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masculine

/teˈklaðo/

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Translation

keyboard

Word origin

From tecla ('key'), itself from Old French tecle, ultimately from Latin tegula ('tile, small plate') by way of the flat, tile-like shape of early keys. The -ado suffix here marks a collective object made up of many of the noun it is built on.

Origin: Latin
Root: tegula

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralteclados

Examples

manchado .

I have spilled coffee on my laptop keyboard.

This keyboard is very noisy when I type fast.

inalámbrico .

I bought a wireless keyboard for the computer at home.

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