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• swĭch
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• /swɪt͡ʃ/
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• CMU ARPABET: S W IH1 CH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Perhaps from Middle Dutch swijch (“twig”), first attested in c. 1592. The mechanical device for altering the direction of something sense is first attested in c. 1797, pertaining to pivoted rails on minecart railways, which were once wooden.

371 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: switch — Snowboarding
• French: switch — Snowboarding
• Finnish: switch — Skiing
• French: switch — Skiing
• Afrikaans: skakel — device to turn electric current on and off
• Afrikaans: skakelaar — device to turn electric current on and off
• Arabic: مِقْلَاد (miqlād) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܦܬܵܚܵܐ (maptāḥā) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Armenian: անջատիչ (anǰatičʻ) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Armenian: փոխարկիչ (pʻoxarkičʻ) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Azerbaijani: dəyişdirici — device to turn electric current on and off
• Azerbaijani: açar — device to turn electric current on and off
• Azerbaijani: çevirgəc — device to turn electric current on and off
• Basque: etengailu — device to turn electric current on and off
• Belarusian: выключа́льнік (vyključálʹnik) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Belarusian: выключа́цель (vyključácjelʹ) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Belarusian: пераключа́льнік (pjeraključálʹnik) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Belarusian: ключ (ključ) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Bengali: চাবি (cabi) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Bengali: সুইচ (śuic) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Bulgarian: ключ (ključ) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Bulgarian: превключва́тел (prevključvátel) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Burmese: ခလုတ် (hka.lut) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Catalan: interruptor — device to turn electric current on and off
• Chinese Mandarin: 開關 /开关 (kāiguān) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Chinese Mandarin: 電門 /电门 (diànmén) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Czech: vypínač — device to turn electric current on and off
• Czech: přepínač — device to turn electric current on and off
• Danish: afbryder — device to turn electric current on and off
• Danish: kontakt — device to turn electric current on and off
• Dutch: schakelaar — device to turn electric current on and off
• Esperanto: ŝaltilo — device to turn electric current on and off
• Estonian: lüliti — device to turn electric current on and off
• Finnish: kytkin — device to turn electric current on and off
• Finnish: katkaisija — device to turn electric current on and off
• Finnish: katkaisin — device to turn electric current on and off
• French: interrupteur — device to turn electric current on and off
• Fula: 𞤱𞤢𞤴𞤤𞤵 — device to turn electric current on and off
• Fula: waylu — device to turn electric current on and off
• Georgian: გადართოთ (gadartot) — device to turn electric current on and off
• German: Schalter — device to turn electric current on and off
• Greek: διακόπτης (diakóptis) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Gujarati: ચાંપ (cā̃p) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Haitian Creole: chanje — device to turn electric current on and off
• Haryanvi: खटका (khaṭkā) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Hebrew: מֶתֶג (méteg) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Hindi: स्विच (svic) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Hungarian: kapcsoló — device to turn electric current on and off
• Indonesian: sakelar — device to turn electric current on and off
• Interlingua: commutator — device to turn electric current on and off
• Irish: lasc — device to turn electric current on and off
• Italian: interruttore — device to turn electric current on and off
• Japanese: 電源 (dengen) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Japanese: 開閉器 (kaiheiki) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Japanese: スイッチ (suitchi) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Karelian: šähkökatkuaja — device to turn electric current on and off
• Kazakh: ажыратқыш (ajyratqyş) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Kazakh: айырғыш (aiyrğyş) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Kazakh: сөндіргіш (söndırgış) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Khmer: កុងតាក់ (kongtak) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Korean: 스위치 (seuwichi) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Korean: 개폐기 (gaepyegi) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Kyrgyz: ажыраткыч (ajıratkıc) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Kyrgyz: өчүргүч (öcürgüc) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Lao: ສວິດໄຟ (st fai) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Lao: ສະຫວິດໄຟ (sa ht fai) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Latvian: slēdzis — device to turn electric current on and off
• Lithuanian: jungiklis — device to turn electric current on and off
• Luhya: eswichi — device to turn electric current on and off
• Macedonian: прекинувач (prekinuvač) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Malay: suis — device to turn electric current on and off
• Māori: pana — device to turn electric current on and off
• Mongolian: унтраалга (untraalga) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Mongolian: нээлэг (neeleg) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Mongolian: ᠤᠨᠲᠠᠷᠠᠭᠠᠯᠭ᠎ᠠ (untaraɣalɣ-a) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Mongolian: ᠨᠡᠭᠡᠭᠡᠯᠭᠡ (negegelge) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Norwegian Bokmål: bryter — device to turn electric current on and off
• Norwegian Nynorsk: brytar — device to turn electric current on and off
• Pali: vijjuppavāhaniyāmaka — device to turn electric current on and off
• Persian: سویچ (suič) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Persian: کلید (kalid) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Polish: wyłącznik — device to turn electric current on and off
• Polish: przełącznik — device to turn electric current on and off
• Polish: łącznik — device to turn electric current on and off
• Portuguese: interruptor — device to turn electric current on and off
• Portuguese: chave — device to turn electric current on and off
• Romanian: comutator — device to turn electric current on and off
• Romanian: întrerupător — device to turn electric current on and off
• Russian: выключа́тель m on/off (vyključátelʹ) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Russian: переключа́тель (pereključátelʹ) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Russian: ключ (ključ) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Serbo-Croatian: прекѝда̄ч — device to turn electric current on and off
• Serbo-Croatian: prekìdāč — device to turn electric current on and off
• Slovak: spínač — device to turn electric current on and off
• Slovak: prepínač — device to turn electric current on and off
• Slovene: stikalo — device to turn electric current on and off
• Spanish: interruptor — device to turn electric current on and off
• Spanish: suich — device to turn electric current on and off
• Spanish: suiche — device to turn electric current on and off
• Spanish: switch — device to turn electric current on and off
• Swahili: swichi — device to turn electric current on and off
• Swedish: strömbrytare — device to turn electric current on and off
• Swedish: brytare — device to turn electric current on and off
• Tagalog: kabtol — device to turn electric current on and off
• Tajik: васлкунак (vaslkunak) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Tajik: калид (kalid) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Telugu: స్విచ్చి (svicci) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Thai: สวิตช์ (sà-wít) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Turkish: anahtar — device to turn electric current on and off
• Turkish: şalter — device to turn electric current on and off
• Turkmen: wyklýuçatel — device to turn electric current on and off
• Turkmen: çybyk — device to turn electric current on and off
• Ukrainian: вимика́ч (vymykáč) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Ukrainian: перемика́ч (peremykáč) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Ukrainian: ключ (ključ) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Unami: siakw — device to turn electric current on and off
• Urdu: سُوِیچ (suvic) — device to turn electric current on and off
• Uzbek: vikluchatel — device to turn electric current on and off
• Uzbek: xivchin — device to turn electric current on and off
• Uzbek: chiviq — device to turn electric current on and off
• Vietnamese: ngắt điện — device to turn electric current on and off
• Vietnamese: công tắc — device to turn electric current on and off
• Vietnamese: đóng ngắt — device to turn electric current on and off
• Welsh: switsh — device to turn electric current on and off
• Afrikaans: punt — movable section of railroad track
• Albanian: pikë — movable section of railroad track
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܸܫܬܲܚܠܦܵܢܘܼܬܵܐ (mištaḥlpānūtā) — movable section of railroad track
• Armenian: սլաք (slakʻ) — movable section of railroad track
• Belarusian: стрэ́лка (strélka) — movable section of railroad track
• Bulgarian: стре́лка (strélka) — movable section of railroad track
• Catalan: agulla — movable section of railroad track
• Chinese Mandarin: 點 /点 (diǎn) — movable section of railroad track
• Czech: výhybka — movable section of railroad track
• Danish: sporskifte — movable section of railroad track
• Danish: skiftespor — movable section of railroad track
• Dutch: wissel — movable section of railroad track
• Finnish: vaihde — movable section of railroad track
• French: aiguille — movable section of railroad track
• French: aiguillage — movable section of railroad track
• German: Weiche — movable section of railroad track
• Indonesian: wesel — movable section of railroad track
• Ingrian: strelkka — movable section of railroad track
• Interlingua: cambio — movable section of railroad track
• Irish: ladhróg — movable section of railroad track
• Italian: scambio — movable section of railroad track
• Japanese: 分岐器 (bunkiki) — movable section of railroad track
• Korean: 포인트 (pointeu) — movable section of railroad track
• Latvian: pārmija — movable section of railroad track
• Macedonian: свртница (svrtnica) — movable section of railroad track
• Norwegian Bokmål: pens — movable section of railroad track
• Norwegian Bokmål: sporveksel — movable section of railroad track
• Norwegian Nynorsk: pens — movable section of railroad track
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sporveksel — movable section of railroad track
• Polish: zwrotnica — movable section of railroad track
• Portuguese: aparelho de mudança de via — movable section of railroad track
• Portuguese: agulha — movable section of railroad track
• Romanian: macaz — movable section of railroad track
• Russian: стре́лка (strélka) — movable section of railroad track
• Serbo-Croatian: скре́тница — movable section of railroad track
• Serbo-Croatian: skrétnica — movable section of railroad track
• Slovene: kretnica — movable section of railroad track
• Spanish: cambio — movable section of railroad track
• Spanish: aguja — movable section of railroad track
• Spanish: chucho — movable section of railroad track
• Spanish: suiche — movable section of railroad track
• Swedish: växel — movable section of railroad track
• Turkish: nokta — movable section of railroad track
• Ukrainian: стрі́лка (strílka) — movable section of railroad track
• Welsh: cledren droi — movable section of railroad track
• Welsh: troblat — movable section of railroad track
• Welsh: iard drefnu — movable section of railroad track
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܲܒܘܼܛܵܐ (šabūṭā) — thin rod used as a whip
• Armenian: ճիպոտ (čipot) — thin rod used as a whip
• Azerbaijani: çubuq — thin rod used as a whip
• Bashkir: сыбыҡ (sıbıq) — thin rod used as a whip
• Bulgarian: гъ́вкава пръ́чка (gǎ́vkava prǎ́čka) — thin rod used as a whip
• Catalan: fuetada — thin rod used as a whip
• Dutch: spitsroede — thin rod used as a whip
• Dutch: twijg — thin rod used as a whip
• Esperanto: vergo — thin rod used as a whip
• Finnish: vitsa — thin rod used as a whip
• Finnish: piiska — thin rod used as a whip
• French: badine — thin rod used as a whip
• German: Spießrute — thin rod used as a whip
• Italian: verga — thin rod used as a whip
• Latvian: žagars — thin rod used as a whip
• Macedonian: прачка (pračka) — thin rod used as a whip
• Mongolian: ташуур (tašuur) — thin rod used as a whip
• Norman: houssinne — thin rod used as a whip
• Norwegian Bokmål: prylestokk — thin rod used as a whip
• Portuguese: vergasta — thin rod used as a whip
• Portuguese: açoite — thin rod used as a whip
• Portuguese: vara — thin rod used as a whip
• Romanian: vergea — thin rod used as a whip
• Russian: хлыст (xlyst) — thin rod used as a whip
• Russian: ро́зга (rózga) — thin rod used as a whip
• Serbo-Croatian: šiba — thin rod used as a whip
• Serbo-Croatian: ко̀рба̄ч — thin rod used as a whip
• Serbo-Croatian: kòrbāč — thin rod used as a whip
• Spanish: latigazo — thin rod used as a whip
• Swedish: spö — thin rod used as a whip
• Thai: ไม้เรียว (mái-riao) — thin rod used as a whip
• Welsh: ffon — thin rod used as a whip
• Welsh: gwialen — thin rod used as a whip
• Catalan: interruptor — command line notation
• Catalan: opció — command line notation
• Czech: přepínač — command line notation
• Finnish: lippu — command line notation
• Finnish: argumentti — command line notation
• Finnish: vipu — command line notation
• Finnish: valitsin — command line notation
• French: commutateur — command line notation
• Italian: opzione — command line notation
• Italian: parametro — command line notation
• Italian: argomento — command line notation
• Norwegian Bokmål: svitsj — command line notation
• Portuguese: switch — command line notation
• Swedish: växel — command line notation
• Belarusian: камута́тар (kamutátar) — system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines
• Bulgarian: комута́тор (komutátor) — system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines
• Catalan: centraleta — system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines
• Finnish: puhelinkeskus — system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines
• Finnish: puhelinvaihde — system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines
• Finnish: vaihde — system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines
• Finnish: keskus — system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines
• French: commutateur — system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines
• Italian: centralino — system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines
• Macedonian: развод (razvod) — system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines
• Norwegian Bokmål: sentral — system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines
• Polish: switch — system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines
• Portuguese: central telefónica — system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines
• Portuguese: central telefônica — system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines
• Romanian: centrală — system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines
• Romanian: comutator — system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines
• Romanian: selector — system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines
• Russian: коммута́тор (kommutátor) — system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines
• Serbo-Croatian: скло̏пка — system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines
• Serbo-Croatian: sklȍpka — system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines
• Swedish: växel — system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines
• Ukrainian: комута́тор (komutátor) — system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines
• Uzbek: xivchin — system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines
• Vietnamese: chuyển mạch — system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines
• Welsh: switsh — system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines
• Belarusian: камута́тар (kamutátar) — networking device
• Bulgarian: суи́ч (suíč) — networking device
• Bulgarian: комутатор (komutator) — networking device
• Catalan: commutador — networking device
• Chinese Mandarin: 交換機 /交换机 (jiāohuànjī) — networking device
• Czech: přepínač — networking device
• Esperanto: enkursigilo — networking device
• Finnish: kytkin — networking device
• French: commutateur réseau — networking device
• German: Switch — networking device
• German: Verteiler — networking device
• German: Netzwerkweiche — networking device
• Italian: switch — networking device
• Portuguese: switch — networking device
• Portuguese: comutador — networking device
• Romanian: comutator — networking device
• Russian: коммута́тор (kommutátor) — networking device
• Spanish: conmutador — networking device
• Spanish: switch — networking device
• Swedish: switch — networking device
• Thai: สวิตช์ (sà-wít) — networking device
• Ukrainian: комута́тор (komutátor) — networking device
• Vietnamese: bộ chuyển mạch — networking device
• Vietnamese: thiết bị chuyển mạch — networking device
• Welsh: switsh — networking device
• Esperanto: plurrolulo — someone willing to switch roles in BDSM
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܲܚܠܸܦ (šaḥlip) — to exchange
• Armenian: փոխել (pʻoxel) — to exchange
• Bulgarian: разменям (razmenjam) — to exchange
• Catalan: canviar — to exchange
• Chinese Mandarin: 代替 (dàitì) — to exchange
• Chinese Mandarin: 換 /换 (huàn) — to exchange
• Chinese Mandarin: 交換 /交换 (jiāohuàn) — to exchange
• Chinese Mandarin: 取代 (qǔdài) — to exchange
• Chinese Mandarin: 替代 (tìdài) — to exchange
• Czech: vyměnit — to exchange
• Esperanto: interŝanĝi — to exchange
• Finnish: vaihtaa — to exchange
• French: échanger — to exchange
• German: tauschen — to exchange
• German: austauschen — to exchange
• Greek: αλλάζω (allázo) — to exchange
• Hebrew: החליף (hekhlíf) — to exchange
• Italian: scambiare — to exchange
• Japanese: 取り換える (torikaeru) — to exchange
• Japanese: 交換する (kōkan suru) — to exchange
• Macedonian: разменува (razmenuva) — to exchange
• Macedonian: сменува (smenuva) — to exchange
• Malay: tukar — to exchange
• Māori: whakawhiti — to exchange
• Māori: whakawhitiwhiti — to exchange
• Portuguese: trocar — to exchange
• Romanian: schimba — to exchange
• Slovak: vymeniť — to exchange
• Spanish: intercambiar — to exchange
• Spanish: cambiar — to exchange
• Spanish: conmutar — to exchange
• Spanish: permutar — to exchange
• Spanish: swichar — to exchange
• Spanish: substituir — to exchange
• Spanish: reemplazar — to exchange
• Spanish: suichar — to exchange
• Swedish: byta — to exchange
• Swedish: ändra — to exchange
• Thai: สลับ (sà-làp) — to exchange
• Thai: เปลี่ยน (bplìian) — to exchange
• Armenian: փոխարկել (pʻoxarkel) — to change (something) to the specified state using a switch
• Bulgarian: превключвам (prevključvam) — to change (something) to the specified state using a switch
• Catalan: commutar — to change (something) to the specified state using a switch
• Czech: zhasnout — to change (something) to the specified state using a switch
• Czech: rozsvítit — to change (something) to the specified state using a switch
• Czech: rožnout — to change (something) to the specified state using a switch
• Esperanto: ŝalti — to change (something) to the specified state using a switch
• Finnish: kytkeä — to change (something) to the specified state using a switch
• French: commuter — to change (something) to the specified state using a switch
• German: schalten — to change (something) to the specified state using a switch
• Interlingua: excambiar — to change (something) to the specified state using a switch
• Italian: commutare — to change (something) to the specified state using a switch
• Japanese: 切り替える (kirikaeru) — to change (something) to the specified state using a switch
• Macedonian: шалта (šalta) — to change (something) to the specified state using a switch
• Macedonian: прешалтува (prešaltuva) — to change (something) to the specified state using a switch
• Māori: takahuri — to change (something) to the specified state using a switch
• Māori: whakakā — to change (something) to the specified state using a switch
• Norman: souitchi — to change (something) to the specified state using a switch
• Portuguese: ligar — to change (something) to the specified state using a switch
• Portuguese: desligar — to change (something) to the specified state using a switch
• Romanian: comuta — to change (something) to the specified state using a switch
• Spanish: conmutar — to change (something) to the specified state using a switch
• Spanish: trastrocar — to change (something) to the specified state using a switch
• Spanish: transmudar — to change (something) to the specified state using a switch
• Swedish: växla — to change (something) to the specified state using a switch
• Swedish: koppla — to change (something) to the specified state using a switch
• Swedish: knäppa — to change (something) to the specified state using a switch
• Swedish: stänga — to change (something) to the specified state using a switch
• Swedish: slå — to change (something) to the specified state using a switch
• Swedish: släcka — to change (something) to the specified state using a switch
• Swedish: tända — to change (something) to the specified state using a switch
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܵܒ݂ܹܛ (šāḇēṭ) — to hit with a switch (rod)
• Armenian: ձաղկել (jaġkel) — to hit with a switch (rod)
• Bulgarian: бия (bija) — to hit with a switch (rod)
• Bulgarian: шибам (šibam) — to hit with a switch (rod)
• Esperanto: vergi — to hit with a switch (rod)
• Finnish: piiskata — to hit with a switch (rod)
• Finnish: antaa piiskaa — to hit with a switch (rod)
• French: fouetter — to hit with a switch (rod)
• Interlingua: commutar — to hit with a switch (rod)
• Italian: picchiare — to hit with a switch (rod)
• Portuguese: vergastar — to hit with a switch (rod)
• Portuguese: açoitar — to hit with a switch (rod)
• Swedish: slå — to hit with a switch (rod)
• Swedish: piska — to hit with a switch (rod)
• Bulgarian: сменям (smenjam) — to change places or tasks
• Catalan: canviar — to change places or tasks
• Finnish: vaihtaa — to change places or tasks
• French: changer — to change places or tasks
• German: wechseln — to change places or tasks
• Interlingua: cambiar — to change places or tasks
• Italian: cambiare — to change places or tasks
• Italian: passare — to change places or tasks
• Italian: migrare — to change places or tasks
• Japanese: 切り替える (tirikaeru) — to change places or tasks
• Macedonian: сменува (smenuva) — to change places or tasks
• Macedonian: разменува (razmenuva) — to change places or tasks
• Māori: takahuri — to change places or tasks
• Portuguese: trocar — to change places or tasks
• Portuguese: mudar — to change places or tasks
• Romanian: schimba — to change places or tasks
• Swedish: byta — to change places or tasks