Cursor

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German

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cursor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkœrzər/,
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Noun

Cursor m (strong, genitive Cursors, plural Cursor)

  1. (computing) cursor (icon of a pointing device)
  2. (computing) cursor (icon indicating where the next insertion should take place)

Declension

Synonyms

Further reading

  • Cursor” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Cursor” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Cursor” in Duden online

Latin

Etymology

From cursor (runner).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Cursor m sg (genitive Cursōris); third declension

  1. a cognomen famously held by:
    1. Lucius Papirius Cursor, a Roman consul

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

References

  • Cursor2”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Cursor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.