touch screen

See also:touch-screenandtouchscreen

English

Alternative forms

• touchscreen, touch-screen

Etymology

From touch +‎ screen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʌtʃ ˌskɹiːn/
• enPR: /tûch skrēn/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

touchscreen (pluraltouch screens)

1. (computerhardware) An input and outputdevice that allows the user to interact with the computer by touching the displayscreen.

Translations

input/output device

• Afrikaans: raakskerm
• Basque: ukimen-pantaila
• Catalan: pantalla tàctil f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 觸控螢幕 / 触控萤幕 (zh)(chùkòng yíngmù), 觸摸屏 / 触摸屏 (zh)(chùmōpíng)

• Czech: dotyková obrazovka f
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: aanraakscherm (nl) n, touchscreen (nl) n
• Esperanto: tuŝekrano
• Estonian: puuteekraan (et)
• Finnish: kosketusnäyttö (fi)
• French: écran tactile (fr) m
• Galician: pantalla táctil f
• German: Berührungsbildschirm m, Sensorbildschirm m, Touchbildschirm m, Touchscreen (de) m
• Greek: οθόνη αφής (el) f(othóni afís), απτική οθόνη f(aptikí othóni)
• Hebrew: מסך מגע (he)
• Hungarian: érintőképernyő (hu)
• Italian: schermo tattile m, toccoschermo m(informal), toccaschermo m(informal)
• Japanese: タッチパネル (ja)(tachipaneru), タッチスクリーン(tatchisukurīn), タッチ画面(tachi-gamen)
• Korean: 터치 스크린(teochi seukeurin)
• Malay: skrin sesentuh
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: berøringsskjerm m, touchskjerm m, trykkskjerm m

  Nynorsk: berøringsskjerm m, touchskjerm m, trykkskjerm m

• Polish: ekran dotykowy m
• Portuguese: (Portugal)ecrã tátil m, (Brazil)tela sensível ao toque f
• Russian: се́нсорный экра́н (ru) m(sɛ́nsornyj ekrán), тачскри́н (ru) m(tačskrín)
• Sanskrit: स्पर्शपटल(sparśapaṭala)
• Slovak: dotyková obrazovka f
• Spanish: pantalla táctil f
• Swahili: skrini ya kugusa
• Swedish: pekskärm (sv) c
• Thai: จอสัมผัส(jɔɔ-sǎm-pàt), ทัชสกรีน(tát-sà-griin)
• Turkish: dokunmatik ekran, dokunmalı ekran
• Ukrainian: сенсо́рний екра́н m(sensórnyj ekrán)
• Vietnamese: màn hình cảm ứng, màn hình chạm
• West Frisian: taastskerm

Further reading

• touch screen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia