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• General-American: /ˈpleɪsˌhoʊldɚ/
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Etymology tree English place Proto-Germanic *haldaną Proto-West Germanic *haldan Old English healdan Middle English holden English hold Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English holder English placeholder From place + holder.

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: العُنْصُرُ النَّائِب (al-ʕunṣuru n-nāʔib) — that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later
• Dutch: plaatshouder — that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later
• Dutch: invul- — that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later
• Dutch: vulsel — that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later
• Dutch: vulling — that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later
• Finnish: paikkamerkki — that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later
• French: marque substitutive — that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later
• French: substitut — that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later
• French: placeholder — that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later
• German: Platzhalter — that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later
• Hungarian: helyettesítő — that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later
• Hungarian: pótlék — that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later
• Hungarian: helykitöltő — that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later
• Hungarian: helyőrző — that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later
• Italian: segnaposto — that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later
• Italian: simbolo — that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later
• Italian: sostituto — that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later
• Italian: variabile — that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later
• Italian: tal dei tali — that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later
• Macedonian: пополнувач (popolnuvač) — that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later
• Macedonian: резервирано место (rezervirano mesto) — that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later
• Māori: puri tūranga — that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later
• Norwegian: plassholder — that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later
• Polish: zamiennik — that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later
• Polish: symbol zastępczy — that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later
• Portuguese: calhau — that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later
• Russian: заполни́тель (zapolnítelʹ) — that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later
• Russian: ры́ба (rýba) — that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later
• Spanish: comodín — that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later
• Spanish: marcador de posición — that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later
• Spanish: elemento provisional/temporáneo — that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later
• Swedish: platshållare — that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later
• Welsh: dalfan — that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later