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Enter
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enter Enter. enter-
English
thumb|Enter-key marked with green, Return-key with red
Alternative forms
en enter
Noun
The "Enter" key on a computer keyboard.
A stroke of the Enter key.
Translations
key
Chinese:
Mandarin: zh 回車鍵
Esperanto: eo eniga klavo
Estonian: et sisestusklahv, et enter
Finnish: fi syöttönäppäin, fi palautusnäppäin; fi enter-näppäin, fi enter colloquial
German: de Eingabetaste f
Marathi: mr एंटर f
Romanian: ro tasta Enter f.
Russian: ru ввод m
Spanish: es intro m
Turkish: tr enter
stroke of said key
Estonian: et sisestama, et enteri vajutus
Finnish: fi enterin painallus
See also
Anagrams
en eenrt entre rente terne treen
en Buttons
Dutch
Etymology
First attested with certainty as entheren in 1188. Potentially a compound of nl odt ened duck and odt *hara *heri sandy ridge. A derivation from dum *enet lonely place, hermitage is also possible. Compare de Eynatten.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈɛn.tər/
nl En ter
nl ɛntər 2
nl enter
Proper noun
n
nl village mun/Wierden p/Overijssel c/Netherlands
Derived terms
nl Enternaar
nl Enters
nl Enterbroek
References