Phrase guide

bottle opener

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A device used to remove the cap from a bottle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A device used to remove the cork from a bottle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: corkscrew

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

an opener for removing caps or corks from bottles

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: opener

Narrower terms: cap opener, corkscrew, bottle screw

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: botteloopmaker — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Arabic: فَتَّاحَة (fattāḥa) — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Arabic: فَتَّاحَة زُجَاجَات (fattāḥat zujājāt) — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Armenian: բացիչ (bacʻičʻ) — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Belarusian: адкрыва́льнік (adkryválʹnik) — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Bulgarian: отвара́чка (otvaráčka) — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Catalan: obreampolles — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Chinese Cantonese: 開瓶器 /开瓶器 (hoi1 ping4 hei3) — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Chinese Mandarin: 開瓶器 /开瓶器 (kāipíngqì) — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Chinese Mandarin: 起子 (qǐzi) — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Czech: otvírák lahví — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Czech: otvírák — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Danish: øloplukker — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Danish: kapselåbner — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Danish: flaskeåbner — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Dutch: flessenopener — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Esperanto: botelmalfermilo — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Estonian: pudeliavaja — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Estonian: avaja — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Faroese: upptrekkjari — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Finnish: pullonavaaja — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • French: décapsuleur — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • French: ouvre-bouteille — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Galician: abrebotellas — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Galician: abridor — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • German: Flaschenöffner — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • German: Kapselheber — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Greek: ανοιχτήρι (anoichtíri) — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Hungarian: sörnyitó — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Indonesian: pembuka botol — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Italian: apribottiglie — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Italian: cavatappi — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Japanese: 栓抜き (sennuki) — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Japanese: ボトルオープナー (botoru ōpunā) — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Korean: 병따개 (byeongttagae) — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Macedonian: о́творач (ótvorač) — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Maltese: fettieħa — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Maltese: trabixun — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Māori: tīkape pātara — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Mongolian: лонх онгойлгогч (lonx ongojlgogč) — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Norwegian Bokmål: flaskeåpner — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Iranian Persian: بُطْریبازْکُن (botri-bâzkon) — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Polish: otwieracz do butelek — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Portuguese: abridor de garrafas — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Portuguese: abridor — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Portuguese: abre-garrafas — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Romanian: deschizător — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Russian: открыва́шка (otkryváška) — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Russian: открыва́лка (otkryválka) — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Russian: што́пор (štópor) — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Slovak: otvárač na fľaše — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Slovak: otvárač — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Slovene: odpirač za steklenice — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Slovene: odpirač — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Sotho: sebulabotlolo — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Spanish: abrebotellas — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Spanish: destapador — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Spanish: abridor — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Swahili: kizibuo — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Swedish: flasköppnare — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Swedish: kapsylöppnare — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Thai: ที่เปิดขวด (tîi-bpə̀ət-kùuat) — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Turkish: şişe açacağı — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Ukrainian: відкрива́чка (vidkryváčka) — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Vietnamese: mở nắp chai — device to open bottles removing the cap
  • Vietnamese: mở chai — device to open bottles removing the cap