folding knife

English

A Swiss Army knife

Noun

folding knife (plural folding knives)

1. A kind of knife whose blade or blades can be folded inside the handle, owing to a joint. Such a knife is usually a pocketknife; its action may be locking or nonlocking.

Synonyms

• clasp-knife, clasp knife, folder

Hyponyms

• lock knife, locking knife
  • backlock, lockback, button lock, frame lock, liner lock, slipjoint
• Swiss Army knife

Holonyms

• EDC, everyday carry

Coordinate terms

• fixie, sheath knife

Translations

kind of knife whose blade or blades can be folded inside the handle

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 折疊刀／折叠刀 (zhédié dāo)

• Finnish: linkkuveitsi (fi)
• French: couteau pliant m
• German: Klappmesser (de) n
• Hungarian: összecsukható kés/​zsebkés/​bicska
• Japanese: 折り畳みナイフ (oritatami naifu), フォールディングナイフ (fōrudingunaifu)
• Russian: складно́й нож (skladnój nož)
• Swedish: fällkniv (sv) c, fickkniv (sv) c, pennkniv (sv) c