widget

English

Pronunciation

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Rhymes: -ɪdʒɪt

Etymology 1

Coined by George S. Kaufman in his play Beggar on Horseback (1924).

Noun

widget (plural widgets)

A placeholder name for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product.

Suppose we have a widget factory that produces 100 units per year...
(computing) Portable code that can be easily installed and executed by an end user.
A floating device inside a beer can, meant to create foam when opened.
A small scraping tool consisting of a blade and a handle, commonly used to remove paint from glass and other smooth surfaces.

Synonyms

(unspecified manufactured good): thingy, gizmo, sprocket; see also Thesaurus:thingy
(scraping tool): scraper

Translations

unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product

Czech: věcička f, udělátko n, udělátor m
Dutch: dingetje (nl), prul (nl)
Finnish: vempain (fi), vekotin (fi), härveli (fi)

French: babiole (fr) f, camelote (fr) f
Irish: giuirléid f

floating widget or other device inside a beer can

small scraping tool

French: spatule (fr) f
German: Schaber m

Romanian: spatula f
Spanish: espátula (es)

Etymology 2

Blend of window +‎ gadget

Noun

widget (plural widgets)

(computing, graphical user interface) Any one of the components of a computer application's graphical user interface, such as a Cancel button or text input box that a user interacts with.

Synonyms

(GUI): control

Translations

component of a graphical user interface that the user interacts with

Finnish: widgetti (colloquial), pienoisohjelma
French: widget (fr) m
German: Steuerelement n, Widget (de) n
Irish: giuirléid f
Macedonian: посреднички елемент m (posrédnički elemént)

Norwegian: widget
Polish: widżet m
Russian: ви́джет (ru) m (vídžet)
Spanish: widget m
Turkish: parçacık (tr)

Spanish

Etymology

From English widget.

Noun

widget m (plural widgets)

(computing) widget

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