Phrase guide

bread knife

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A knife, with a serrated edge, designed to cut bread; sometimes slots into a breadboard.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

a knife used to cut bread

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: knife

History

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Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Danish: brødkniv — knife designed to cut bread
  • Dutch: broodmes — knife designed to cut bread
  • Esperanto: pantranĉilo — knife designed to cut bread
  • Esperanto: tranĉilo kun denta klingo — knife designed to cut bread
  • Estonian: leivanuga — knife designed to cut bread
  • Finnish: leipäveitsi — knife designed to cut bread
  • French: couteau à pain — knife designed to cut bread
  • Galician: coitelo de pan — knife designed to cut bread
  • German: Brotmesser — knife designed to cut bread
  • Icelandic: brauðhnífur — knife designed to cut bread
  • Ingrian: leipäveitsi — knife designed to cut bread
  • Irish: scian aráin — knife designed to cut bread
  • Italian: coltello per pane — knife designed to cut bread
  • Korean: 빵칼 (ppangkal) — knife designed to cut bread
  • Norwegian Bokmål: brødkniv — knife designed to cut bread
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: brødkniv — knife designed to cut bread
  • Polish: nóż do chleba — knife designed to cut bread
  • Portuguese: faca de pão — knife designed to cut bread
  • Romanian: cuțit de pâine — knife designed to cut bread
  • Swedish: brödkniv — knife designed to cut bread
  • Turkish: ekmek bıçağı — knife designed to cut bread