Standard Lemma guide

screenshot

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈskriːn.ʃɒt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈskriːn.ʃɑt/
  • rhymes with -ɒt
  • CMU ARPABET: S K R IY1 N SH AA2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An image of computer or smartphone screen output at a given moment in time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • I grabbed a screenshot of my desktop.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: screencast, screen capture, screen dump, screengrab, screenie, screencap

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To take a screenshot of something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • To help to improve the software, make sure to screenshot any bugs you find.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From screen + shot (“(photography) single unbroken sequence of photographic exposures”).

Across languages

Translations

111 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: skermskoot — image of computer screen output
  • Amharic: ቅጽበታዊ ገጽ እይታ (ḳəṣbätawi gäṣ ʾəyta) — image of computer screen output
  • Arabic: صورة الشاشة (ṣūrat aš-šāša) — image of computer screen output
  • Arabic: كبجر (kabčar) — image of computer screen output
  • Arabic: كبچر (kabčar) — image of computer screen output
  • Arabic: كپچر (kapčar) — image of computer screen output
  • Armenian: էկրանապատկեր (ēkranapatker) — image of computer screen output
  • Azerbaijani: skrinşot — image of computer screen output
  • Azerbaijani: ss — image of computer screen output
  • Azerbaijani: ekran şəkli — image of computer screen output
  • Catalan: captura de pantalla — image of computer screen output
  • Chinese Mandarin: 截圖 /截图 (jiétú) — image of computer screen output
  • Czech: snímek obrazovky — image of computer screen output
  • Dutch: schermafbeelding — image of computer screen output
  • Dutch: schermafdruk — image of computer screen output
  • Dutch: screenshot — image of computer screen output
  • Esperanto: ekrankopio — image of computer screen output
  • Esperanto: ekranprintaĵo — image of computer screen output
  • Finnish: kuvakaappaus — image of computer screen output
  • Finnish: ruudunkaappaus — image of computer screen output
  • Finnish: näyttökuva — image of computer screen output
  • French: capture d'écran — image of computer screen output
  • Galician: captura de pantalla — image of computer screen output
  • German: Screenshot — image of computer screen output
  • German: Bildschirmfoto — image of computer screen output
  • German: Bildschirmabzug — image of computer screen output
  • German: Hardcopy — image of computer screen output
  • German: Bildschirmaufnahme — image of computer screen output
  • Greek: στιγμιότυπο (stigmiótypo) — image of computer screen output
  • Hungarian: képernyőkép — image of computer screen output
  • Hungarian: képernyőfotó — image of computer screen output
  • Hungarian: képernyőmentés — image of computer screen output
  • Indonesian: cuplikan layar — image of computer screen output
  • Italian: schermata — image of computer screen output
  • Italian: videata — image of computer screen output
  • Italian: screenshot — image of computer screen output
  • Japanese: スクリーンショット (sukurīnshotto) — image of computer screen output
  • Japanese: スクショ (sukusho) — image of computer screen output
  • Korean: 스크린샷 (seukeurinsyat) — image of computer screen output
  • Korean: 스샷 (seusyat) — image of computer screen output
  • Latvian: ekrānšāviņš — image of computer screen output
  • Malay: tangkap layar — image of computer screen output
  • Māori: kapomata — image of computer screen output
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skjermbilde — image of computer screen output
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skjermdump — image of computer screen output
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skjermbilete — image of computer screen output
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skjermbilde — image of computer screen output
  • Polish: zrzut ekranu — image of computer screen output
  • Polish: screen — image of computer screen output
  • Polish: zrzut — image of computer screen output
  • Portuguese: captura de ecrã — image of computer screen output
  • Portuguese: captura de tela — image of computer screen output
  • Portuguese: screenshot — image of computer screen output
  • Portuguese: print — image of computer screen output
  • Romanian: captură de ecran — image of computer screen output
  • Russian: скриншо́т (skrinšót) — image of computer screen output
  • Russian: скри́ншот (skrínšot) — image of computer screen output
  • Russian: сни́мок экра́на (snímok ekrána) — image of computer screen output
  • Serbo-Croatian: snimak zaslona — image of computer screen output
  • Serbo-Croatian: снимак заслона — image of computer screen output
  • Spanish: captura de pantalla — image of computer screen output
  • Spanish: pantallazo — image of computer screen output
  • Spanish: captura — image of computer screen output
  • Swedish: skärmbild — image of computer screen output
  • Swedish: skärmdump — image of computer screen output
  • Thai: สกรีนช็อต (sà-griin-chɔ̀t) — image of computer screen output
  • Thai: ภาพหน้าจอ (pâap-nâa-jɔɔ) — image of computer screen output
  • Tigrinya: ቅጽበታዊ ገጽ ትርኢት (ḳəṣbätawi gäṣ tərʾit) — image of computer screen output
  • Tigrinya: ቅጽበታዊ ምስሊ (ḳəṣbätawi məsli) — image of computer screen output
  • Turkish: ekran görüntüsü — image of computer screen output
  • Turkish: ekran yakalama görüntüsü — image of computer screen output
  • Ukrainian: зня́ток (znjátok) — image of computer screen output
  • Vietnamese: ảnh chụp màn hình — image of computer screen output
  • Vietnamese: hình chụp màn hình — image of computer screen output
  • Welsh: sgrînlun — image of computer screen output
  • Afrikaans: skermskoot neem — take a screenshot
  • Arabic: صور الشاشة (ṣawwar aš-šāša) — take a screenshot
  • Arabic: كبجر (kabčar) — take a screenshot
  • Arabic: كبچر (kabčar) — take a screenshot
  • Arabic: كپچر (kapčar) — take a screenshot
  • Azerbaijani: skrinşot etmək — take a screenshot
  • Azerbaijani: ss almaq — take a screenshot
  • Chinese Mandarin: 截圖 /截图 (jiétú) — take a screenshot
  • Esperanto: ekrankopii — take a screenshot
  • Finnish: ottaa kuvakaappaus — take a screenshot
  • German: ein Bildschirmfoto machen — take a screenshot
  • Hungarian: képernyőképet/képernyőfotót/képernyőmentést készít — take a screenshot
  • Māori: kapomata — take a screenshot
  • Polish: screenować — take a screenshot
  • Polish: zescreenować — take a screenshot
  • Portuguese: capturar ecrã — take a screenshot
  • Portuguese: tirar uma captura de ecrã — take a screenshot
  • Portuguese: capturar tela — take a screenshot
  • Portuguese: tirar uma captura de tela — take a screenshot
  • Russian: заскриншо́тить (zaskrinšótitʹ) — take a screenshot
  • Russian: отскриншо́тить (otskrinšótitʹ) — take a screenshot
  • Russian: заскри́нить (zaskrínitʹ) — take a screenshot
  • Russian: отскри́нить (otskrínitʹ) — take a screenshot
  • Russian: скриншо́тить (skrinšótitʹ) — take a screenshot
  • Russian: скри́нить (skrínitʹ) — take a screenshot
  • Russian: де́лать скриншо́т (délatʹ skrinšót) — take a screenshot
  • Russian: сде́лать скриншо́т (sdélatʹ skrinšót) — take a screenshot
  • Russian: де́лать сни́мок экра́на (délatʹ snímok ekrána) — take a screenshot
  • Russian: сде́лать сни́мок экра́на (sdélatʹ snímok ekrána) — take a screenshot
  • Spanish: capturar la pantalla — take a screenshot
  • Spanish: sacar un pantallazo — take a screenshot
  • Spanish: tomar un pantallazo — take a screenshot
  • Swedish: ta skärmbild — take a screenshot
  • Swedish: ta skärmdump — take a screenshot
  • Turkish: ekran görüntüsü almak — take a screenshot
  • Vietnamese: chụp màn hình — take a screenshot