"user interface" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: user interfaces [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} user interface (plural user interfaces)
  1. (computing) The visual part of a software application that a user sees and interacts with. Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: UI Hypernyms: interface Hyponyms: character user interface, graphical user interface, Web user interface Translations (the part of a software application that a user sees and interacts with): потреби́телски и́нтерфейс (potrebítelski ínterfejs) [masculine] (Bulgarian), interfície d'usuari [feminine] (Catalan), 用戶界面 (Chinese Mandarin), 用户界面 (yònghù jièmiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), uživatelské rozhraní [neuter] (Czech), gebruikersinterface [masculine] (Dutch), uzantinterfaco (Esperanto), kasutajaliides (Estonian), nýtslumarkamót [neuter] (Faroese), nýtslumót [neuter] (Faroese), käyttöliittymä (Finnish), käyttäjäliittymä (Finnish), interface utilisateur [feminine] (French), interface do usuario (Galician), სამომხმარებლო ინტერფეისი (samomxmareblo inṭerpeisi) (Georgian), Anwenderschnittstelle [feminine] (German), Bedieneroberfläche [feminine] (German), Bedienoberfläche [feminine] (German), Benutzerschnittstelle [feminine] (German), Maske [feminine] (German), διεπαφή χρήστη (diepafí chrísti) (Greek), felhasználói felület (Hungarian), interfaccia utente [feminine] (Italian), ユーザーインターフェース (yūzā intāfēsu) (Japanese), 사용자 인터페이스 (sayongja inteopeiseu) (Korean), кориснички посредник (korisnički posrednik) [masculine] (Macedonian), кориснички интерфејс (korisnički interfejs) [masculine] (Macedonian), brukergrensesnitt [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), brukargrensesnitt [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), interfejs użytkownika [masculine] (Polish), interface de usuário [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese), interface do utilizador [Portugal, feminine] (Portuguese), interfață de utilizator [feminine] (Romanian), по́льзовательский интерфе́йс (pólʹzovatelʹskij intɛrféjs) [masculine] (Russian), интерфе́йс по́льзователя (intɛrféjs pólʹzovatelja) [masculine] (Russian), interfaz de usuario [feminine] (Spanish), användargränssnitt [neuter] (Swedish), kullanıcı arayüzü (Turkish), rhyngwyneb defnyddiwr [feminine] (Welsh)

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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кориснички интерфејс"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "the part of a software application that a user sees and interacts with",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "brukergrensesnitt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "the part of a software application that a user sees and interacts with",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "brukargrensesnitt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the part of a software application that a user sees and interacts with",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "interfejs użytkownika"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the part of a software application that a user sees and interacts with",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "interface de usuário"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the part of a software application that a user sees and interacts with",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "interface do utilizador"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the part of a software application that a user sees and interacts with",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "interfață de utilizator"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pólʹzovatelʹskij intɛrféjs",
      "sense": "the part of a software application that a user sees and interacts with",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "по́льзовательский интерфе́йс"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "intɛrféjs pólʹzovatelja",
      "sense": "the part of a software application that a user sees and interacts with",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "интерфе́йс по́льзователя"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the part of a software application that a user sees and interacts with",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "interfaz de usuario"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the part of a software application that a user sees and interacts with",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "användargränssnitt"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the part of a software application that a user sees and interacts with",
      "word": "kullanıcı arayüzü"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "the part of a software application that a user sees and interacts with",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rhyngwyneb defnyddiwr"
    }
  ],
  "word": "user interface"
}

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