sharpen

English

Etymology

sharp + -en

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)pən

Verb

sharpen (third-person singular simple present sharpens, present participle sharpening, simple past and past participle sharpened)

1. (transitive) To make sharp

Antonyms

• blunt

Derived terms

• sharpener

Translations

to make sharp

• Armenian: սրել (hy) (srel)
• Burmese: ချွန် (my) (chun)
• Chinese: 削尖
• Crimean Tatar: qayramaq
• Czech: ostřit (cs)
• Dutch: scherpen, slijpen, aanscherpen (nl)
• French: affiler (fr), affûter (fr), aiguiser (fr)
• German: schärfen (de)
• Greek: οξύνω (el) (oxýno) (oxýno), ακονίζω (el) (akonízo) (akonízo)
• Irish: faobhraigh (ga)
• Italian: arrotare (it)
• Jèrriais: appointchi (pencil)
• Macedonian: остри (mk) (óstri), точи (mk) (tóči)

• Maori: oroi (mi), whakakoi (mi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: skjerpe (nb), kvesse (nb), hvesse (nb)

  Nynorsk: skjerpe (nn), kvesse (nn)

• Polish: ostrzyć (pl)
• Romanian: ascuți (ro)
• Russian: точить (ru) (točít') impf., заточить (ru) (zatočít') pf.
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese Sardinian: arrodare

  Gallurese Sardinian: arrudà

  Logudorese Sardinian: arrodare

• Sassarese Sardinian: arruddà
• Spanish: afilar (es)
• Swedish: vässa (sv)
• Volapük: japükön (vo), (pencil) tipükön (vo)
• Walloon: rawijhî (wa), shinmî (wa), rishinmî (wa)