placeholder

See also:place holder

English

Etymology

Fromplace+‎holder.

Pronunciation

• (General American)IPA^(key):/ˈpleɪsˌhoʊldɚ/

• Audio(General American):

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Noun

placeholder(pluralplaceholders)

1. Something used orincludedtemporarilyor as asubstitutefor something that is notknownor must remaingeneric;that whichholds,denotesorreservesa place for something to come later.

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2. (graphical user interface)A non-editablecaptioninitially displayed in ablanktext boxto indicate its function.

Alternative forms

• place holder

Synonyms

• SeeThesaurus:thingy,Thesaurus:whatshisname

Translations

that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later

• Arabic:العُنْصُرُ النَّائِبm(al-ʕunṣuru n-nāʔib),^{(pleaseverify)}حَيِّزm(ḥayyiz)
• Dutch:plaatshouderm,invul-(nl),vulsel(nl)n,vulling(nl)f
• Finnish:paikkamerkki
• French:marque substitutive(fr)f,substitut(fr)m,placeholder(fr)m(anglicism)
• German:Platzhalter(de)m
• Hungarian:(in general)helyettesítő(hu),pótlék(hu),(as a term in computer science)helykitöltő,helyőrző
• Italian:segnaposto(it)m,simbolo(it)m,sostituto(it)m,variabile(it)f,tal dei talim
• Macedonian:пополнувачm(popolnuvač),резервирано местоn(rezervirano mesto)
• Maori:puri tūranga
• Norwegian:plassholderm
• Polish:zamiennik(pl)m,symbolzastępczym
• Portuguese:calhau(pt)
• Russian:заполни́тель(ru)m(zapolnítelʹ),ры́ба(ru)f(rýba)
• Spanish:marcador(es)m
• Swedish:platshållare(sv)c
• Welsh:dalfan

See also

• greek,greeking(noun)
• lorem ipsum

Further reading

• placeholderon Wikipedia.Wikipedia