"push-button" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈpʊʃˌbʌtn̩/
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} push-button (not comparable)
  1. Which can be initiated or activated at the push of a button. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-push-button-en-adj-pSgB0uYa
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pushbutton

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpʊʃˌbʌtn̩/ Forms: push-buttons [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} push-button (plural push-buttons)
  1. An electrical switch activated by pressing a button. Synonyms: push button Translations (electrical switch): бутон (buton) [masculine] (Bulgarian), polsador [masculine] (Catalan), botó [masculine] (Catalan), 按鈕 (Chinese Mandarin), 按钮 (ànniǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 電鈕 (Chinese Mandarin), 电钮 (diànniǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), tlačítko (Czech), drukknop (Dutch), painonappi (Finnish), bouton-poussoir [masculine] (French), poussoir [masculine] (French), Druckknopf [masculine] (German), Druckschalter [masculine] (German), pulsante [masculine] (Italian), butang tekan (Malay), кно́пка (knópka) [feminine] (Russian), tryckknapp [common-gender] (Swedish), nút bấm (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-push-button-en-noun-zQ~BXPlR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pushbutton

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