tecla

See also: Tecla

Asturian

Noun

tecla f (plural tecles)

  1. key, button (on a machine or musical instrument)

Portuguese

teclas

Etymology

Cross of Late Latin *thecula, diminutive of Latin theca (“box”), and Andalusian Arabic تاقرا‎ (taqra), which is from a Berber language such as Tuareg tegra (“earthenware bowl”)."[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.kla/, /ˈtɛ.klɐ/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.klɐ/
  • Hyphenation: te‧cla

Noun

tecla f (plural teclas)

  1. key (button on a typewriter or computer keyboard)
  2. (music) key (one of a number of rectangular moving parts on a piano or musical keyboard)

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:tecla.

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ Corriente, Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords: Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Cross of Late Latin *thecula, diminutive of Latin theca (“box”), and Andalusian Arabic تاقرا‎ (taqra), which is from a Berber language such as Tuareg tegra (“earthenware bowl”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈte.kla/

Noun

tecla f (plural teclas)

  1. key, button (on a machine or instrument)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Corriente, Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords: Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects
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