French word

curseur

Pronunciation

IPA/kyʁsœʁ/

Meaning

  • masculine nouncursor

Example

Le curseur clignote sur l'écran.

The cursor is blinking on the screen.

Illustration for curseur (cursor)

More examples

Le curseur de la souris suit le mouvement du pointeur.

The mouse cursor follows the movement of the pointer.

Core concept

A visible marker that identifies where input or an operation is currently active in an interface.

Common phrases

  • le curseur de la souris

    mouse cursor

  • déplacement du curseur

    cursor movement

Similar words

pointeur: An arrow or icon moved by a mouse or touch to point at a screen location.
point d'insertion: A blinking indicator marking the position where text is inserted.
sélection: A selected portion of text, a file, or another item.

Definition in French

Marqueur qui indique une position active ou le point d'intervention sur un écran ou dans une interface.

Word origin

The noun curseur continues Latin cursor, formed from currere, 'to run', whose sense of moving through a position led to the modern interface meaning.

Usage tips

  • In French, curseur can mean the insertion marker, while the mouse arrow is usually called le pointeur.

Other meanings

  • pointernoun
  • insertion pointnoun

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