butterfly keyboard

noun

A kind of computer keyboard consisting of two separate halves, intended to facilitate typing with two hands.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounbutterfly keyboard (plural butterfly keyboards)

plural butterfly keyboards

  1. computingA kind of computer keyboard consisting of two separate halves, intended to facilitate typing with two hands.
  2. computingA kind of computer keyboard where each key is activated by means of a scissor switch.

Origin

* (keyboard with separate halves): From the resemblance to a butterfly with outstretched wings. * (keyboard with scissor switches): From the approximate resemblance of each (X-shaped) switch to a butterfly.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Finnish perhosnäppäimistö
  • perhosnäppäimistötype of computer keyboard
Cite this entry
APA

butterfly keyboard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/butterfly%20keyboard

MLA

“butterfly keyboard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/butterfly%20keyboard. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “butterfly keyboard,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/butterfly%20keyboard.

Source: butterfly keyboard on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.