English
wikipedia|typewriter|typewriter (device)
Pronunciation
audio|en-us-typewriter.ogg|Audio (US)

Etymology
-er|typewrite

Noun
Image:Skrifmaskin, Underwood-maskin, Nordisk familjebok.png|150px|thumb|right|A manual typewriter from the early twentieth century
Image:IBM Selectric.jpg|thumb|right|150px|An electric typewriter from the 1960s
en-noun

1. A device, at least partially mechanical, used to print text by pressing keys that cause type to be impressed through an inked ribbon onto paper.
2. One who uses a typewriter; a typist.

Synonyms
(2): typist

Related terms
type
typist
typewrite
write

Translations
trans-top|machine used to print text by pressing keys
Czech: t-|cs|psací stroj|m
Dutch: schrijfmachine f
Esperanto: t-|eo|tajpilo|xsEsperanto, t-|eo|skribma�ino|xsEsperanto
Finnish: t+|fi|kirjoituskone
French: t-|fr|machine à écrire|f
German: t+|de|Schreibmaschine|f
Greek: t+|el|γ�α�ομη�ανή|f|trgrafomichaní|scGrek
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Italian: t-|it|macchina da scrivere|f
Japanese: t-|ja|�������|trtaipurait�|scJpan
Portuguese: máquina de escrever f
Russian: пи���а� ма�инка (píšušaja mašínka) f, пе�а�на� ма�инка (p'e�átnaja mašínka) f
Serbian: kucaljka f
Spanish: t-|es|máquina de escribir|f
Swedish: t+|sv|skrivmaskin|c
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trans-top|one who uses a typewriter
Finnish: t+|fi|konekirjoittaja
French: t-|fr|dactylo|m|f
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Russian: ма�ини�� (mašiníst) m, ма�ини��ка (mašinístka) f
Serbian: kuca� m, kucar m
Swedish: skrivmaskinist, maskinskrivare
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Chinese: ���
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ttbc|Korean: ������
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See also
touch-typist

Category:Occupations

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