tooltip

Etymology
, originally used with toolbars to provide a tip or hint as to what function each graphical icon represented. The term was introduced as ToolTip by Microsoft in the 1990s.

Noun

 * 1)  An element of a graphical user interface in the form of a box of text that appears when a cursor is made to hover over an item; normally used to explain the function of the item.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic: تَلْمِيح
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 工具提示
 * Esperanto: ŝpruchelpilo
 * Finnish: työkaluvihje
 * French:
 * German: Tooltip
 * Gujarati: સાધનટિપ્પણી, સાધનમદદ
 * Hungarian: szövegbuborék, buboréksúgó, buboréktipp, eszköztipp, felbukkanó ablak, helyi súgó, súgóbuborék, súgószöveg, magyarázódoboz, eszközleírás, elemleírás, segédszöveg, leíróbuborék, gyorstipp, felugró üzenet
 * Japanese: ツールチップ
 * Maori: akiutauta
 * Portuguese: dica de contexto
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: tooltip
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: araç bilgisi, araç ipucu
 * Vietnamese: mẹo công cụ, hộp gợi ý