key (English)

Pronunciation

  • - US - /kiː/,

    /ki:/

  • - Audio (UK)
  • en-us-key.ogg
  • Rhymes: iː
  • Homophones: cay

    one pronunciation

    , quay

    • Etymology 1

    From - keye|lang=enm, - lang=enm, - lang=enm, from - cæg|cǣġ|lang=ang, - cǣġe|lang=ang, - cǣga|key, solution, experiment|lang=ang, from - kēkaz|stake, post, pole|lang=en, from - ǵogh-||ǵegh-|branch, stake, bush|lang=en, related to - - - cǣggian|to lock, shut|lang=ang. Cognate with - - - lang=sco, - |key|lang=sco, - - - |key|lang=fy, - - - |key|lang=frr, - - - kāk|whipping post, pillory|lang=gml, and perhaps to - - - |javelin, spear|lang=dum, - - - lang=gml, - |spear|lang=gml.

    Noun

    An object designed to open and close a lock.

    An object designed to fit between two other objects (such as a shaft and a wheel) in a mechanism and maintain their relative orientation.

    A crucial step or requirement.

  • the key to solving this problem...
  • the key to winning this game

    • A guide explaining the symbols or terminology of a map or chart; a legend.

  • The key says that A stands for the accounting department.

    • A guide to the correct answers of a worksheet or test.

  • Some students cheated by using the answer key.

    • One of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, mostly corresponding to text characters.

  • Press the Escape key.

    • One of a number of rectangular moving parts on a piano or musical keyboard, each causing a particular sound or note to be produced.

    One of various levers on a musical instrument used to select notes, such as a lever opening a hole on a woodwind.

    A hierarchical scale of musical notes on which a composition is based

  • the key of B-flat major

    • A manual electrical switching device primarily used for the transmission of Morse_code.

    A piece of information (e.g. a passphrase) used to encode or decode a message or messages.

    In a relational_database, a field used as an index into another table (not necessarily unique).

    A value that uniquely identifies an entry in an associative_array.

    The free-throw lane together with the circle surrounding the free-throw line, the free-throw lane having formerly been narrower, giving the area the shape of a skeleton_key hole.

  • He shoots from the top of the key.

    • A series of logically organized groups of discriminate|discriminating information which aims to allow the user to correctly identify a taxon.

    kilogram

    * 2010, David J. Silas, Da Block (page 41)

    *: So starting with ten keys of cocaine and two keys of heroin, Derrick put his plan in motion. Soon every major drug dealer and gang chief from Chicago Avenue to Evanston was in his pocket.

    Derived terms

    Derived terms

  • candidate_key
  • church_key
  • foreign_key
  • keyboard
  • keycard
  • keychain
  • keyhole
  • keynote
  • keypad
  • key_signature
  • keystone
  • keystroke
  • keyword
  • major_key
  • minor_key
  • primary_key
  • public-key_cryptography
  • skeleton_key
  • unique_key

    • Translations

    device designed to open and close a lock

  • Afrikaans - sleutel
  • Albanska - çelës
  • Amharic - ቁልፍ|m|f|tr=qulf|sc=Ethi
  • Arabiska - مفتاح
  • : Egyptian_Arabic - مفتاح|tr=mufftaḥ|sc=Arab
  • Armenian - բանալի|tr=banali|sc=Armn
  • Vitryska - ключ
  • Bengali - চাবি|tr=cābi|sc=Beng
  • Bosnian - ključ|m
  • Breton: alc'hwez
  • Bulgariska - ключ
    • , разрешение, гама, клавиши
  • Catalan: clau
  • Central Atlas Tamazight - ⵜⴰⵙⴰⵔⵓⵜ|f|tr=tasarut|sc=Tfng
  • Chinese:
  • : Mandarin - 鑰匙|sc=Hani, - 钥匙|tr=yàoshi|sc=Hani
  • Coptic:
  • : Bohairic: - ϣⲟⲩϣϯ|m|tr=shusht
  • : Sahidic - ϣⲟϣϯ|m|tr=shosht
  • Kroatiska - ključ
  • Tjeckiska - klíč
  • Dalmatian - cluf|f
  • Danska - nøgle
  • Holländska - sleutel
  • Esperanto - ŝlosilo|xs=Esperanto
  • Estonian: võti, klahv, toon
  • Finska - avain
  • Franska - clef
    • , clé
  • : Old_French - clef|f
  • Galician: chave, tecla
  • Georgian - გასაღები|tr=gasaḡebi|sc=Geor
  • Tyska - Schlüssel
  • Grekiska - κλειδί
  • Gujarati: ચાવી
  • Hawaiian: kī
  • Hebrew - מפתח|m|tr=mafteah
  • Hindiska - ताली
    • , चाबी
  • Ungerska - kulcs
  • Isländska - lykill
  • Indonesiska - kunci
  • Irländska - eochair
  • Italienska - chiave
  • Japanska - 鍵
  • Kannada - ಬೀಗದ ಕೈ|tr=bīgada kai|sc=Knda|xs=Kannada, - ಕೀಲಿಕೈ|tr=kīlikai|sc=Knda|xs=Kannada
  • Koreanska - 열쇠
  • Kurdish - kilîl|m, - kilîd|m, - mift|m, - enextar|m, - کلیل|sc=ku-Arab
  • Lao - ຂໍກະແຈ|sc=Laoo|xs=Lao
  • Latin - clavis|f
  • Lettiska - atslēga
  • Litauiska - raktas
  • Luxembourgish - Schlëssel|m
  • Makedonska - клуч
  • Malaysiska - kunci

  • ml

  • Maltese: cavetta
  • Manx - ogher|f|xs=Manx
  • Maori: kī
  • Marathi - चावी|tr=cāvī|sc=Deva|xs=Marathi
  • Mongolian: түлхүүр (tülhüür)

  • ne

  • Nobiin:
  • : Fadicca - كوشر|tr=koushur
  • : Kenzi - كوشر|tr=koushur
  • Norska - nøkkel
  • Occitan: clau
  • Old English - cæg|f|alt=cǣġ|xs=Old English
  • Old Frisian: sletel

  • or

  • Ottoman Turkish - مفتاح|tr=miftah|sc=ota-Arab, - مفاتيح|p|tr=mefâtih|sc=ota-Arab
  • Persiska - کلید
  • Polska - klucz
  • Portugisiska - chave
  • Punjabi: ਕੁੰਜੀ
  • Rumänska - cheie
  • Romansch - clav
  • Ryska - ключ
  • Scottish Gaelic - iuchair|f|xs=Scottish Gaelic
  • Serbian:
  • : Cyrillic: кључ#Serbian|кључ

    ključ {{m

  • Slovenska - ključ
  • Spanska - llave
  • Swahili: ufunguo, funguo pl (noun 11/14)
  • Svenska - nyckel
  • Tagalog - tl|susi|n
  • Tamil: சாலி, - சாவி|tr=saavi|xs=Tamil
  • Telugu: తాళంచెవి, బీగంచెవి
  • Thailändska - กุญแจ
  • Turkiska - anahtar
    • , açar
  • Ukrainska - ключ
  • Urdu - تالی|f|tr=tālī|sc=ur-Arab, - چابی|f|tr=cābī|sc=ur-Arab
  • Vietnamesiska - chìa khoá
    • , khoá
  • Volapük - kik|xs=Volapük
  • Welsh: allwedd , agoriad
  • West Frisian: kaai
  • Jiddisch - שליסל

    • object used to maintain the orientation between two others

  • Grekiska - κλειδί
  • Ryska - чека
    • , шпонка, клин
  • Swahili - ufungu
  • Walesiska - allwedd

    • crucial step

  • Finska - avain
  • Franska - clef
    • , clé
  • Tyska - Schlüssel
  • Grekiska - κλειδί
  • Ungerska - kulcs
  • Isländska - lykill
  • Irländska - eochair
  • Italienska - chiave
  • Japanese: 鍵 (かぎ, kagi)
  • Mandarin - 關鍵, - 关键
  • Polska - klucz
  • Portugisiska - segredo
  • Ryska - ключ
  • Spanska - clave
  • Swahili - ufungu
  • Svenska - nyckel
  • Turkiska - anahtar

    • button on a typewriter or computer keyboard

  • Arabic:

    زر

    (zirr)
  • Armenian - ստեղն|tr=steġn
  • Katalanska - tecla
  • Tjeckiska - klávesa
  • Danska - tast
  • Holländska - toets
  • Esperanto - klavo|xs=Esperanto
  • Finska - näppäin
  • Franska - touche
  • Tyska - Taste
  • Grekiska - πλήκτρο
  • Hebrew - מקש|m|tr=makash
  • Ungerska - billentyű
  • Isländska - takki
    • , lykill, hnappur
  • Irländska - eochair
  • Italienska - tasto
  • Japanese: キー (kī)
  • Lettiska - taustiņš
  • Litauiska - klavišas
  • Malaysiska - kekunci
    • , tatal
  • Norska - tast
  • Persian:

    کلید

    (keleed)
  • Polska - klawisz
  • Portugisiska - tecla
  • Ryska - клавиша
  • Scottish Gaelic - meur|f|xs=Scottish Gaelic, - putan|m|xs=Scottish Gaelic
  • Slovenska - tipka
  • Spanska - tecla
  • Svenska - tangent
    • , knapp
  • Turkiska - tuş
  • Walesiska - allwedd
    • , bysell
  • West Frisian: kaai, toets

    • part of a piano or musical keyboard

  • Armenian - ստեղն|tr=steġn
  • Tjeckiska - klávesa
  • Danska - tangent
  • Holländska - toets
  • Esperanto - klavo|xs=Esperanto
  • Finska - kosketin
  • Franska - touche
  • Tyska - Taste
  • Grekiska - πλήκτρο
  • Hebrew - קליד|m|tr=klid
  • Italienska - tasto
  • Japanese: 鍵 (けん ken)
  • Lettiska - taustiņš
  • Litauiska - klavišas
  • Makedonska - клавиш
  • Manx - ogher|f|xs=Manx
  • Norska - tangent
  • Persian:

    کلید

    (keleed)
  • Polska - klawisz
  • Portugisiska - tecla
  • Ryska - клавиша
  • Scottish Gaelic - meur|f|xs=Scottish Gaelic
  • Slovenska - tipka
  • Spanska - tecla
  • Svenska - tangent
  • Turkiska - tuş
  • Volapük - klav
  • Walesiska - allwedd

    • scale of musical notes

  • Tjeckiska - tónina
  • Danska - nøgle
  • Holländska - toonsoort
    • , toonaard
  • Finska - sävellaji
  • Franska - clef
    • , clé
  • Tyska - Tonart
  • Grekiska - κλειδί
  • Hebrew - מפתח|m|tr=mafteah
  • Ungerska - hangnem
  • Isländska - tóntegund
  • Irländska - gléas
  • Italienska - chiave
  • Japanese: 調 (ちょう, chō)
  • Lettiska - atslēga
    • , tonalitātē
  • Litauiska - raktas
    • , tonacija
  • Manx - gleaysh|m|xs=Manx
  • Persian:

    کلید

    (keleed)
  • Polska - tonacja
  • Portugisiska - clave
  • Ryska - тональность
  • Ryska - лад
  • Scottish Gaelic - gleus|m|f|xs=Scottish Gaelic
  • Spanska - clave
  • Svenska - tonart
  • Walesiska - cywair

    • device used to transmit Morse code

  • Finska - avain
    • , morseavain
  • Tyska - Taste
  • Swahili - ufungu
  • Svenska - nyckel
    • , morsenyckel

    cryptography: piece of information used to encode or decode

  • Tjeckiska - klíč
  • Danska - nøgle
  • Holländska - sleutel
  • Esperanto - elĉifrigilo
  • Finska - avain
    • , salakirjoitusavain
  • Franska - clef
    • , clé
  • Tyska - Schlüssel
  • Grekiska - κλειδί
  • Hebrew: מפתח (maftekha)
  • Ungerska - kulcs
  • Irländska - eochair
  • Italienska - chiave
  • Litauiska - raktas
  • Norska - nøkkel
  • Persian:

    کلید

    (keleed)
  • Polska - klucz
  • Portugisiska - chave
  • Ryska - ключ
  • Slovenska - ključ
  • Spanska - clave
  • Swahili - ufungu
  • Svenska - nyckel
  • West Frisian: kaai

    • computing: field of a database constrained to be unique

  • Tjeckiska - klíč
  • Danska - nøgle
  • Finska - avain
    • , avainkenttä
  • Franska - clef
    • , clé
  • Tyska - Schlüssel
  • Irländska - eochair
  • Italienska - chiave
  • Persiska - کلید
  • Polska - klucz
  • Portugisiska - chave
  • Ryska - ключ
  • Spanska - clave
  • Swahili - ufungu
  • Walesiska - maes allweddol
  • West Frisian: kaai

    • computing: field in a record used as a search argument

  • Danska - nøgle
  • Finska - avain
    • , avainkenttä
  • Franska - clef
    • , clé
  • Tyska - Schlüssel
  • Hebrew: מפתח (maftekha)
  • Irländska - eochair
  • Italienska - chiave
  • Persiska - کلید
  • Polska - klucz
  • Portugisiska - chave
  • Ryska - ключ
  • Spanska - clave
  • Swahili - ufungu
  • Svenska - nyckel

    • computing: value uniquely identifying entry in associative array

  • Tjeckiska - klíč
  • Danska - nøgle
  • Finska - avain
  • Franska - clef
    • , clé
  • Tyska - Schlüssel
  • Hebrew: מפתח (maftekha)
  • Ungerska - kulcs
  • Irländska - eochair
  • Italienska - chiave
  • Polska - klucz
  • Ryska - ключ
  • Swahili - ufungu
  • Svenska - nyckel

    • in basketball

  • Portugisiska - garrafão

    • small guide explaining symbols or terminology

  • Danska - signaturforklaring
    • , nøgle
  • Finska - selite
    • , merkkienselite
  • Franska - légende
  • German: Zeichenerklärung , Legende
  • Polska - klucz
    • , legenda
  • Portugisiska - legenda
  • Ryska - ключ
  • Spanska - clave
  • Swahili - ufungu
  • Svenska - nyckel

    • bn

    : কুঞ্জি, চাবিকাটি, চাবিকাঠি

  • bg

    : ключ (ključ)

    ko

    : 열쇠 (yeolsoe)

  • ml

    : താക്കോല്‍, ചാവി
  • - کلید (kelid)

  • ro

    : cheie

    sk

    : kľúč (1, 5), kláves (3, 4)

    • See also

  • clef
  • scale

  • Key

    • Adjective

    indispensable|Indispensable.

  • He is the key player for his soccer team.
  • He is the key witness.

    • * {{quote-news

    |year=2011 |date=September 29 |author=Jon Smith |title=Tottenham 3 - 1 Shamrock Rovers |work=BBC Sport |url= |page= |passage=With the north London derby to come at the weekend, Spurs boss Harry Redknapp opted to rest many of his key players, although he brought back Aaron Lennon after a month out through injury.}}

    important|Important, salient.

  • She makes several key points

    • Translations

    indispensable

  • Tjeckiska - klíčový
  • Ungerska - kulcs-
    • , kulcsfontosságú
  • Irländska - eochair-
    • , príomh-
  • Italienska - chiave
    • , essenziale
  • Japanska - キー
    • (kii)
  • Persiska - کلیدی
  • Polska - kluczowy
  • Portugisiska - chave
  • Ryska - ключевой
  • Scottish Gaelic - riatanach|xs=Scottish Gaelic
  • Spanska - clave
  • Swahili - ufunguo
  • Walesiska - allweddol

    • important

  • Tjeckiska - klíčový
  • Irländska - eochair-
  • Italienska - chiave
  • Japanska - キー
    • (kii)
  • Persiska - کلیدی
  • Polish: kluczowy
  • Portugisiska - chave
  • Ryska - узловой
    • , стержневой
  • Ryska - ведущий
  • Scottish Gaelic - cudromach|xs=Scottish Gaelic
  • Swahili - ufunguo

    • Verb

    To fit (a lock) with a key.

    To fit (pieces of a mechanical assembly) with a key to maintain the orientation between them.

    To mark or indicate with a symbol indicating membership in a class.

    * 1996 January, Garden Dsign Ideas, second printing, w:Taunton_Press|Taunton_Press, ISBN 1561580791, page 25,

    *: So I worked on a tissue-paper copy of the perimeter plan, outlining groupings of plants of the same species and keying them with letters for the species.

    * 2001, Bruce M. Metzger, The Bible in Translation, ISBN 0801022827, page 87,

    *: The volume closes with thirty pages of "Notes, critical and explanatory," in which Thomson provides seventy-six longer or shorter notes keyed to specific sections of the synopsis.

    * 2002, Karen Bromley, Stretching Students' Vocabulary, ISBN 0439288398, page 12,

    *: Talk about similarities between the words and write them below to the left of the anchor, keying them with a plus sign (+). Talk about the characteristics that set the words apart and list them below the box to the right, keying them with a tilde sign (~).

    * 2007, Stephen Blake Mettee, Michelle Doland and Doris Hall, compilers, The American Directory of Writer's Guidelines, 6th ("2007–2008") edition, ISBN 1884956580, page 757,

    *: Indicate the comparative value of each heading by keying it with a number in pencil, in the left margin, as follows:

    To depress (a telegraph key).

    radio

    To operate (the transmitter switch of a two-way radio).

    (more usually to key in) To enter (information) by typing on a keyboard or keypad.

  • Our instructor told us to key in our user IDs.

    • To vandalize (a car, etc.) by scratching with an implement such as a key.

  • He keyed the car that had taken his parking spot.

    • To link (as one might do with a key or legend).

    * 1960, Richard L. Masland, "Classification of the Epilepsies", in Epilepsia, volume 1, page 516,

    *: The American Heart Association has prepared their own guide to classification and, keying it with the Standard Nomenclature of Diseases, have done much to encourage a concise yet complete diagnosis.

    * - Nicholas Askounes Ashford|Crisis in the Workplace: Occupational Disease and Injury|url= workman's compensation system rests on incentives (premium payments) that are keyed to the immediate and relatively undeniable nature of injuries;

    * - Deborah Blum, Mary Knudson and Robin Marantz Henig|A Field Guide for Science Writers: The Official Guide of the National Association of Science Writers|url= also features special issues on "Live Longer, Better, Wiser," men's health, women's health, and issues keyed to important "disease weeks."

    - taxonomy To be identified as a certain taxon when using a key.

    Derived terms

  • key_in
  • key_off
  • key_out
  • keyed_up

    • Translations

    fit (a lock) with a key

  • Persiska - قفل کردن
  • Swahili - fungua

    • fit (pieces of a mechanical assembly) with a key

  • Swahili - fungua

    • telegraphy: depress (a telegraph key)

  • Swahili - fungua

    • radio: operate (transmitter switch of a two-way radio)

  • Swahili - fungua

    • computing: enter (information)

  • Finska - syöttää
    • , näppäillä, kirjoittaa
  • Polska - wprowadzać
  • Portugisiska - digitar
  • Ryska - вводить
  • Spanska - teclear
  • Swahili - fungua

    • Etymology 2

    Variant of cay, from - cayo|lang=es.

    Alternative forms

  • cay

    • Noun

    One of a string of small islands.

  • "the Florida Keys"

    • Translations

    small island

  • Franska - caye
  • Irländska - cae
  • Lithuanian: approxim. salelė
  • Spanska - cayo
  • Svenska - skär

    • Anagrams

  • kye#English|kye
    • ----

    key (Kurdish)

    Adverb

    ku|adverb

    - lang=ku when

    ----

    key (Manx)

    Noun

    cream

    Derived terms

  • - key blinkit
  • - key feayr
  • - key riojey, - key riojit
    • ang:key simple:key

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