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; such a knife is usually a pocketknife.

Synonyms

• folder

Hyponyms

• lock knife, locking knife
• Swiss Army knife

Translations

type of knife

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 折疊刀／折叠刀, 折叠刀 (zhédié dāo)

• Finnish: linkkuveitsi (fi)
• French: couteau pliant m
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• German: Klappmesser (de) n
• 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