shift key

Etymology
First use appears c. 1883 in the listing of U.S. Patents.

Noun

 * 1) The key on a typewriter used to select uppercase letters and certain special characters by physically moving the mechanism
 * 2)  A key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard used to effect the same function, or to change the function of the function keys.

Translations

 * Danish: skiftenøgle
 * Finnish: vaihtonäppäin
 * German: Umschalttaste
 * Spanish: tecla de mayúsculas
 * Swedish: omskiftare, skifttangent


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 換檔鍵, 移位鍵
 * Danish: shift, shifttast
 * Finnish: vaihtonäppäin, Shift-näppäin
 * French: touche majuscule
 * German: Umschalttaste
 * Italian: tasto maiuscolo
 * Japanese: シフトキー
 * Romanian: tastă shift
 * Russian:, кла́виша шифт
 * Spanish: mayús, tecla mayús
 * Swedish: skifttangent
 * Turkish: shift tuşu