"hand-held" meaning in English

See hand-held in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈhændˌhɛld/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-hand-held.wav [US]
Etymology: hand + held Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hand|held}} hand + held Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} hand-held (not comparable)
  1. Held in one or both hands. Tags: not-comparable Translations (held in one hand): 手提式的 (shǒutíshì de) (Chinese Mandarin), käsi- (Finnish), kannettava (Finnish), käsikäyttöinen (Finnish), portable (French), portatif (French), ხელის (xelis) (Georgian), პორტატიული (ṗorṭaṭiuli) (Georgian), ხელში დასაჭერი (xelši dasač̣eri) (Georgian), Hand- (German), χειρός (cheirós) (Greek), χειρόφερτος (cheirófertos) (Greek), kézi (Hungarian), kézben tartható/fogható (Hungarian), kézi tartású (english: DIY tool) (Hungarian), ハンドヘルド (handoherudo) (Japanese), កាន់ដោយដៃ (kan daoy day) (Khmer), håndholdt (Norwegian Bokmål), cầm tay (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-hand-held-en-adj-9IkFM3q0 Disambiguation of 'held in one hand': 61 39
  2. Small and light enough to be operated while held in one or both hands. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-hand-held-en-adj-jyW6Rnje
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hand held, handheld

Noun

IPA: /ˈhændˌhɛld/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-hand-held.wav [US] Forms: hand-helds [plural]
Etymology: hand + held Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hand|held}} hand + held Head templates: {{en-noun}} hand-held (plural hand-helds)
  1. (computing) A personal digital assistant or video game console that is small enough to be held in the hands. Categories (topical): Computing Related terms: mobile, portable Translations (personal digital assistant or video game console that is small enough to be held in the hands): tragbare Videospielkonsole [feminine] (German), tragbare Spielkonsole [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-hand-held-en-noun-eMAz7CiS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English exocentric compounds, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 18 63 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 18 17 65 Disambiguation of English exocentric compounds: 20 21 59 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 18 17 65 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hand held, handheld

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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