Phrase guide

Start button

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

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Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

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noun

Meaning 1

A labeled button in some versions of the Windows operating system that opens the Start menu.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, graphical-user-interface, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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History

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Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: Մեկնարկ (Meknark) — button in Windows
  • Chinese Mandarin: 開始按鈕 /开始按钮 (kāishǐ ànniǔ) — button in Windows
  • Finnish: aloituspainike — button in Windows
  • Japanese: スタートボタン (Sutāto botan) — button in Windows
  • Korean: 시작 버튼 (sijak beoteun) — button in Windows
  • Russian: Пуск (Pusk) — button in Windows
  • Russian: Старт — button in Windows
  • Spanish: botón Comienzo — button in Windows
  • Spanish: botón de Inicio — button in Windows
  • Spanish: botón Inicio — button in Windows