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touchpad

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

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈtʌt͡ʃˌpæd/
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

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noun

Meaning 1

A flat surface which is sensitive to touch, used mostly in laptop computers to control an on-screen cursor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From touch + pad.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: ratolí tàctil — flat surface which is sensitive to touch
  • Chinese Cantonese: 觸控板 /触控板 (zuk1 hung3 baan2) — flat surface which is sensitive to touch
  • Chinese Mandarin: 觸摸板 /触摸板 (chùmōbǎn) — flat surface which is sensitive to touch
  • Chinese Mandarin: 觸控板 /触控板 (chùkòngbǎn) — flat surface which is sensitive to touch
  • Esperanto: tuŝplato — flat surface which is sensitive to touch
  • Finnish: kosketuslevy — flat surface which is sensitive to touch
  • French: pavé tactile — flat surface which is sensitive to touch
  • French: touchpad — flat surface which is sensitive to touch
  • German: Touchpad — flat surface which is sensitive to touch
  • German: Tastfeld — flat surface which is sensitive to touch
  • Hungarian: tapipad — flat surface which is sensitive to touch
  • Hungarian: érintőpad — flat surface which is sensitive to touch
  • Hungarian: érintőtábla — flat surface which is sensitive to touch
  • Indonesian: bantalan sentuh — flat surface which is sensitive to touch
  • Japanese: タッチパッド (tatchipaddo) — flat surface which is sensitive to touch
  • Korean: 터치패드 (teochipaedeu) — flat surface which is sensitive to touch
  • Macedonian: по́длога за до́пир (pódloga za dópir) — flat surface which is sensitive to touch
  • Macedonian: та́чпад (táčpad) — flat surface which is sensitive to touch
  • Norman: natte ès touches — flat surface which is sensitive to touch
  • Persian: لمسلان — flat surface which is sensitive to touch
  • Polish: touchpad — flat surface which is sensitive to touch
  • Portuguese: touchpad — flat surface which is sensitive to touch
  • Portuguese: painel tátil — flat surface which is sensitive to touch
  • Russian: тачпа́д (tačpád) — flat surface which is sensitive to touch
  • Russian: се́нсорная пане́ль (sɛ́nsornaja panɛ́lʹ) — flat surface which is sensitive to touch
  • Spanish: panel táctil — flat surface which is sensitive to touch
  • Spanish: touchpad — flat surface which is sensitive to touch
  • Swedish: styrplatta — flat surface which is sensitive to touch
  • Turkish: dokunut — flat surface which is sensitive to touch
  • Vietnamese: chuột cảm ứng — flat surface which is sensitive to touch