English Online Dictionary. What means screenshot? What does screenshot mean?
English
Etymology
From screen + shot (“(photography) single unbroken sequence of photographic exposures”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈskriːn.ʃɒt/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈskriːn.ʃɑt/
- Rhymes: -ɒt
Noun
screenshot (plural screenshots)
- (computing) An image of computer or smartphone screen output at a given moment in time.
- Synonyms: screencast, screen capture, screen dump, screengrab, screenie, screencap
Descendants
- → Dutch: screenshot
- → German: Screenshot
- → Italian: screenshot
- → Japanese: スクリーンショット (sukurīnshotto), スクショ (sukusho)
- → Korean: 스크린샷 (seukeurinsyat), 스샷 (seusyat)
- → Portuguese: screenshot
- → Russian: скриншо́т (skrinšót), скри́ншот (skrínšot)
- → Thai: สกรีนช็อต (sà-griin-chɔ́t)
- → Ukrainian: скріншот (skrinšot), скрін (skrin)
Translations
See also
- bullshot
Verb
screenshot (third-person singular simple present screenshots, present participle screenshotting, simple past and past participle screenshotted or (less common) screenshot)
- (computing, transitive) To take a screenshot of something.
Translations
Further reading
- screenshot on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English screenshot.
Noun
screenshot m
- (computing) screenshot (image of computer screen output)
- Synonym: schermata
Further reading
- screenshot in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English screenshot.
Noun
screenshot m (plural screenshots)
- (computing) screenshot (image of computer screen output)
- Synonyms: captura de ecrã, captura de tela, print, Print Screen
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English screenshot
Noun
screenshot m (plural screenshots)
- screenshot
- Synonym: pantallazo
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.