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toolbar

noun · 1 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

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.

  • UK: /ˈtuːl.bɑː/
  • US: /ˈtul.bɑɹ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: T UW1 L B AA2 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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noun

Meaning 1

A row of buttons, usually marked with icons, used to activate the functions of an application or operating system.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: button bar

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: toolstrip

History

Etymology

From tool + bar.

Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: alətlər paneli — row of icons in a graphical user interface
  • Chinese Mandarin: 工具欄 /工具栏 (gōngjùlán) — row of icons in a graphical user interface
  • Chinese Mandarin: 兔爸 (tùbà) — row of icons in a graphical user interface
  • Czech: panel nástrojů — row of icons in a graphical user interface
  • Danish: værktøjslinje — row of icons in a graphical user interface
  • Dutch: werkbalk — row of icons in a graphical user interface
  • Dutch: knoppenbalk — row of icons in a graphical user interface
  • Estonian: tööriistariba — row of icons in a graphical user interface
  • Faroese: amboðsbjálki — row of icons in a graphical user interface
  • Finnish: työkalupalkki — row of icons in a graphical user interface
  • French: barre d'outils — row of icons in a graphical user interface
  • German: Werkzeugleiste — row of icons in a graphical user interface
  • German: Symbolleiste — row of icons in a graphical user interface
  • Greek: γραμμή εργαλείων (grammí ergaleíon) — row of icons in a graphical user interface
  • Gujarati: સાધનપટ્ટી (sādhanpaṭṭī) — row of icons in a graphical user interface
  • Hungarian: eszköztár — row of icons in a graphical user interface
  • Hungarian: eszközsor — row of icons in a graphical user interface
  • Indonesian: bilah alat — row of icons in a graphical user interface
  • Italian: barra degli strumenti — row of icons in a graphical user interface
  • Italian: toolbar — row of icons in a graphical user interface
  • Japanese: ツールバー (tsūrubā) — row of icons in a graphical user interface
  • Korean: 도구 모음 (dogu mo'eum) — row of icons in a graphical user interface
  • Korean: 툴바 (tulba) — row of icons in a graphical user interface
  • Macedonian: алатник (alatnik) — row of icons in a graphical user interface
  • Māori: pae paraha — row of icons in a graphical user interface
  • Māori: paeutauta — row of icons in a graphical user interface
  • Polish: pasek narzędzi — row of icons in a graphical user interface
  • Portuguese: barra de ferramentas — row of icons in a graphical user interface
  • Romanian: bară de unelte — row of icons in a graphical user interface
  • Romanian: bară de instrumente — row of icons in a graphical user interface
  • Russian: пане́ль инструме́нтов (panɛ́lʹ instruméntov) — row of icons in a graphical user interface
  • Russian: тулба́р (tulbár) — row of icons in a graphical user interface
  • Serbo-Croatian: alatna traka — row of icons in a graphical user interface
  • Spanish: barra de herramientas — row of icons in a graphical user interface
  • Swedish: verktygslist — row of icons in a graphical user interface
  • Turkish: araç çubuğu — row of icons in a graphical user interface
  • Ukrainian: пане́ль інструме́нтів (panélʹ instruméntiv) — row of icons in a graphical user interface
  • Vietnamese: thanh công cụ — row of icons in a graphical user interface