Phrase guide

printed circuit board

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A flat board that holds chips and other electronic components in layers that interconnect by means of copper pathways, often called traces.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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Synonyms: PCB

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Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 印製電路板 /印制电路板 (yìnzhì diànlùbǎn) — board holding chips etc.
  • Danish: printplade — board holding chips etc.
  • Dutch: printplaat — board holding chips etc.
  • Finnish: piirilevy — board holding chips etc.
  • French: circuit imprimé — board holding chips etc.
  • Georgian: ნაბეჭდი სქემა (nabeč̣di skema) — board holding chips etc.
  • German: Platine — board holding chips etc.
  • German: Leiterplatte — board holding chips etc.
  • Italian: circuito stampato — board holding chips etc.
  • Japanese: プリント基板 (purinto kiban) — board holding chips etc.
  • Polish: obwód drukowany — board holding chips etc.
  • Portuguese: placa de circuito impresso — board holding chips etc.
  • Portuguese: PCI — board holding chips etc.
  • Romanian: circuit imprimat — board holding chips etc.
  • Russian: печа́тная пла́та (pečátnaja pláta) — board holding chips etc.
  • Serbo-Croatian: штампана плоча (štampana ploča) — board holding chips etc.
  • Serbo-Croatian: штампано коло (štampano kolo) — board holding chips etc.
  • Spanish: circuito impreso — board holding chips etc.
  • Spanish: placa de circuito impreso — board holding chips etc.
  • Spanish: tablero de circuito — board holding chips etc.
  • Turkish: baskılı devre kartı — board holding chips etc.
  • Vietnamese: bảng mạch in — board holding chips etc.
  • Vietnamese: bo mạch in — board holding chips etc.
  • Vietnamese: mạch in — board holding chips etc.