Meanings
plural screenshots
- computingAn image of computer or smartphone screen output at a given moment in time.
I grabbed a screenshot of my desktop.
Synonyms: screencast, screen capture, screen dump, screengrab, screenie, screencap
present singular third person screenshots · participle present screenshotting · participle past screenshotted · past screenshotted
- transitivecomputingTo take a screenshot of something.
To help to improve the software, make sure to screenshot any bugs you find.
2 more examples
Northern has made it harder for fraudsters to cheat checks on barcode season tickets. The operator has made it impossible for people to screenshot tickets from within the Northern app and then share the tickets for others to use.
2023 February 22, “Network News: Northern thwarts barcode cheats”, in RAIL, number 977, page 25It was one of the funnier, somewhat surprising screw-ups we’d seen from Gemini, which like all publicly available artificial intelligence tools is prone to what the tech industry calls “hallucinations.” He screenshot the answer so that we could have a laugh about it, and then scrolled down to find the first non-sponsored, non-AI search result: an entry from one of the most reliable places on the internet, Wikipedia.
2025 January 14, Allison Morrow, “In a minefield of glitchy AI search and social media, Wikipedia becomes one of the most reliable places on the internet”, in CNN
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn image of computer or smartphone screen output at a given moment in time.
Origin
From screen + shot (“(photography) single unbroken sequence of photographic exposures”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans skermskoot, skermskoot neem
- skermskootimage of computer screen output
- skermskoot neemtake a screenshot
Arabic صورة الشاشة, صور الشاشة
- صورة الشاشة (ṣūrat aš-šāša)image of computer screen output
- صور الشاشة (ṣawwar aš-šāša)take a screenshot
Catalan captura de pantalla
- captura de pantallaimage of computer screen output
Chinese Mandarin 截圖 /截图, 截圖 /截图
- 截圖 /截图 (jiétú)image of computer screen output
- 截圖 /截图 (jiétú)take a screenshot
Czech snímek obrazovky
- snímek obrazovkyimage of computer screen output
Dutch schermafbeelding, schermafdruk
- schermafbeeldingimage of computer screen output
- schermafdrukimage of computer screen output
- screenshotimage of computer screen output
Esperanto ekrankopio, ekranprintaĵo
- ekrankopioimage of computer screen output
- ekranprintaĵoimage of computer screen output
- ekrankopiitake a screenshot
Finnish kuvakaappaus, ruudunkaappaus
- kuvakaappausimage of computer screen output
- ruudunkaappausimage of computer screen output
- näyttökuvaimage of computer screen output
- ottaa kuvakaappaustake a screenshot
French capture d'écran
- capture d'écranimage of computer screen output
German Screenshot, Bildschirmfoto
- Screenshotimage of computer screen output
- Bildschirmfotoimage of computer screen output
- Bildschirmabzugimage of computer screen output
- Hardcopyimage of computer screen output
- Bildschirmaufnahmeimage of computer screen output
- ein Bildschirmfoto machentake a screenshot
Greek στιγμιότυπο
- στιγμιότυπο (stigmiótypo)image of computer screen output
Hungarian képernyőkép, képernyőfotó
- képernyőképimage of computer screen output
- képernyőfotóimage of computer screen output
- képernyőmentésimage of computer screen output
- képernyőképet/képernyőfotót/képernyőmentést készíttake a screenshot
Indonesian cuplikan layar
- cuplikan layarimage of computer screen output
Italian schermata, videata
- schermataimage of computer screen output
- videataimage of computer screen output
- screenshotimage of computer screen output
Japanese スクリーンショット, スクショ
- スクリーンショット (sukurīnshotto)image of computer screen output
- スクショ (sukusho)image of computer screen output
Korean 스크린샷, 스샷
- 스크린샷 (seukeurinsyat)image of computer screen output
- 스샷 (seusyat)image of computer screen output
Latvian ekrānšāviņš
- ekrānšāviņšimage of computer screen output
Malay tangkap layar
- tangkap layarimage of computer screen output
Māori kapomata, kapomata
- kapomataimage of computer screen output
- kapomatatake a screenshot
Norwegian Bokmål skjermbilde, skjermdump
- skjermbildeimage of computer screen output
- skjermdumpimage of computer screen output
Polish zrzut ekranu, screen
- zrzut ekranuimage of computer screen output
- screenimage of computer screen output
- zrzutimage of computer screen output
- screenowaćtake a screenshot
- zescreenowaćtake a screenshot
Portuguese captura de ecrã, captura de tela
- captura de ecrãimage of computer screen output
- captura de telaimage of computer screen output
- screenshotimage of computer screen output
- printimage of computer screen output
- capturar ecrãtake a screenshot
- tirar uma captura de ecrãtake a screenshot
- capturar telatake a screenshot
- tirar uma captura de telatake a screenshot
Romanian captură de ecran
- captură de ecranimage of computer screen output
Russian скриншо́т, скри́ншот
- скриншо́т (skrinšót)image of computer screen output
- скри́ншот (skrínšot)image of computer screen output
- сни́мок экра́на (snímok ekrána)image of computer screen output
- заскриншо́тить (zaskrinšótitʹ)take a screenshot
- отскриншо́тить (otskrinšótitʹ)take a screenshot
- заскри́нить (zaskrínitʹ)take a screenshot
- отскри́нить (otskrínitʹ)take a screenshot
- скриншо́тить (skrinšótitʹ)take a screenshot
- скри́нить (skrínitʹ)take a screenshot
- де́лать скриншо́т (délatʹ skrinšót)take a screenshot
- сде́лать скриншо́т (sdélatʹ skrinšót)take a screenshot
- де́лать сни́мок экра́на (délatʹ snímok ekrána)take a screenshot
- сде́лать сни́мок экра́на (sdélatʹ snímok ekrána)take a screenshot
Spanish captura de pantalla, pantallazo
- captura de pantallaimage of computer screen output
- pantallazoimage of computer screen output
- capturaimage of computer screen output
- capturar la pantallatake a screenshot
- sacar un pantallazotake a screenshot
- tomar un pantallazotake a screenshot
Swedish skärmbild, skärmdump
- skärmbildimage of computer screen output
- skärmdumpimage of computer screen output
- ta skärmbildtake a screenshot
- ta skärmdumptake a screenshot
Thai สกรีนช็อต, ภาพหน้าจอ
- สกรีนช็อต (sà-griin-chɔ̀t)image of computer screen output
- ภาพหน้าจอ (pâap-nâa-jɔɔ)image of computer screen output
Turkish ekran görüntüsü, ekran yakalama görüntüsü
- ekran görüntüsüimage of computer screen output
- ekran yakalama görüntüsüimage of computer screen output
- ekran görüntüsü almaktake a screenshot
Ukrainian зня́ток
- зня́ток (znjátok)image of computer screen output
Vietnamese ảnh chụp màn hình, hình chụp màn hình
- ảnh chụp màn hìnhimage of computer screen output
- hình chụp màn hìnhimage of computer screen output
- chụp màn hìnhtake a screenshot
Welsh sgrînlun
- sgrînlunimage of computer screen output
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with screenshot
Cite this entry
screenshot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screenshot
“screenshot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screenshot. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “screenshot,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screenshot.
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