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|Image:Swedish keyboard 20050614.jpg|thumb|a computer keyboard
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|Image:YamahaKeyboard.jpg|thumb|an electronic keyboard instrument
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Pronunciation
a|US IPA|/ki�b�rd/, SAMPA|/ki"bOrd/
a|UK|Australian IPA|/�ki�b��d/, SAMPA|/"kibO:d/

Etymology
key + board

Noun
en-noun

1. A set of keys used to operate a typewriter, computer etc.
2. 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.
3. music A device with keys of a musical keyboard, used to control electronic sound-producing devices which may be built into or separate from the keyboard device.

Synonyms
(3): electronic keyboard

Slovak: klávesnica f
Slovene: t-|sl|tipkovnica|f
Spanish: t+|es|teclado|m
Swedish: t+|sv|tangentbord|n
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trans-top|a component of many instruments
Breton: klavier#Breton|klavier m
Czech: klávesnice f, klaviatura f
Dutch: klavier n, #Dutch|keyboard n
Faroese: t-|fo|knappaborð|n|xs=Faroese
Finnish: koskettimisto, koskettimet
French: t+|fr|clavier|m
German: t+|de|Tastatur|f, t+|de|Klaviatur|f, t-|de|Manual|n
Greek: κλαβιέ (klavie) n
Italian: t-|it|tastiera|f
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Japanese: �� (kenban)
Portuguese: t+|pt|teclado|m
Romanian: claviatur� f
Russian: t+|ru|клавиа���а|f|trklaviatúra|scCyrl
Slovak: klávesnica f, klaviatúra f
Slovene: klaviatura f
Spanish: t+|es|teclado|m
Swedish: klaviatur n
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trans-top|electronic device with keys of a musical keyboard
Catalan: teclat
Czech: klávesy p
Dutch: klavier n, #Dutch|keyboard n
Finnish: koskettimisto, koskettimet
French: clavier électronique
German: t-|de|Keyboard|n
Hebrew: ק����� (kalidím) m|p
Icelandic: hljómborð n
Italian: t-|it|tastiera
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Japanese: t-|ja|�����|trkīb�do|scJpan
Russian: t+|ru|клавиа���а|f|trklaviatúra|scCyrl
Slovene: klaviatura f
Spanish: t+|es|teclado|m
Swedish: t-|sv|keyboard|n
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Chinese: ��, �� (jiànpán)
ttbc|Hungarian: billentyüzet
ttbc|Indonesian: keyboard#Indonesian|keyboard
ttbc|Korean: �� (japan), �보� (kibodeu)
ttbc|Persian: FAchar|ص�ح� ک��د (safhe-kelid)
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Verb
en-verb

1. intransitive To type on a computer keyboard.

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

Translations
trans-top|to type in
Finnish: kirjoittaa, naputella, naputtaa, näpytellä, näppäillä
Greek: �ληκ��ογ�α��
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Related terms
key
keypad

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• 2007-12-19 20:26 - Tbot - added t for nl, lt, pt

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