pencil sharpener

English

Noun

A two-hole pencil sharpener

pencil sharpener (plural pencil sharpeners)

A device used to sharpen pencils by shaving the wood at one end.
Synonyms: sharpener, pencil pointer, pencil parer, (Ireland) pencil topper, (Ireland) topper, (Ireland) parer

Translations

device used to sharpen pencils

Albanian: mprehës lapsash m
Arabic: بَرَّايَة‎ f (barrāya), مِبْرَاة‎ f (mibrāh)
Armenian: սրիչ (hy) (sričʿ)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܚܪܸܦܵܢܝܼܬܵܐ‎ f (maḥrippānītā)
Azerbaijani: karandaşyonan
Catalan: maquineta de fer punta (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 鉛筆刨, 铅笔刨 (jyun⁴ bat¹ paau^4-2), 筆刨, 笔刨 (bat¹ paau²)
Mandarin: 鉛筆刀／铅笔刀 (zh), 铅笔刀 (zh) (qiānbǐdāo), 轉筆刀／转笔刀 (zh), 转笔刀 (zh) (zhuànbǐdāo), 削筆刀／削笔刀, 削笔刀 (xiāobǐdāo), (technical) 筆刨／笔刨 (zh), 笔刨 (zh) (bǐpáo), (technical) 鉛筆刨／铅笔刨 (zh), 铅笔刨 (zh) (qiānbǐpáo), 削鉛筆機／削铅笔机 (zh), 削铅笔机 (zh) (xiāoqiānbǐjī), 卷筆刀／卷笔刀 (zh), 卷笔刀 (zh) (juǎnbǐdāo)
Min Nan: 鉛筆剾 (zh-min-nan), 铅笔𠛅 (iân-pit-khau), 鉛筆絞仔 (zh-min-nan), 铅笔绞仔 (iân-pit-ká-á)
Czech: ořezávátko (cs) 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: Anspitzer (de) m, Bleistiftspitzer (de) m, (slate pencil) Griffelspitzer (de) m
Greek: ξύστρα (el) f (xýstra)
Haitian Creole: kreyon tay
Hindi: पेंसिल चोखा (pensil cokhā)
Hungarian: ceruzahegyező (hu), hegyező (hu), (rare) ceruzafaragó
Icelandic: yddari (is) m
Italian: temperamatite m
Japanese: 鉛筆削り (えんぴつけずり, enpitsukezuri)
Kannada: ಪೆನ್ಸಿಲ್ ಸಾಣೆ (pensil sāṇe)
Khmer: ប្រដាប់ឃួងខ្មៅដៃ (prɑɑdap-khuə-ngɔɔ-khmaw day)
Korean: 연필깎이 (ko) (yeonpilkkakki)
Kyrgyz: калем учтагыч (kalem uçtagıç), точилка (toçilka)
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)
Sassarese: temperarapis m, temperaràpisi m
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), maquinilla f (Costa Rica)
Swedish: pennvässare (sv) c
Tagalog: pantasa
Thai: กบเหลาดินสอ (th) (gòp-lǎo-din-sɔ̌ɔ), กบ (th) (gòp)
Turkish: açacak (tr), kalem açacağı (tr), kalemtıraş (tr)
Uzbek: qalam charx
Vietnamese: cái gọt bút chì, đồ chuốt viết chì
Volapük: stibijapüköm, (slate pencil) glivijapüköm