fastener

English

Etymology

fasten +‎ -er

Pronunciation

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Noun

fastener (plural fasteners)

1. Something or someone that fastens.
2. Mechanically, any device that fastens; especially, a collective term for items such as screws, nuts, washers, clasps, bolts and the like.

   Synonym: clasp

Derived terms

• pop fastener
• snap fastener
• zip fastener

Translations

something or someone that fastens

• Belarusian: за́сцежка f (záscježka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 緊固物, 紧固物 (jǐngùwù), (clamp-like) 鋏 (zh), 铗 (zh) (jiá)

• Finnish: kiinnittäjä
• French: fermeture (fr) f
• German: Verschluss (de) m
• Japanese: ファスナー (ja) (fasunā)

• Khmer: កន្លាស់ (km) (kɑnlah), គន្លឹះ (km) (kŭənlɨh)
• Korean: 파스너 (paseuneo)
• Russian: застёжка (ru) f (zastjóžka), агра́ф (ru) m (agráf)
• Tagalog: talasok
• Ukrainian: за́стібка f (zástibka)
• Uzbek: ilgak (uz)

any device that fastens

• Esperanto: fermilo
• Finnish: kiinnitin (fi)
• French: fermeture (fr) f, attache (fr) f

• Korean: 잠금장치 (ko) (jamgeumjangchi)
• Russian: застёжка (ru) f (zastjóžka), крепёж (ru) m (krepjóž), крепёжное изде́лие (ru) n (krepjóžnoje izdélije)
• Spanish: cerrador (es) m

Further reading

• fastener on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Feenstra, fenestra, refasten