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🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

clavier numérique

Pronunciation / Transliteration: klavje nymɛʁik

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Keypad/ˈkiː.pæd/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Tapez votre code secret sur le clavier numérique."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A miniature keyboard or set of buttons for operating a portable electronic device, telephone, or security system.

    "She entered the security code into the keypad by the front door."
  2. 2

    A separate numeric pad attached to or used alongside a computer keyboard.

    "Accountants often prefer using an external numeric keypad for faster data entry."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of 'key' (from Old English 'cǣg') referring to a lever or button used for operating a mechanism, and 'pad' (originating in the 16th century meaning a small flat cushion or block). The compound term emerged in the mid-20th century with the advent of electronic devices, calculators, and telephones to describe a small set of buttons arranged in a block.

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