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6,247 languages with published entries

Sign languages

36 sign languages with signs. Signs are shown in SignWriting, never as notation.

British Sign Language
117 published entries
Yugoslavian Sign Language
60 published entries
Philippine Sign Language
60 published entries
Nicaraguan Sign Language
60 published entries
German Sign Language
60 published entries
Czech Sign Language
60 published entries
Swiss-French Sign Language
60 published entries
Brazilian Sign Language
60 published entries
Maltese Sign Language
60 published entries
Polish Sign Language
60 published entries
Singapore Sign Language
60 published entries
South African Sign Language
55 published entries
Mexican Sign Language
54 published entries
American Sign Language
50 published entries
Taiwan Sign Language
48 published entries
Quebec Sign Language
42 published entries
Egypt Sign Language
40 published entries
Paraguayan Sign Language
39 published entries
Spanish Sign Language
33 published entries
Norwegian Sign Language
24 published entries
Hungarian Sign Language
24 published entries
French Sign Language
21 published entries
Thai Sign Language
19 published entries
Ho Chi Minh City Sign Language
16 published entries
Japanese Sign Language
11 published entries
Colombian Sign Language
11 published entries
Romanian Sign Language
11 published entries
Korean Sign Language
9 published entries
Peruvian Sign Language
7 published entries
Tunisian Sign Language
6 published entries
New Zealand Sign Language
5 published entries
Italian Sign Language
5 published entries
Swiss-German Sign Language
5 published entries
Saudi Arabian Sign Language
5 published entries
Argentine Sign Language
4 published entries
Adamorobe Sign Language
2 published entries
Albanian Sign Language
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Portuguese

May include AI-generated content. Most words have not yet been reviewed by a native speaker.

PTPortuguese

computador[kom-pu-ta-dor]

noun

computer

AI-generated

PTPortuguese

SO[es-oh]Appears in an example

noun

A short way to say operating system, which is the main program that controls a computer.

“O computador precisa de um SO para funcionar.”

The computer needs an OS to work.

Also means

acronym of sistema operacional ("OS, operating system")
OS (operating system)

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

Adapted

PTPortuguese

tecla[ˈtɛ.klɐ]Appears in an example

noun

A button on a keyboard or one of the moving parts on a piano that you press to make a sound.

“Eu apertei a tecla errada no computador.”

I pressed the wrong key on the computer.

Also means

key (button on a typewriter or computer keyboard)
key (one of a number of rectangular moving parts on a piano or musical keyboard)
key

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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PTPortuguese

piratear[pi.ɾa.teˈa(ʁ)]Appears in an example

verb

To steal by force at sea, or to illegally copy and sell creative works like movies or software.

“É ilegal piratear filmes e programas de computador.”

It is illegal to pirate movies and computer programs.

Also means

to pirate (to plunder at sea)
to pirate (to make and/or sell illegal copies)
to pirate

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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