Phrase guide

overhead projector

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen in front of them.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: OHP

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a projector operated by a speaker; projects the image over the speaker's head

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: projector

History

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Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Cantonese: 高影機 /高影机 (gou1 jing2 gei1) — projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
  • Chinese Mandarin: 幻燈機 /幻灯机 (huàndēngjī) — projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
  • Danish: overheadprojektor — projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
  • Dutch: overheadprojector — projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
  • Finnish: piirtoheitin — projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
  • French: rétroprojecteur — projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
  • German: Tageslichtprojektor — projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
  • German: Overheadprojektor — projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
  • German: Polylux — projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
  • Hebrew: מָטוֹל שְׁקָפִים — projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
  • Hungarian: írásvetítő — projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
  • Irish: osteilgeoir — projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
  • Japanese: オーバーヘッドプロジェクタ (ōbāheddo purojekuta) — projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
  • Korean: 오버헤드 프로젝터 (obeohedeu peurojekteo) — projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
  • Norman: projecteux d'transpathenches — projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
  • Norwegian: overheadprosjektør — projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
  • Polish: grafoskop — projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
  • Polish: epidiaskop — projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
  • Polish: rzutnik — projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
  • Portuguese: retroprojetor — projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
  • Russian: диаскопи́ческий прое́ктор (diaskopíčeskij proéktor) — projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
  • Russian: диапрое́ктор (diaproéktor) — projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
  • Russian: проекцио́нный аппара́т (proekciónnyj apparát) — projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
  • Russian: прое́ктор (proéktor) — projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
  • Slovene: grafoskop — projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
  • Spanish: retroproyector — projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
  • Swedish: overheadprojektor — projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
  • Swedish: OH-projektor — projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
  • Thai: เครื่องฉายภาพข้ามศีรษะ (krêuang chăai pâap kâam sĕesà) — projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
  • Vietnamese: máy chiếu hắt — projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen