desktop
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English
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]Pronunciation
[edit ]- enPR: dĕskʹ-tŏp, IPA (key): /ˈdɛsktɒp/
- (Australia ) IPA (key): [ˈdɛskˌtɔp]
- (UK ) IPA (key): [ˈdɛskˌtɒp]
- (US ) IPA (key): [ˈdɛskˌtɑp]
- Hyphenation: desk‧top
Noun
[edit ]desktop (plural desktops )
- The top surface of a desk.
- Coordinate terms: benchtop , tabletop , countertop
- (computing ) A desktop computer.
- (computing ) A personal computer, as opposed to computers for business or server purposes.
- (computing , graphical user interface ) The main graphical user interface of an operating system, usually displaying icons, windows and background wallpaper.
- I installed a new application and it added its icon to my desktop.
- 1994, Linda Mui, Valerie Quercia, X User Tools, page 312:
- Important menus, such as the root menu or Workspace menu, are "pinnable," which means that you can pin them up and keep them on your desktop [...]
- (computing , graphical user interface , synecdochic ) The wallpaper of this interface.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:desktop.
Derived terms
[edit ]Translations
[edit ]the top surface of a desk
- Catalan: escriptori (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Finnish: työtaso (fi)
- German: Schreibtischfläche f
- Greek: επιφάνεια εργασίας (el) f (epifáneia ergasías)
- Hungarian: asztalfelület , dolgozóasztal/munkaasztal felülete
- Japanese: 机の上 (tsukue no ue)
- Korean: 탁상(卓上) (ko) (taksang)
- Malay: atas meja
- Polish: blat biurka m inan
- Russian: столе́шница (ru) f (stoléšnica)
- Sicilian: scannaturi m
- Slovak: stolová doska , pracovná doska
- Spanish: escritorio (es) m, sobremesa (es) f
- Thai: พื้นโต๊ะ
- Turkish: masaüstü (tr)
a desktop computer — see also desktop computer
- Catalan: sobretaula (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 桌上電腦 / 桌上电脑 (coek3 soeng6 din6 nou5)
- Mandarin: 桌機 / 桌机 (zhuōjī), 檯式機 / 台式机 (táishìjī) or 枱式機 / 枱式机 (táishìjī), 台式机 (táishìjī) (mainland China), 檯式電腦 / 台式电脑 or 枱式電腦 / 枱式电脑 , 台式电脑 (táishì diànnǎo) (mainland China), 桌上型電腦 / 桌上型电脑 (zh) (zhuōshàngxíng diànnǎo) (Taiwan), 桌面電腦 / 桌面电脑 (zhuōmiàn diànnǎo) (Taiwan)
- Dutch: desktop (nl) m
- Finnish: pöytätietokone
- German: Desktop-Computer m
- Greek: επιτραπέζιος υπολογιστής m (epitrapézios ypologistís)
- Hungarian: asztali számítógép (hu)
- Icelandic: borðtölva f
- Irish: ríomhaire deisce m
- Italian: computer fisso m, calcolatore fisso m, elaboratore fisso m, ordinatore fisso m, computatore fisso m, computiere fisso m
- Japanese: デスクトップパソコン (ja) (desukutoppu pasokon), デスクトップ (ja) (desukutoppu)
- Korean: 데스크톱 컴퓨터 (deseukeutop keompyuteo), 데스크톱 (deseukeutop)
- Lithuanian: darbalaukis
- Malay: komputer meja
- Marathi: डेस्कटॉप m (ḍeskaṭŏp)
- Polish: komputer stacjonarny (pl) m inan, blaszak (pl) m inan (colloquial)
- Portuguese: desktop (pt) m, computador de mesa (pt) m, computador de secretária (pt) m
- Russian: насто́льный компью́тер (ru) m (nastólʹnyj kompʹjúter)
- Sicilian: carculaturi fissu m, computer fissu m
- Slovak: stolný počítač , desktop
- Swedish: skrivbordsdator (sv) c
- Thai: คอมพิวเตอร์ตั้งโต๊ะ
- Turkish: masaüstü bilgisayar
- Vietnamese: máy tính để bàn (vi)
- Volapük: tabanünöm
on-screen background
- Arabic: سَطْح الْمَكْتَب (saṭḥ al-maktab)
- Azerbaijani: iş masası
- Catalan: escriptori (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Czech: plocha (cs) f
- Dutch: bureaublad (nl) n, desktop (nl) m
- Esperanto: labortablo
- Finnish: työpöytä (fi)
- French: bureau (fr) m
- German: Benutzeroberfläche (de) f, Arbeitsoberfläche (de) f
- Greek: επιφάνεια εργασίας (el) f (epifáneia ergasías)
- Hungarian: asztal (hu) , munkaasztal (hu)
- Icelandic: skjáborð n
- Indonesian: desktop
- Irish: deasc f
- Japanese: デスクトップ (ja) (desukutoppu)
- Korean: 바탕화면(畵面) (batanghwamyeon), 배경화면(背景畵面) (baegyeonghwamyeon)
- Macedonian: работна површина f (rabotna površina), работен простор m (raboten prostor)
- Polish: pulpit (pl) m inan, biurko (pl) n
- Portuguese: ambiente de trabalho m, área de trabalho (pt) f, desktop (pt) m
- Russian: рабо́чий стол (ru) m (rabóčij stol)
- Serbo-Croatian: radna površina f
- Sicilian: desktop m, scannaturi m, tàvulu di travagghiu m
- Slovak: plocha (sk)
- Spanish: escritorio (es) m
- Swedish: skrivbord (sv) n
- Turkish: masaüstü (tr)
- Vietnamese: hình nền
Adjective
[edit ]desktop (not comparable )
- Designed for use on a desk or similar piece of furniture.
- (computing ) Of an application or website, designed to be run or viewed on a personal computer.
- desktop browser
Derived terms
[edit ]Translations
[edit ]designed for use on a desk or similar piece of furniture
- Hungarian: asztali (hu) , íróasztali
- Polish: biurkowy (pl)
computing: of an application or website, designed to be run or viewed on a personal computer
- Hungarian: asztali (hu)
- Polish: przeglądarkowy (pl)
Dutch
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]Borrowed from English desktop .
Pronunciation
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]desktop m (plural desktops , diminutive desktopje n)
- (computer hardware ) desktop computer
- (graphical user interface ) main graphical user interface of a system
Synonyms
[edit ]- (main graphical user interface): bureaublad
Italian
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]Unadapted borrowing from English desktop .
Pronunciation
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]desktop m (invariable ) (computing )
- desktop (visible user interface)
- desktop computer
References
[edit ]- ^ "desktop" in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Further reading
[edit ]- "desktop", in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026
Portuguese
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]Unadapted borrowing from English desktop .
Pronunciation
[edit ]
Noun
[edit ]desktop m (plural desktops )
- (computing ) desktop computer (computer of a size designed to be used on a desk)
- Synonym: computador de secretária
- (computing ) desktop (the main graphical user interface of an operating system)
- Synonyms: ambiente de trabalho , área de trabalho
Further reading
[edit ]- "desktop", in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- "desktop", in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Romanian
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]Unadapted borrowing from English desktop .
Noun
[edit ]desktop n (plural desktopuri )
Declension
[edit ]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative-accusative | desktop | desktopul | desktopuri | desktopurile |
| genitive-dative | desktop | desktopului | desktopuri | desktopurilor |
| vocative | desktopule | desktopurilor | ||
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