tecla
Meaning
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- (feminine) key (button on a typewriter or computer keyboard)
- (feminine) key (one of a number of rectangular moving parts on a piano or musical keyboard)
Frequency
Hyphenated as
te‧cla
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈtɛ.klɐ/
Etymology
From Medieval Latin thēcula, diminutive of Latin thēca (“box”), perhaps blended with a descendant of Latin tēgula (“tile”).
Related words
New
teclar
- (intransitive) to type
- (dated,intransitive) to text (to have a conversation through text messages)
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