fastener

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English fasten

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English fastener

From fasten + -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɑːsənə/, /ˈfɑːsnə/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈfæsənɚ/, /ˈfæsnɚ/

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• (Australia) IPA^(key): /ˈfɐːsənə/, /ˈfɐːsnə/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈfɐːsɘnɘ/, /ˈfɐːsnɘ/
• Hyphenation: fast‧en‧er, faste‧ner

Noun

fastener (plural fasteners)

1. Something or someone that fastens.

   The mechanic replaced the damaged fastener.

   This type of fastener is resistant to corrosion.

   metal fastener

   industrial fastener

   tighten a fastener

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

      Synonym: fastening

      Hypernym: hardware

Derived terms

• diaper fastener
• hook-and-loop fastener
• hook-and-pile fastener
• nappy fastener
• paper fastener
• pop fastener
• slide fastener
• snap fastener
• zip fastener

Descendants

• → Japanese: ファスナー (fasunā)

Translations

something or someone that fastens

• Belarusian: за́сцежка f (záscježka)
• Chinese:

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

• Dutch: sluiting (nl) f
• Finnish: kiinnittäjä
• French: fermeture (fr) f
• German: Verschluss (de) m, Schloss (de) n, Schließe (de) f, Schließer (de) m, Halterung (de) f, Klammer (de) f, Befestiger m, Befestigungselement n
• 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)
• Spanish: fijador (es) m, sujetadora (es) f, agrafe (es) m (on bottles), sujetador (es) m
• Tagalog: talasok
• Ukrainian: за́стібка f (zástibka)
• Uzbek: ilgak (uz)

fastening — see fastening

any device that fastens

• Bulgarian: закопчалка (bg) f (zakopčalka)
• Dutch: bevestigingsonderdeel n, hechtmiddel (nl) n
• Esperanto: fermilo, fiksilo
• Finnish: kiinnitin (fi)
• French: fermeture (fr) f, attache (fr) f
• German: Befestigungsmittel n, Befestigungselement n, Befestiger m, Verbinder m
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: βλῆτρον n (blêtron)

• Irish: fáiscín m, ceangal m, dúntóir m, ceanglóir m
• Korean: 잠금장치 (ko) (jamgeumjangchi)
• Māori: tāmau
• Polish: zapięcie (pl) n
• Russian: застёжка (ru) f (zastjóžka), крепёж (ru) m (krepjóž), крепёжное изде́лие n (krepjóžnoje izdélije)
• Spanish: cerrador (es) m

Further reading

• fastener on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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