# keyboard
## English
### Etymology

From key +‎ board.

### Pronunciation

* (US) enPR: kē'bôrd, IPA: /ˈki.bɔɹd/
* (UK, General Australian) IPA: /ˈkiː.bɔːd/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (Canada):(file)

### Noun

keyboard (plural keyboards)
* (computing, etc.) A set of keys laid out in a grid-like pattern, used for typing on a typewriter, computer etc.
* (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.
* (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

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

#### Related terms

* key
* keypad
* keys

#### Translations

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### Verb

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

Borrowed from English keyboard.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈki.bɔrt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: key‧board

### Noun

keyboard n (plural keyboards or keyboarden, diminutive keyboardje n)
* (music) keyboard (electrical keyboard instrument)
* (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: /ˈki.bɔrt/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ibɔrt
* Syllabification: key‧board

### Noun

keyboard m inan
* keyboard (electronic device with keys of a musical keyboard)
    Synonym: klawiatura

#### Derived terms

* keyboardowy
* 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
* (music) an electronic keyboard
    Hypernym: klaver (“keyboard instrument”)

#### 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)