín), 鍵盤 / 键盘 (zh) (jiànpán)

• Czech: klávesy f pl
• Dutch: keyboard (nl) n
• Finnish: koskettimisto (fi), koskettimet (fi)
• French: clavier électronique
• Galician: teclado (gl) m
• Georgian: კლავიატურა (ḳlaviaṭura)
• German: Keyboard (de) n
• Hebrew: קלידים m pl (klidím), מקלדת אלקטרונית (he) f
• Icelandic: hljómborð n
• Indonesian: kibor
• Irish: eochairchlár m, luibheanchlár m, méarchlár (ga) m
• Italian: tastiera (it)
• Japanese: キーボード (ja) (kībōdo)
• Javanese: kibor
• Macedonian: синтиса́јзер m (sintisájzer)
• Maori: papapatooro
• Marathi: कीबोर्ड m (kīborḍa)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: elektronisk orgel n, keyboard (no) n

• Persian: کیبورد (kibord)
• Polish: klawiatura (pl) f, keyboard (pl) m
• Portuguese: teclado (pt) m
• Russian: клавиату́ра (ru) f (klaviatúra), синтеза́тор (ru) m (sintɛzátor)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: електрични клавир m

  Roman: električni klavir m

• Slovene: klaviatura f
• Spanish: teclado (es) m
• Swedish: keyboard (sv) n
• Tagalog: teklado
• Turkish: klavye (tr)
• Turkmen: klawiatura
• Vietnamese: organ (vi) (Vietnam), đàn phím
• Welsh: allweddell (cy) f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} keyboard (id)

Verb

keyboard (third-person singular simple present keyboards, present participle keyboarding, simple past and past participle keyboarded)

1. (intransitive) To type on a computer keyboard.

   Keyboarding is the part of this job I hate the most.

   • 1995, Richard Powers, Galatea 2.2, Vintage (2019), page 16:

     The earliest hardcore hackers would not stumble in to their predawn keyboarding for another two hours.

Translations

to type in

• Bulgarian: наби́рам (bg) (nabíram)
• Catalan: teclejar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 打字 (daa² zi⁶)

  Hakka: 打字 (tá-sṳ)

  Hokkien: 拍字 (phah-jī, phah-lī), 打字 (táⁿ-jī, táⁿ-lī)

  Mandarin: 打字 (zh) (dǎzì)

• Finnish: kirjoittaa (fi), naputella (fi), naputtaa (fi), näpytellä, näppäillä (fi)
• Greek: πληκτρογραφώ (pliktrografó), πληκτρολογώ (el) (pliktrologó)
• Italian: digitare (it)
• Macedonian: чука (čuka), типка (tipka)
• Portuguese: teclar (pt)
• Russian: печа́тать (ru) impf (pečátatʹ), напеча́тать (ru) pf (napečátatʹ); набира́ть (ru) impf (nabirátʹ), набра́ть (ru) pf (nabrátʹ); набива́ть (ru) impf (nabivátʹ), наби́ть (ru) pf (nabítʹ)
• Spanish: teclear (es)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English keyboard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.bɔrt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: key‧board

Noun

keyboard n (plural keyboards or keyboarden, diminutive keyboardje n)

1. (music) keyboard (electrical keyboard instrument)
2. (computing) keyboard (input device for a computer)

Usage notes

• The plural keyboarden is rare, at least in writing.

Synonyms

• (computing): toetsenbord

Derived terms

• keyboardspeelster
• keyboardspeler

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English keyboard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.bɔrt/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ibɔrt
• Syllabification: key‧board

Noun

keyboard m inan

1. keyboard (electronic device with keys of a musical keyboard)

   Synonym: klawiatura

Declension

Declension of keyboard

	singular	plural
nominative	keyboard	keyboardy
genitive	keyboardu	keyboardów
dative	keyboardowi	keyboardom
accusative	keyboard	keyboardy
instrumental	keyboardem	keyboardami
locative	keyboardzie	keyboardach
vocative	keyboardzie	keyboardy

Derived terms

(adjective):

• keyboardowy

(nouns):

• keyboardzista
• keyboardzistka

Further reading

• keyboard in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• keyboard in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Noun

keyboard c or n

1. (music) an electronic keyboard

   Hypernym: klaver (“keyboard instrument”)

Declension

Declension of keyboard

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	keyboard	keyboards
	definite	keyboarden	keyboardens
plural	indefinite	keyboards, keyboardar	keyboards, keyboardars
	definite	keyboardarna	keyboardarnas

Declension of keyboard

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	keyboard	keyboards
	definite	keyboardet	keyboardets
plural	indefinite	keyboards, keyboard	keyboards
	definite	keyboarden	keyboardens

See also

• elorgel (“electric organ”)
• klaviatur (“keyboard (on a piano, organ, harpsichord, etc.)”)
• synthesizer (“synthesizer”)
• tangentbord (“keyboard (for typing)”)

References

• keyboard in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• keyboard in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)