pencil sharpener

English

Noun

2-hole pencil sharpener

pencil sharpener (plural pencil sharpeners)

1. A device used to sharpen pencils by shaving the wood at one end.

Synonyms

• pencil pointer
• pencil parer
• pencil topper (Ireland)

Translations

device used to sharpen pencils

• Albanian: mprehës lapsash m
• Arabic: بَرَّايَة f (barrāya), مِبْرَاة f (mibrāh)
• Armenian: սրիչ (hy) (sričʻ)
• Azerbaijani: karandaşyonan
• Catalan: maquineta de fer punta
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 鉛筆刨／铅笔刨 (jyun⁴ bat¹ paau^4-2), 铅笔刨 (jyun⁴ bat¹ paau^4-2), 筆刨／笔刨 (bat¹ paau^4-2), 笔刨 (bat¹ paau²)

  Mandarin: 鉛筆刀／铅笔刀 (zh) (qiānbǐdāo), 铅笔刀 (zh) (qiānbǐdāo), 轉筆刀／转笔刀 (zhuànbǐdāo), 转笔刀 (zhuànbǐdāo), 削筆刀／削笔刀 (xiāobǐdāo), 削笔刀 (xiāobǐdāo), (technical) 筆刨／笔刨 (bǐbào), 笔刨 (bǐpáo), (technical) 鉛筆刨／铅笔刨 (qiānbǐbào), 铅笔刨 (qiānbǐpáo), 削鉛筆機／削铅笔机 (zh) (xiāoqiānbǐjī), 削铅笔机 (zh) (xiāoqiānbǐjī), 卷筆刀／卷笔刀 (zh) (juǎnbǐdāo), 卷笔刀 (zh) (juǎnbǐdāo)

  Min Nan: 鉛筆剾／铅笔𠛅 (zh-min-nan), 铅笔𠛅 (iân-pit-khau), 鉛筆絞仔／铅笔绞仔 (zh-min-nan), 铅笔绞仔 (iân-pit-ká-á)

• Czech: ořezávátko n
• Danish: blyantspidser (da) c
• Dutch: slijper (nl), puntenslijper (nl), potloodslijper (nl)
• Esperanto: krajonpintigilo
• Finnish: kynänteroitin (fi)
• French: taille-crayon (fr) m, aiguisoir (fr) m (Canadian French)
• German: Stiftspitzer m, (lead pencil) Bleistiftspitzer (de) m, (slate pencil) Griffelspitzer (de) m, Anspitzer (de) m
• Greek: ξύστρα (el) f (xýstra)
• Haitian Creole: kreyon tay
• Hindi: पेंसिल चोखा (pẽsil cokhā)
• Hungarian: ceruzafaragó, ceruzahegyező (hu)
• Icelandic: yddari (is) m
• Italian: temperamatite m
• Japanese: 鉛筆削り (えんぴつけずり, enpitsukezuri)
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• Kannada: ಪೆನ್ಸಿಲ್ ಸಾಣೆ (pensil sāṇe)
• Khmer: ប្រដាប់​ឃួ​ង​ខ្មៅដៃ (prɑɑdap-khuə-ngɔɔ-khmaw day)
• Korean: 연필 깎이 (yeonpil kkakki)
• Kyrgyz: калем учтагыч (kalem uctagıc), точилка (tocilka)
• Macedonian: острилка f (ostrilka)
• Mongolian: харандаа үзүүрлэгч (xarandaa üzüürlegč)
• Norman: appointcheux m
• Norwegian: blyantspisser (no) m
• Persian: مداد تراش (fa) (medâd-tarâš), تراش (fa) (tarâš)
• Polish: temperówka (pl) f
• Portuguese: apontador (pt) m, apontador de lápis m
• Romanian: ascuțitoare (ro) f
• Russian: точи́лка (ru) f (točílka)
• Serbo-Croatian: šiljilo (sh)
• Spanish: sacapuntas (es) m, afila (es) m (Northwestern Spain), afilador (es) m (Canary Islands), maquineta f (Northeastern Spain), tajador m (Bolivia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Aragon, Navarre, Peru, Southeastern Mexico), sacaminas m (Aragon), tajalápiz m (Colombian standard usage), sacapuntas (es) (Asturias, Colombian Atlantic Coast)
• Swedish: pennvässare (sv) c
• Tagalog: pantasa
• Thai: กบเหลาดินสอ (th) (gòp-lǎo-din-sɔ̌ɔ), กบ (th) (gòp)
• Turkish: kalemtıraş (tr)
• Uzbek: qalam charx
• Vietnamese: cái gọt bút chì, đồ chuốt viết chì
• Volapük: stibijapüköm, (slate pencil) glivijapüköm