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GUI

/ˈdʒiːjuːaɪ/

GUI is the initialism of graphical user interface.

Meaning of graphical user interface

Noun

graphical user interface (plural graphical user interfaces)

  1. A type of user interface which allows people to interact with a computer through a metaphor of direct manipulation of graphical images and widgets in addition to text.
    Synonyms:
    GUI

Proper noun capitalized: Gui

Gui (plural Guis)

  1. (historical) A surname from Mandarin.

Forms of GUI

Noun
pluralGUIs
Proper noun
pluralGuis

Origin of GUI

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 媯 /妫 (Guī). Doublet of Kuei.

Phrases with GUI

Words that rhyme with GUI

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Questions about GUI

What does GUI mean?
GUI means a surname from Mandarin.
What is GUI the initialism of?
GUI is the initialism of graphical user interface.
What part of speech is GUI?
GUI is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce GUI?
GUI is pronounced /ˈdʒiːjuːaɪ/.

Words near GUI in the dictionary

  1. Guhls
  2. guhr
  3. guhrl
  4. guhrls
  5. Guhu-Samane
  6. GUI
  7. Gui County
  8. Gui Xian
  9. guiac
  10. guiacol
  11. guiacols

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: GUI (page history and authors); Gui (page history and authors); graphical user interface (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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