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doorknocker

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A knocker mounted on a door.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: architecture

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A person who doorknocks.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: knocker, rapper

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: device

History

Etymology

From door + knocker.

Across languages

Translations

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: чука́ло (čukálo) — knocker mounted on a door
  • Catalan: picaporta — knocker mounted on a door
  • Catalan: balda — knocker mounted on a door
  • Chinese Mandarin: 門環 /门环 (ménhuán) — knocker mounted on a door
  • Czech: klepátko — knocker mounted on a door
  • Czech: klepadlo — knocker mounted on a door
  • Danish: dørhammer — knocker mounted on a door
  • Dutch: deurklopper — knocker mounted on a door
  • Dutch: deurhamer — knocker mounted on a door
  • Finnish: kolkutin — knocker mounted on a door
  • Finnish: ovenkolkutin — knocker mounted on a door
  • French: heurtoir — knocker mounted on a door
  • Friulian: batel — knocker mounted on a door
  • Friulian: batecul — knocker mounted on a door
  • Galician: chamador — knocker mounted on a door
  • Galician: aldraba — knocker mounted on a door
  • Galician: petador — knocker mounted on a door
  • Galician: picaporte — knocker mounted on a door
  • Galician: armela — knocker mounted on a door
  • Georgian: კარის ჩაქუჩი (ḳaris čakuči) — knocker mounted on a door
  • German: Türklopfer — knocker mounted on a door
  • German: Klopfer — knocker mounted on a door
  • Greek: ρόπτρο (róptro) — knocker mounted on a door
  • Hungarian: kopogtató — knocker mounted on a door
  • Hungarian: ajtókopogtató — knocker mounted on a door
  • Italian: batacchio — knocker mounted on a door
  • Italian: battaglio — knocker mounted on a door
  • Japanese: ドアノッカー (doanokkā) — knocker mounted on a door
  • Japanese: ノッカー (nokkā) — knocker mounted on a door
  • Macedonian: клу́кало (klúkalo) — knocker mounted on a door
  • Macedonian: чу́кало (čúkalo) — knocker mounted on a door
  • Macedonian: чу́калка (čúkalka) — knocker mounted on a door
  • Norwegian: dørklinke — knocker mounted on a door
  • Persian: زلفین (zolfin) — knocker mounted on a door
  • Persian: زفرین (zofrin) — knocker mounted on a door
  • Polish: kołatka — knocker mounted on a door
  • Polish: antaba — knocker mounted on a door
  • Portuguese: aldrava — knocker mounted on a door
  • Russian: дверно́й молото́к (dvernój molotók) — knocker mounted on a door
  • Russian: дверно́е кольцо́ (dvernóje kolʹcó) — knocker mounted on a door
  • Serbo-Croatian: звекир — knocker mounted on a door
  • Serbo-Croatian: zvekir — knocker mounted on a door
  • Spanish: aldaba — knocker mounted on a door
  • Spanish: picaporte — knocker mounted on a door
  • Swedish: portklapp — knocker mounted on a door
  • Swedish: dörrklapp — knocker mounted on a door
  • Swedish: klapp — knocker mounted on a door
  • Swedish: dörrknackare — knocker mounted on a door
  • Turkish: kapı tokmağı — knocker mounted on a door
  • Ottoman Turkish: طوقماق (tokmak) — knocker mounted on a door
  • Ukrainian: клепа́ло (klepálo) — knocker mounted on a door
  • Ukrainian: сту́кальце (stúkalʹce) — knocker mounted on a door
  • Ukrainian: стука́чка (stukáčka) — knocker mounted on a door
  • Ukrainian: грю́кальце (hrjúkalʹce) — knocker mounted on a door
  • German: Klinkenputzer — person who doorknocks