"push-button" meaning in English

See push-button in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈpʊʃˌbʌtn̩/ Forms: pushbutton [alternative]
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 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55

Noun

IPA: /ˈpʊʃˌbʌtn̩/ Forms: push-buttons [plural], push button [alternative], pushbutton [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} push-button (plural push-buttons)
  1. An electrical switch activated by pressing a button. Translations (electrical switch): бутон (buton) [masculine] (Bulgarian), polsador [masculine] (Catalan), botó [masculine] (Catalan), 按鈕 /按钮 (ànniǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 電鈕 /电钮 (diànniǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), tlačítko (Czech), drukknop (Dutch), painonappi (Finnish), bouton-poussoir [masculine] (French), poussoir [masculine] (French), Druckknopf [masculine] (German), Druckschalter [masculine] (German), nyomógomb (Hungarian), 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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 38 62

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "ànniǔ",
          "sense": "electrical switch",
          "word": "按鈕 /按钮"
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          "roman": "diànniǔ",
          "sense": "electrical switch",
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          "sense": "electrical switch",
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          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "electrical switch",
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "electrical switch",
          "word": "painonappi"
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          "sense": "electrical switch",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "electrical switch",
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          "lang": "Malay",
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          "word": "butang tekan"
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "knópka",
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