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{{also|Switch}}
==English==
[[File:Light switch inside.jpg|thumb|right|A light '''switch'''.]]
[[File:D-Link DES-1024D.jpg|thumb|A networking '''switch'''.]]

===Etymology===
Perhaps from {{bor|en|dum|swijch||[[twig]]}}, {{etydate|c|1592|nocap=1}}. The ''mechanical device for altering the direction of something'' sense is {{etydate|c|1797|nocap=1}}, pertaining to pivoted rails on minecart railways,<ref>Oxford English Dictionary, s.v. “switch (n.), sense I.3.a,” June 2024, https://doi.org/10.1093/OED/4056072461.</ref> which were once wooden.

===Pronunciation===
* {{enPR|swĭch}}, {{IPA|en|/swɪt͡ʃ/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-switch.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɪtʃ|s=1}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# A [[device]] to turn [[electric]] [[current]] [[turn on|on]] and [[turn off|off]] or direct its [[flow]].
# A [[change]] or [[exchange]].
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=07 Dec 85|volume=13|number=21|journal=Gay Community News|page=15|author=Nicholas Deutsch|title=Epstein on the Beach (review)|text=After many complications and sudden '''switches''' of career and identity for all {{...}} they end up selling out for fame and money, and leave the boardwalk for good.}}
#* {{quote-web|en
|date=January 19, 2011
|author=Jonathan Stevenson
|title=Leeds 1 - 3 Arsenal
|work=BBC
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/9364559.stm
|page=
|passage=Wenger sent on {{w|Cesc Fabregas}} and {{w|Robin Van Persie|Van Persie}} to try to finish Leeds off and with 14 minutes left the '''switch''' paid off as the Spaniard sent {{w|Nicklas Bendtner|Bendtner}} away down the right and his wonderful curling cross was headed in by Van Persie at the far post.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2024 January 10|author='Industry Insider'|title=Success built on liberalisation and market freedom|journal=RAIL|issue=1000|page=69|text=This is a result of a '''switch''' from High Street to online retailing, requiring consumer goods to be delivered to the door from large-scale distribution parks that have sufficient traffic to justify a rail terminal.}}
# {{lb|en|rail transport|US|Philippines}} A movable section of [[railroad]] [[track]] which allows the train to be directed down one of two destination tracks; (set of) [[points]].
# A slender woody plant stem used as a [[whip]]; a thin, flexible [[rod]], associated with [[corporal punishment]] in the United States.
#* {{RQ:Baldwin Mountain|year_published=2001|chapter=Florence's Prayer|passage=Their mother would walk out into the yard and cut a '''switch''' from a tree and beat him—beat him, it seemed to Florence, until any other boy would have fallen down dead; {{...}}}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2007|author=Jeffrey W. Hamilton|title=Raising Godly Children in a Wicked World|page=15|publisher=Lulu.com
|passage="A proper '''switch''' is a slim, flexible branch off a tree or a bush. A switch applied to the buttocks stings fiercely. It may leave red marks or bruises, but it causes no lasting damage.."}}
# {{lb|en|musical instruments}} {{synonym of|en|rute}}.
# {{lb|en|computer science}} A [[CLI|command line]] notation allowing specification of optional behavior.
#: {{ux|en|Use the /b '''switch''' to specify black-and-white printing.}}
# {{lb|en|computing|programming}} A [[programming]] [[construct]] that takes different actions depending on the [[value]] of an [[expression]].
#* {{quote-newsgroup|en|year=2004|author=Curt|title=Can I use IF statements, and still use '''switches'''?|newsgroup=microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields}}
# {{lb|en|computing|networking}} A networking device connecting multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously, when possible. Compare to the less efficient [[hub]] device that solely duplicates network packets to each wire.
# {{lb|en|telecommunication}} A system of specialized [[relay]]s, computer hardware, or other equipment which allows the interconnection of a calling party's telephone line with any called party's line.
# {{lb|en|genetics}} A mechanism within [[DNA]] that activates or deactivates a [[gene]].
# {{lb|en|especially|BDSM}} One who is [[willing]] to take either a [[submissive]] or a [[dominant]] [[role]] in a [[sexual]] [[relationship]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2012|author=Terri-Jean Bedford|title=Bondage Bungalow Fantasies|page=99
|passage=Ideally, if one of your ladies happens to be a '''switch''' (or would be willing to switch for this scene), I would love to be able to inflict a little "revenge tickling" as well, as part of a scenario.}}
# {{lb|en|historical}} A separate mass or [[tress]] of [[hair]], or of some substance (such as [[jute]]) made to resemble hair, formerly worn on the head by women.
# {{lb|en|card games}} A variant of [[crazy eights]] where one card, such as an ace, reverses the direction of play.
# {{lb|en|firearms|slang}} {{synonym of|en|Glock switch}}.
## {{lb|en|slang|metonym}} A [[Glock]] pistol equipped with a [[Glock switch]].

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|section of railroad track}} (''UK'') [[points]]
* {{sense|whip}} {{l|en|crop}}
* {{sense|command-line notation}} {{l|en|flag}}, {{l|en|option}}, {{l|en|specifier}}

====Hyponyms====
{{col4|en|analogue switch
|ball switch
|centrifugal switch
|company switch
|digital switch
|{{l|en|DIP switch}}, {{l|en|dipswitch}}
|disconnect switch
|double pole, double throw switch
|fireman's switch
|float switch
|footswitch
|four-way switch
|hall-effect switch
|inertial switch
|isolator switch
|key switch
|kill switch
|knife switch
|latching switch
|light switch
|limit switch
|load control switch
|man's switch
|membrane switch
|mercury tilt switch
|microswitch
|network switch
|piezo switch
|pressure switch
|pull switch
|push switch
|railway switch
|reed switch
|reversing switch
|riboswitch
|rotary switch
|sail switch
|sense switch
|slotted optical switch
|stepping switch
|telecommunications switch
|thermal switch
|three-way switch
|tilt switch
|time switch
|touch switch
|transfer switch
|vandal resistant switch
|wall-mounted switch
|wireless light switch
|zero speed switch
}}

====Derived terms====
{{der4|en|asleep at the switch|big red switch|bitch switch|Glock switch|switch box
| antenna switch|arrow switch|bait and switch|bait-and-switch|big switch|blab-off switch|chicken switch|core switch|crossbar switch|dead man's switch|dimmer switch|DIP switch|double switch|hat switch|hook switch|intermediate switch|jackknife switch|mercury switch|on-off switch|optical switch|Q-switch|railroad switch|replacing switch|sleeping at the switch|split switch|Strowger switch|switch cane|switch dealing|switch grass|switch hit|switch hitter|switch hook|switch horn|switch keeper|switch pitcher|switch selling|switch trading|Texas switch|toggle switch|trip switch|Turing switch|two-way switch|underload switch|wye switch
|antiswitch
|dipswitch
|footswitch
|hot switch
|microswitch
|switchback|pickle switch
|switchblade
|switchboard
|switch engine
|switcheroo
|switchgear|switch gear
|{{l|en|switchout}}<!--of machinery-->
|switchy
|circuit switched
|multiway switching
|public switched
|switch access
|RF switch matrix
}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|afb|سويچ|tr=swīč|bor=1}}
* {{desc|de|Switch|bor=1}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|device to turn electric current on and off}}
* Afrikaans: {{t|af|skakel}}, {{t|af|skakelaar}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|مِقْلَاد|m}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|անջատիչ}}, {{t+|hy|փոխարկիչ}}
* Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: {{t|aii|ܡܲܦܬܵܚܵܐ|m}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|dəyişdirici}}, {{t+|az|açar}}
* Basque: {{t+|eu|etengailu}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|выключа́льнік|m}}, {{t|be|выключа́цель|m}}, {{t|be|пераключа́льнік|m}}, {{t|be|ключ|m}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|চাবি}}, {{t+|bn|সুইচ}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|ключ|m}}, {{t+|bg|превключва́тел|m}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|ခလုတ်}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|interruptor|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|開關|tr=kāiguān}}, {{t+|cmn|電門|tr=diànmén}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|vypínač|m}}, {{t|cs|přepínač|m}}
* Danish: {{t|da|omskifter}}, {{t|da|afbryder}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|schakelaar|m}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|ŝaltilo}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|lüliti}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kytkin}}, {{t+|fi|katkaisija}}, {{t+|fi|katkaisin}}
* French: {{t+|fr|interrupteur|m}}
* Fula:
*: Adlam: {{t|ff|𞤱𞤢𞤴𞤤𞤵}}
*: Roman:  {{t|ff|waylu}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|გადართოთ}}
* German: {{t+|de|Schalter|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|διακόπτης}}
* Gujarati: {{t|gu|ચાંપ|f}}
* Haitian Creole: {{t|ht|chanje}}
* Haryanvi: {{t|bgc|खटका}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|מֶתֶג|m|tr=méteg}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|स्विच|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|kapcsoló}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|sakelar}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|commutator}}
* Irish: {{t+|ga|lasc|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|interruttore}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|電源|tr=でんげん, dengen}}, {{t|ja|開閉器|tr=かいへいき, kaiheiki}}, {{t+|ja|スイッチ|tr=suitchi}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|ажыратқыш}}, {{t|kk|айырғыш}}, {{t|kk|сөндіргіш}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|កុងតាក់}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|스위치}}, {{t|ko|개폐기(開閉器)}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t|ky|ажыраткыч}}, {{t+|ky|өчүргүч}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ສວິດໄຟ}}, {{t|lo|ສະຫວິດໄຟ}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|slēdzis|m}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|jungiklis|m}}
* Luhya: {{t|luy|eswichi}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|прекинувач|m}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|suis}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|pana}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t+|mn|унтраалга}}, {{t+|mn|нээлэг}}
*: Mongolian: {{t|mn|ᠤᠨᠲᠠᠷᠠᠭᠠᠯᠭ᠎ᠠ}}, {{t|mn|ᠨᠡᠭᠡᠭᠡᠯᠭᠡ}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|bryter|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|brytar|m}}
* Pali: {{t|pi|vijjuppavāhaniyāmaka|n}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|سویچ|tr=suič}}, {{t+|fa|کلید|tr=kalid}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|wyłącznik|m}}, {{t+|pl|przełącznik|m}}, {{t+|pl|łącznik|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|interruptor|m}}, {{t+|pt|chave|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|comutator|n}}, {{t+|ro|întrerupător|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|выключа́тель|m}} ''on/off'', {{t+|ru|переключа́тель|m}}, {{t+|ru|ключ|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|прекѝда̄ч|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|prekìdāč|m}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|spínač|m}}, {{t|sk|prepínač|m}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|stikalo|n}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|interruptor|m}}, {{t|es|''switch''|m}} {{qualifier|America}}, {{t|es|suich|m}} {{qualifier|America}}, {{t|es|suiche|m}} {{qualifier|America}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|swichi}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|strömbrytare|c}}, {{t+|sv|brytare|c}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|kabtol}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|васлкунак}}, {{t+|tg|калид}}
* Telugu: {{t|te|స్విచ్చి}}
* Thai: {{t|th|สวิตช์}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|anahtar}}, {{t+|tr|şalter}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|wyklýuçatel}}, {{t|tk|çybyk}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|вимика́ч|m}}, {{t|uk|перемика́ч|m}}, {{t+|uk|ключ|m}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|سُوِیچ|m|tr=suvic}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|vikluchatel}}, {{t+|uz|xivchin}}, {{t+|uz|chiviq}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|ngắt điện}}, {{t+|vi|công tắc}}, {{t|vi|đóng ngắt}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|switsh|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|movable section of railroad track}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|punt}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|pikë|f}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|սլաք}}
* Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: {{t|aii|ܡܸܫܬܲܚܠܦܵܢܘܼܬܵܐ|f}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|стрэ́лка|f}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|стре́лка|f}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|agulla|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|點|tr=diǎn}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|výhybka|f}}
* Danish: {{t|da|sporskifte|n}}, {{t|da|skiftespor|n}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|wissel|m|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|vaihde}}
* French: {{t+|fr|aiguille|f}}, {{t+|fr|aiguillage|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Weiche|f}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|strelkka}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|cambio}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|ladhróg|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|scambio|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|分岐器|tr=ぶんきき, bunkiki}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|포인트}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|pārmija|f}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|свртница|f}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|pens|m}}, {{t|nb|sporveksel|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|pens|m}}, {{t|nn|sporveksel|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|zwrotnica|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|aparelho de mudança de via|m}}, {{t+|pt|agulha|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|macaz|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|стре́лка|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|скре́тница|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|skrétnica|f}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|kretnica|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|aguja|f}}, {{t+|es|chucho|m}} {{qualifier|Cuba}}, {{t|es|suiche|m}} {{qualifier|Honduras}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|växel|c}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|nokta}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|стрі́лка|f}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|cledren droi|f}}, {{t|cy|troblat|m}}, {{t|cy|iard drefnu|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|thin rod used as a whip}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|ճիպոտ}}
* Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: {{t|aii|ܫܲܒܘܼܛܵܐ|m}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|сыбыҡ}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|[[гъвкав|гъ́вкава]] [[пръ́чка]]|f}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|spitsroede}}, {{t+|nl|twijg|f}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|vergo}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|vitsa}}, {{t+|fi|piiska}}
* French: {{t+|fr|badine|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Spießrute|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|verga|f}}
* Latvian: {{t+|lv|žagars|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|прачка|f}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t+|mn|ташуур}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|houssinne|f}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|prylestokk|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|vergasta|f}}, {{t+|pt|açoite|m}}, {{t+|pt|vara|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|vergea|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|хлыст|m}}, {{t+|ru|ро́зга|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|ко̀рба̄ч|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|kòrbāč|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|latigazo|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|spö|n}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ไม้เรียว}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|ffon|f}}, {{t|cy|gwialen|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|command line notation}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|interruptor|m}}, {{t+|ca|opció|f}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|přepínač|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|lippu}}, {{t+|fi|argumentti}}, {{t+|fi|vipu}}, {{t+|fi|valitsin}}
* French: {{t+|fr|commutateur|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|opzione|f}}, {{t+|it|parametro|m}}, {{t+|it|argomento|m}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|svitsj|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|switch|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|växel|c}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|камута́тар|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|комута́тор|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|puhelinkeskus}}, {{t+|fi|puhelinvaihde}}, {{t+|fi|vaihde}}, {{t+|fi|keskus}}
* French: {{t+|fr|commutateur|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|centralino|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|развод|m}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|sentral|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|switch|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|central telefónica|f}} {{qualifier|Portugal}}, {{t|pt|central telefônica|f}} {{qualifier|Brazil}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|centrală|f}}, {{t+|ro|comutator|n}}, {{t+|ro|selector}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|коммута́тор|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|скло̏пка|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|sklȍpka|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|växel|c}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|комута́тор|m}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|xivchin}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|chuyển mạch}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|switsh|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|networking device}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|камута́тар|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|суи́ч|m}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|přepínač|m}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|enkursigilo}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kytkin}}
* French: {{t+|fr|commutateur réseau|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Switch|m}}, {{t+|de|Verteiler|m}}, {{t|de|Netzwerkweiche|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|switch|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|switch}}, {{t+|pt|comutador}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|comutator|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|коммута́тор|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|switch}}, {{t+|es|conmutador|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|switch|c}}
* Thai: {{t|th|สวิตช์}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|комута́тор|m}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|bộ chuyển mạch}}, {{t|vi|thiết bị chuyển mạch}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|switsh|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|someone willing to switch roles in BDSM}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|plurrolulo}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* Georgian: {{t-check|ka|კომუტატორი}}
* Interlingua: {{t-check|ia|interruptor}}
* Malayalam: {{t-check|ml|വൈദ്യുതഗമനാഗമനനിയന്ത്രണയന്ത്രം}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[exchange]].
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2013-06-01|volume=407|issue=8838
|page=13 (Technology Quarterly)|magazine=w:The Economist
|title=[http://www.economist.com/news/technology-quarterly/21578516-transport-new-train-technologies-are-less-visible-and-spread-less-quickly Ideas coming down the track]
|passage=A “moving platform” scheme{{...}}is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and allow passengers to '''switch''' trains by stepping through docking bays.}}
#: {{ux|en|I want to '''switch''' this red dress for a green one.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To change (something) to the specified [[state]] using a switch.
#: {{ux|en|'''Switch''' the light on.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|in modern times Southern US}} To [[whip]] or [[hit]] with a switch.
#* {{RQ:Conrad Heart of Darkness|part=II|passage=They were looking on the ground, absorbed in thought. The manager was '''switching''' his leg with a slender twig: his sagacious relative lifted his head.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[change]] [[place]]s, [[task]]s, etc.
#: {{ux|en|I want to '''switch''' to a different seat.}}
# {{lb|en|slang|intransitive}} To get [[angry]] [[suddenly]]; to [[quickly]] or [[unreasonably]] become [[enraged]].
# To swing or whisk.
#: ''to '''switch''' a cane''
# To be swung or whisked.
#: {{ux|en|The angry cat's tail '''switched''' back and forth.}}
# To [[trim]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1811|author=w:Walter Nicol|title=The Planters Kalendar|passage='''Switch''' and clip thorn and other deciduous hedges.}}
# To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; generally with ''off'', ''from'', etc.
#: ''to '''switch''' off a train; to '''switch''' a car from one track to another''
# {{lb|en|ecclesiastical}} To shift to another [[circuit]].
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[take on]] the opposite role ([[leader]] vs. [[follower]]) in a [[partner dance]].
#* {{quote-web|en|url=https://www.thedancingfools.com/heather-lombardi|work=The Dancing Fools|passage=Feel free to ask her to follow, lead, or '''switch'''!|title=Heather Lombardi|accessdate=2023-02-18}}

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|to exchange}} {{l|en|interchange}}, {{l|en|swap}}; See also [[Thesaurus:switch]]

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|code-switch|switch codes|switch gears|switch out|switch tack|switch teams|switch up}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|to exchange}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|փոխել}}
* Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: {{t|aii|ܫܲܚܠܸܦ}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|разменям}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|canviar}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|代替|tr=dàitì}}, {{t+|cmn|換|tr=huàn}}, {{t+|cmn|交換|tr=jiāohuàn}}, {{t+|cmn|取代|tr=qǔdài}},  {{t+|cmn|替代|tr=tìdài}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|vyměnit}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|interŝanĝi}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|vaihtaa}}
* French: {{t+|fr|échanger}}
* German: {{t+|de|tauschen}}, {{t+|de|austauschen}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|αλλάζω}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|החליף|tr=hekhlíf}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|scambiare}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|取り換える|tr=torikaeru}}, {{t+|ja|交換|alt=交換する|tr=kōkan suru}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|разменува}}, {{t|mk|сменува}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|tukar}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|whakawhiti}}, {{t|mi|whakawhitiwhiti}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|trocar}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|schimba}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|vymeniť}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|intercambiar}}, {{t+|es|cambiar}}, {{t+|es|conmutar}}, {{t+|es|permutar}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|byta}}, {{t+|sv|ändra}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|สลับ}}, {{t+|th|เปลี่ยน}}
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{{trans-top|to change (something) to the specified state using a switch}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|փոխարկել}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|превключвам}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|commutar}}
* Czech: {{qualifier|to switch / turn off}} {{t+|cs|zhasnout}}, {{qualifier|to switch / turn on}} {{t+|cs|rozsvítit}}, {{qualifier|Moravian dialect}} {{t+|cs|rožnout}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|ŝalti}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kytkeä}}
* French: {{t+|fr|commuter}}
* German: {{t+|de|schalten}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|excambiar}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|commutare}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|切り替える|tr=tirikaeru}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|шалта}}, {{t|mk|прешалтува}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|takahuri}}, {{t|mi|whakakā}} {{qualifier|refers to electrical devices}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|souitchi}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|ligar}} {{qualifier|switch on}}, {{t+|pt|desligar}} {{qualifier|switch off}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|comuta}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|conmutar}}, {{t+|es|trastrocar}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|växla}}, {{t+|sv|koppla}}, {{t+|sv|knäppa}}, {{t+|sv|stänga}}, {{t+|sv|slå}}, {{t+|sv|släcka}}, {{t+|sv|tända}}
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{{trans-top|to hit with a switch (''rod'')}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձաղկել}}
* Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: {{t|aii|ܫܵܒ݂ܹܛ}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|бия}}, {{t+|bg|шибам}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|vergi}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|piiskata}}, {{t|fi|antaa piiskaa}}
* French: {{t+|fr|fouetter}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|commutar}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|picchiare}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|vergastar}}, {{t+|pt|açoitar}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|slå}}, {{t+|sv|piska}}
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{{trans-top|to change places or tasks}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|сменям}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|canviar}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|vaihtaa}}
* French: {{t+|fr|changer}}
* German: {{t+|de|wechseln}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|cambiar}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|cambiare}}, {{t+|it|passare}}, {{t+|it|migrare}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|切り替える|tr=tirikaeru}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|сменува}}, {{t|mk|разменува}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|takahuri}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|trocar}}, {{t+|pt|mudar}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|schimba}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|byta}}
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* Interlingua: {{t-check|ia|flagellar}} (3 ?)
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===Adjective===
{{en-adj|-}}

# {{lb|en|snowboarding}} Pertaining to riding with the front and back feet swapped round compared to one's normal position.<ref> BBC Sport, [http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/winter-olympics/26141070 "Sochi 2014: A jargon-busting guide to the halfpipe"], 11 February 2014 </ref>
# {{lb|en|freestyle|_|skiing}} Pertaining to skiing backwards.

====Coordinate terms====
{{sense|snowboarding}}
* {{l|en|goofy}}
* {{l|en|regular}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|Snowboarding}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|switch}} {{qualifier|slang}}
* French: {{t+|fr|switch}}
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{{trans-top|Skiing}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|switch}} {{qualifier|slang}}
* French: {{t+|fr|switch}}
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===See also===
* {{l|en|switch off}}
* {{l|en|switch on}}

===References===
<references/>

===Further reading===
* {{pedia}}
* {{pedia|switch (corporal punishment)}}

{{C|en|Hair|Anger}}

==Finnish==

===Etymology===
From {{bor|fi|en|switch}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{fi-p|switš}}

===Noun===
{{head|fi|noun}}

# {{label|fi|BDSM}} [[#English|switch]]

====Declension====
{{fi-decl-risti|switch|||ä|i=0}}

==French==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|fr|en|switch}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|fr|LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-switch.wav}}

===Adjective===
{{head|fr|adjective}}

# {{lb|fr|skiing|snowboarding}} {{l|en|switch}}
# {{lb|fr|especially|BDSM}} One who is [[willing]] to take either a [[submissive]] or a [[dominant]] [[role]] in a [[sexual]] [[relationship]].

==Portuguese==

===Etymology===
{{ubor|pt|en|switch}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|pt|/ˈswit͡ʃ/|a=BR}}

===Noun===
{{pt-noun|m|#es|pl2=+}}

# {{lb|pt|networking}} {{l|en|switch}} {{gloss|device connecting multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously}}
# {{lb|pt|computing}} {{l|en|switch}} {{gloss|command line notation allowing specification of optional behaviour}}
# {{lb|pt|programming}} {{l|en|switch}} {{gloss|construct that takes different actions depending on the value of an expression}}