Meanings
nounspace bar (plural space bars)
plural space bars
- computingA key, in the shape of a bar, near the bottom of a keyboard, that generates a space character when pressed.
1 more example
Hand position is best secured by dropping the fourth fingers upon P and Q and making the other fingers fall naturally upon the next figures in order, P O I U, for right hand, and Q W E R for the left; then place the right thumb on the space bar, and if the elbows are close to the body, a good hand position is attained.
1893, Bates Torrey, Instuction in Practical Shorthand, page 276
Translations
Afrikaans spasiebalk
- spasiebalkkey
Bulgarian интервал
- интервал (interval)key
Catalan barra espaiadora, barra d'espai
- barra espaiadorakey
- barra d'espaikey
Chinese Mandarin 空格, 空格鍵 /空格键
- 空格 (kònggé)key
- 空格鍵 /空格键 (kònggéjiàn)key
- 空白鍵 /空白键key
Czech mezerník
- mezerníkkey
Dutch spatiebalk
- spatiebalkkey
Esperanto spacetklavo
- spacetklavokey
Finnish välilyöntinäppäin
- välilyöntinäppäinkey
French barre d'espace, espace
- barre d'espacekey
- espacekey
German Leertaste
- Leertastekey
Greek διάστημα
- διάστημα (diástima)key
Hungarian szóköz
- szóközkey
Irish barra spásála, spásbharra
- barra spásálakey
- spásbharrakey
Italian barra spaziatrice
- barra spaziatricekey
Japanese スペースバー, スペース
- スペースバー (supēsu bā)key
- スペース (supēsu)key
Korean 스페이스 바, 스페이스
- 스페이스 바 (seupeiseu ba)key
- 스페이스 (seupeiseu)key
Māori pae mokowā
- pae mokowākey
Norwegian Bokmål mellomromstast
- mellomromstastkey
Polish spacja
- spacjakey
Portuguese espaço, barra de espaço
- espaçokey
- barra de espaçokey
Romanian bară de spațiu, tastă de spațiu
- bară de spațiukey
- tastă de spațiukey
- spațiukey
- spacebarkey
Russian пробе́л
- пробе́л (probél)key
Slovak preslednica
- preslednicakey
Spanish barra espaciadora, tecla espaciadora
- barra espaciadorakey
- tecla espaciadorakey
Swedish mellanslag, mellanslagstangent
- mellanslagkey
- mellanslagstangentkey
- blankstegkey
Turkish boşluk
- boşlukkey
Ukrainian про́пуск, пробі́л
- про́пуск (própusk)key
- пробі́л (probíl)key
Vietnamese phím cách, phím khoảng cách
- phím cáchkey
- phím khoảng cáchkey
- phím dàikey
- phím dấu cáchkey
- nút cáchkey
Cite this entry
APA
space bar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/space%20bar
MLA
“space bar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/space%20bar. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “space bar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/space%20bar.
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