stapler

See also: Stapler

English

A stapler in action.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsteɪplə/
Audio (UK) (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈsteɪpləɹ/

Etymology 1

staple (verb) +‎ -er

Noun

stapler (plural staplers)

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, krammasjien, krambinder
Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: دَبَّاسَة‎ f (dabbāsa)
Armenian: կարիչ (karičʿ), ամրակիչ (amrakičʿ), ստեպլեր (hy) (stepler)
Assamese: ইষ্টেবুল (istebul)
Basque: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: стэ́плер m (stépljer)
Bulgarian: те́лбод (bg) (télbod)
Catalan: engrapadora f, grapadora (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 釘書機, 钉书机 (deng¹ syu¹ gei¹)
Mandarin: 訂書機／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 (nl) m
Esperanto: agrafilo
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Faroese: høna f
Finnish: nitoja (fi)
French: agrafeuse (fr) f, brocheuse (fr) f (Quebec)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
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), 紙綴器 (Kamitsuzuki)
Khmer: ប្រដាប់កិប (prɑɑdap-kəp)
Korean: 호치키스 (hochikiseu), 스테이플러 (seuteipeulleo)
Lao: ກາລາເຟີ (lo) (kā lā fœ̄)
Latin: consutorium m
Latvian: skavotājs m
Lithuanian: vielasiūlė f
Macedonian: хефталка f (heftalka)
Malay: pengokot
Malayalam: സ്റ്റാപ്ലർ (sṟṟāplaṟ)
Maori: tēpara, pūwhakapinepine
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: үдээсний машин (üdeesnii mašin), үдүүр (mn) (üdüür) (Inner Mongolia)
Mongolian: ᠦᠳᠡᠭᠡᠰᠦᠨ ᠦ
ᠮᠠᠱᠢᠨ (üdegesün-ü mašin), ᠦᠳᠡᠭᠦᠷ (üdegür)
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)
Swahili: kibanizi
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 (𡏽針)
Waray-Waray: estepler
Welsh: staplwr m

Etymology 2

staple (noun) +‎ -er

Noun

stapler (plural staplers)

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

Related terms

staple

Anagrams

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