Key

"Key" in Russian

важне́йший

važnéjšij

(indispensable)

важне́йший

važnéjšij

(important)

веду́щий

vedúščij

(indispensable)

гла́вный

glávnyj

(indispensable)

гла́вный

glávnyj

(important)

ключево́й

ključevój

(indispensable)

ключево́й

ključevój

(important)

основно́й

osnovnój

(indispensable)

основно́й

osnovnój

(important)

кла́виша

kláviša

(button on a typewriter or computer keyboard)

кла́виша

kláviša

(part of a piano or musical keyboard)

клин

klin

(object used to maintain the orientation between two others)

ключ

ključ

(device designed to open and close a lock)

ключ

ključ

(crucial step)

ключ

ključ

(cryptography: piece of information used to encode or decode)

ключ

ključ

(computing: field of a database constrained to be unique)

ключ

ključ

(computing: field in a record used as a search argument)

ключ

ključ

(computing: value uniquely identifying entry in associative array)

кно́пка

knópka

(button on a typewriter or computer keyboard)

лад

lad

(scale of musical notes)

леге́нда

legénda

(small guide explaining symbols or terminology)

телеграфный ключ

telegrafnyj ključ

(device used to transmit Morse code)

тона́льность

tonálʹnostʹ

(scale of musical notes)

чека́

čeká

(object used to maintain the orientation between two others)

шпо́нка

špónka

(object used to maintain the orientation between two others)

вводи́ть

vvodítʹ

(computing: enter (information))

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.