stapler

See also: Stapler

English

desk stapler

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsteɪplə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈsteɪpləɹ/

Etymology 1

staple (verb) +‎ -er

Noun

stapler (plural staplers)

1. A device which binds together sheets of paper by driving a thin metal staple through the sheets and simultaneously folding over the ends of the staple against the back surface of the paper.

Related terms

• staple
• staple gun
• staple remover

Translations

device which binds together paper

• Afrikaans: kramdrukker
• Arabic: دَبَّاسَة f (dabbāsa)
• Armenian: կարիչ (karičʻ), ամրակիչ (amrakičʻ), ստեպլեր (hy) (stepler)
• Assamese: ইষ্টেবুল (istebul)
• Belarusian: стэ́плер m (stépljer)
• Bulgarian: те́лбод (bg) (télbod)
• Catalan: engrapadora f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 釘書機／钉书机 (deng¹ syu¹ gei¹), 钉书机 (deng¹ syu¹ gei¹)

  Mandarin: 訂書機／订书机 (zh) (dìngshūjī), 订书机 (zh) (dìngshūjī)

• Czech: svorkovač (cs) m, sešívačka (cs) f
• Danish: hæftemaskine c
• Dhivehi: ހީރަސް ދަތި (hīras dati)
• Dutch: nietmachine (nl) f, nietapparaat (nl) n, nieter m
• Esperanto: agrafilo
• Faroese: høna f
• Finnish: nitoja (fi)
• French: agrafeuse (fr) f, brocheuse (fr) f (Quebec)
• German: Hefter (de) m, Heftgerät (de) n, Heftapparat (de) m, Heftmaschine (de) f, Tacker (de) m
• Greek: συρραπτικό (el) n (syrraptikó)
• Hebrew: מַכְלֵב (he) m (makhlev)
• Hungarian: tűzőgép (hu)
• Icelandic: heftari (is)
• Indonesian: stapler (id)
• Irish: stáplóir m
• Italian: spillatrice f, graffettatrice (it) f, cucitrice f
• Japanese: ホッチキス (hotchikisu), ステープラー (sutēpurā)
• Korean: 호치키스 (hochikiseu), 스테이플러 (seuteipeulleo)
• Lao: ກາລາເຟີ (lo) (kā lā fœ̄)
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• Latin: consutorium m
• Lithuanian: vielasiūlė f
• Macedonian: хефталка f (heftalka)
• Malayalam: സ്റ്റാപ്ലർ (sṟṟāplaṟ)
• Maori: tēpara, pūwhakapinepine
• Norwegian: stiftemaskin m
• Pashto: کاغز نيوونى
• Persian: منگنه (fa) (mangane)
• Polish: zszywacz (pl) m
• Portuguese: grampeador (pt) m (Brazil), agrafador (pt) f (Portugal)
• Romanian: capsator (ro) n
• Russian: сшива́тель (ru) m (sšivátelʹ), сте́плер (ru) m (stɛ́pler)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: спајалица f

  Roman: spajalica (sh) f

• Slovak: zošívačka f
• Slovene: spenjač m
• Spanish: abrochadora f (Argentina, Uruguay), corchetera f (Chile), cosedora f (Colombia), engrapador m (Peru), engrapadora f (Colombian Atlantic Coast, Mexico, Venezuela), grapadora f (Spain)
• Swedish: häftapparat (sv) c
• Tamil: கம்பிதைப்புக் கருவி (kampitaippuk karuvi)
• Thai: เครื่องเย็บกระดาษ, ที่เย็บกระดาษ
• Tibetan: དེབ་འཛེར་ཆས། (deb 'dzer chas)
• Tigrinya: ስተፕረ (sətäprä)
• Turkish: zımba (tr), tel zımba (tr)
• Ukrainian: сте́плер m (stépler), зшива́ч m (zšyváč)
• Vietnamese: dập ghim
• Waray-Waray: estepler
• Welsh: staplwr m

Etymology 2

staple (noun) +‎ -er

Noun

stapler (plural staplers)

1. (dated) A dealer in staple goods.
2. (dated) One employed to sort wool according to its staple.

Related terms

• staple

Anagrams

• Alperts, Plaster, Platers, palster, palters, persalt, plaster, plastre, platers, psalter