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🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

contrôleur de curseur

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kɔ̃tʁɔlœʁ də kyʁsœʁ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Cursor-controller/ˈkɜː.sər kənˌtrəʊ.lər/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #28400 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Le contrôleur de curseur est essentiel pour naviguer sur l'écran."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A hardware device or software mechanism used to direct and control the movement of a cursor on a computer screen.

    "The ergonomic cursor-controller allowed for precise graphic design work without hand fatigue."
  2. 2

    An input device such as a trackball, joystick, or mouse designed specifically for navigational pointer manipulation.

    "He connected an external cursor-controller to the laptop to improve his gaming accuracy."
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Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of 'cursor' (from Latin currere, meaning 'to run', adapted in computing for the screen position indicator) and 'controller' (from Old French contretoleor, denoting an official who checks registers, later generalized to mechanism control). Emerging in the late 20th century with the advent of graphical user interfaces and computer peripherals.

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10 Global Lexicons: How "Cursor-controller" is said worldwide

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🇫🇷French → English

contrôleur de curseur

Transliteration: kɔ̃tʁɔlœʁ də kyʁsœʁ

"Le contrôleur de curseur est essentiel pour naviguer sur l'écran."

🇩🇪German → English

Cursor-Steuerung

Transliteration: kœɐ̯zɐ ˈʃtɔɪ̯ɐʊŋ

"Die Cursor-Steuerung erleichtert die präzise Auswahl von Texten."

🇮🇹Italian → English

controller del cursore

Transliteration: kontrɔlˈlɛre del kurˈsore

"Il controller del cursore risponde molto rapidamente ai movimenti."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

controlador de cursor

Transliteration: kontɾolaˈðor de kuɾˈsoɾ

"El controlador de cursor permite mover el puntero con facilidad."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

controlador de cursor

Transliteration: kõtɾulaˈdoʁ dʒi kuɾˈsoʁ

"Este controlador de cursor é compatível com vários sistemas."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

कर्सर नियंत्रक

Transliteration: karsar niyantrak

"कर्सर नियंत्रक स्क्रीन पर सूचक को निर्देशित करने में मदद करता है।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

光标控制器

Transliteration: guāngbiāo kòngzhìqì

"这个光标控制器非常适合玩游戏。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

커서 컨트롤러

Transliteration: keoseo keontrolleo

"새로운 커서 컨트롤러는 손목의 피로를 줄여줍니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

カーソルコントローラー

Transliteration: kāsoru kontorōrā

"そのカーソルコントローラーの感度は非常に高いです。"

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