key – English–Gaeilge translations

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key noun

  /ki/ , /kiː/
  • device designed to open and close a lock
  • crucial step
  • cryptography: piece of information used to encode or decode
  • computing: field in a record used as a search argument
  • computing: field of a database constrained to be unique
  • computing: value uniquely identifying entry in associative array
eochair
  • button on a typewriter or computer keyboard
eochair, cnaipe
  • scale of musical notes
gléas

key adjective

  /ki/ , /kiː/
  • important
eochair
  • indispensable
eochair, príomh-

key noun

  /ki/ , /kiː/
  • small island
cae
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