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• /ˈtu(ː)l.tɪp/
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From tool + tip, originally used with toolbars to provide a tip or hint as to what function each graphical icon represented. The term was introduced as ToolTip by Microsoft in the 1990s.

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: hulpwenk — an element of a graphical user interface
• Arabic: تَلْمِيح (talmīḥ) — an element of a graphical user interface
• Chinese Mandarin: 工具提示 (gōngjù tíshì) — an element of a graphical user interface
• Esperanto: ŝpruchelpilo — an element of a graphical user interface
• Finnish: työkaluvihje — an element of a graphical user interface
• French: infobulle — an element of a graphical user interface
• German: Tooltip — an element of a graphical user interface
• Gujarati: સાધનટિપ્પણી (sādhanṭippaṇī) — an element of a graphical user interface
• Gujarati: સાધનમદદ (sādhnamdad) — an element of a graphical user interface
• Hungarian: szövegbuborék — an element of a graphical user interface
• Hungarian: buboréksúgó — an element of a graphical user interface
• Hungarian: buboréktipp — an element of a graphical user interface
• Hungarian: eszköztipp — an element of a graphical user interface
• Hungarian: felbukkanó ablak — an element of a graphical user interface
• Hungarian: helyi súgó — an element of a graphical user interface
• Hungarian: súgóbuborék — an element of a graphical user interface
• Hungarian: súgószöveg — an element of a graphical user interface
• Hungarian: magyarázódoboz — an element of a graphical user interface
• Hungarian: eszközleírás — an element of a graphical user interface
• Hungarian: elemleírás — an element of a graphical user interface
• Hungarian: segédszöveg — an element of a graphical user interface
• Hungarian: leíróbuborék — an element of a graphical user interface
• Hungarian: gyorstipp — an element of a graphical user interface
• Hungarian: felugró üzenet — an element of a graphical user interface
• Japanese: ツールチップ (tsūruchippu) — an element of a graphical user interface
• Korean: 툴팁 (tultip) — an element of a graphical user interface
• Māori: akiutauta — an element of a graphical user interface
• Polish: tooltip — an element of a graphical user interface
• Portuguese: dica de contexto — an element of a graphical user interface
• Russian: подска́зка (podskázka) — an element of a graphical user interface
• Spanish: tooltip — an element of a graphical user interface
• Swedish: inforuta — an element of a graphical user interface
• Turkish: araç bilgisi — an element of a graphical user interface
• Turkish: araç ipucu — an element of a graphical user interface
• Vietnamese: mẹo công cụ — an element of a graphical user interface
• Vietnamese: hộp gợi ý — an element of a graphical user interface