"Alt Gr" meaning in English

See Alt Gr in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: AltGr [alternative]
Etymology: Abbreviation of alternate graphic, as originally used to produce box-drawing graphic characters. Etymology templates: {{abbrev|en|alternate graphic}} Abbreviation of alternate graphic Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Alt Gr (uncountable)
  1. (computing) A keyboard key that can be pressed simultaneously with other keys to result in additional characters such as accented letters and currency symbols. Wikipedia link: AltGr key Tags: uncountable

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "alternate graphic"
      },
      "expansion": "Abbreviation of alternate graphic",
      "name": "abbrev"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Abbreviation of alternate graphic, as originally used to produce box-drawing graphic characters.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "AltGr",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Alt Gr (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Computing",
          "orig": "en:Computing",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A keyboard key that can be pressed simultaneously with other keys to result in additional characters such as accented letters and currency symbols."
      ],
      "id": "en-Alt_Gr-en-noun-N8azRS9-",
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "key",
          "key"
        ],
        [
          "character",
          "character"
        ],
        [
          "accented",
          "accented"
        ],
        [
          "currency",
          "currency"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) A keyboard key that can be pressed simultaneously with other keys to result in additional characters such as accented letters and currency symbols."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "AltGr key"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Alt Gr"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "alternate graphic"
      },
      "expansion": "Abbreviation of alternate graphic",
      "name": "abbrev"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Abbreviation of alternate graphic, as originally used to produce box-drawing graphic characters.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "AltGr",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Alt Gr (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English abbreviations",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Computing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A keyboard key that can be pressed simultaneously with other keys to result in additional characters such as accented letters and currency symbols."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "key",
          "key"
        ],
        [
          "character",
          "character"
        ],
        [
          "accented",
          "accented"
        ],
        [
          "currency",
          "currency"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) A keyboard key that can be pressed simultaneously with other keys to result in additional characters such as accented letters and currency symbols."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "AltGr key"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Alt Gr"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Alt Gr meaning in English (1.4kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (5ee713e and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.