hinge

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From Middle English henge (“hinge”), from Old English *henġ or *henġe (“hinge”), from Proto-West Germanic *hangiju or *hangī; compare Old English *henġe- in henġeclif (“overhanging cliff”), Old English henġen (“hanging; that upon which a thing is hung”). Akin to Scots heenge (“hinge”), Saterland Frisian Hänge (“hinge”), Low German henge (“hook, hinge, handle”), Dutch heng (“moving leaf of a hinge”), Dutch geheng (“hinge”), Middle Dutch henghe, hanghe (“hook, hinge, handle”), Scots hingel (“any attachment by which something is hung or fastened”), Dutch hengel (“hook”), hengsel (“handle”), dialectal German Hängel (“hook, joint”), Henkel (“handle, hook”), Danish hængsel (“hinge”), Faroese hongsl (“hinge”), Icelandic hengsli (“hinge”), Norwegian hengsel (“hinge”), Swedish hängsle (“suspender”), Old English hōn (“to hang”), Old English hangian (“to cause to hang, hang up”). More at hang.

137 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: skarnier — device for the pivoting of a door
• Albanian: menteshë — device for the pivoting of a door
• Albanian: çivi — device for the pivoting of a door
• Albanian: angërr — device for the pivoting of a door
• Arabic: مِقْبَض (miqbaḍ) — device for the pivoting of a door
• Armenian: ծխնի (cxni) — device for the pivoting of a door
• Asturian: quiciu — device for the pivoting of a door
• Asturian: gonciu — device for the pivoting of a door
• Asturian: gonce — device for the pivoting of a door
• Basque: gontza — device for the pivoting of a door
• Bulgarian: панта (panta) — device for the pivoting of a door
• Catalan: frontissa — device for the pivoting of a door
• Chinese Mandarin: 鉸鏈 /铰链 (jiǎoliàn) — device for the pivoting of a door
• Chinese Mandarin: 折頁 /折页 (zhéyè) — device for the pivoting of a door
• Chinese Mandarin: 合頁 /合页 (héyè) — device for the pivoting of a door
• Chinese Mandarin: 活頁 /活页 (huóyè) — device for the pivoting of a door
• Chinese Mandarin: 合葉 /合叶 (héyè) — device for the pivoting of a door
• Czech: pant — device for the pivoting of a door
• Czech: závěs — device for the pivoting of a door
• Czech: stěžej — device for the pivoting of a door
• Danish: hængsel — device for the pivoting of a door
• Dutch: scharnier — device for the pivoting of a door
• Dutch: hengsel — device for the pivoting of a door
• Dutch: har — device for the pivoting of a door
• Esperanto: ĉarniro — device for the pivoting of a door
• Finnish: sarana — device for the pivoting of a door
• French: gond — device for the pivoting of a door
• French: charnière — device for the pivoting of a door
• Galician: gonzo — device for the pivoting of a door
• Galician: porlón — device for the pivoting of a door
• Galician: palmela — device for the pivoting of a door
• Galician: couce — device for the pivoting of a door
• Galician: golfón — device for the pivoting of a door
• Georgian: ანჯამა (anǯama) — device for the pivoting of a door
• German: Angel — device for the pivoting of a door
• German: Scharnier — device for the pivoting of a door
• German: Türband — device for the pivoting of a door
• German: Türangel — device for the pivoting of a door
• German: Ange — device for the pivoting of a door
• Greek: μεντεσές (mentesés) — device for the pivoting of a door
• Ancient Greek: στρόφιγξ (stróphinx) — device for the pivoting of a door
• Ancient Greek: γίγγλυμος (gínglumos) — device for the pivoting of a door
• Hebrew: ציר (tsir) — device for the pivoting of a door
• Hindi: चूल (cūl) — device for the pivoting of a door
• Hindi: कुलाबा (kulābā) — device for the pivoting of a door
• Hindi: द्वारसन्धि (dvārsandhi) — device for the pivoting of a door
• Hungarian: pánt — device for the pivoting of a door
• Hungarian: zsanér — device for the pivoting of a door
• Icelandic: hjara — device for the pivoting of a door
• Indonesian: engsel — device for the pivoting of a door
• Irish: inse — device for the pivoting of a door
• Irish: tuisle — device for the pivoting of a door
• Italian: cerniera — device for the pivoting of a door
• Italian: cardine — device for the pivoting of a door
• Japanese: 蝶番 (chōtsugai) — device for the pivoting of a door
• Japanese: 丁番 (chōtsugai) — device for the pivoting of a door
• Khmer: ត្រចៀក (trɑɑciək) — device for the pivoting of a door
• Khmer: ត្រចៀកទ្វារ (trɑɑciək tviə) — device for the pivoting of a door
• Korean: 경첩 (gyeongcheop) — device for the pivoting of a door
• Kyrgyz: шарнир (şarnir) — device for the pivoting of a door
• Lao: ບານພັບ (bān phap) — device for the pivoting of a door
• Latin: cardō — device for the pivoting of a door
• Lithuanian: vyris — device for the pivoting of a door
• Lithuanian: lankstas — device for the pivoting of a door
• Macedonian: шарка (šarka) — device for the pivoting of a door
• Malay: engsel — device for the pivoting of a door
• Maltese: ċappetta — device for the pivoting of a door
• Māori: kauhuri — device for the pivoting of a door
• Māori: kaurori — device for the pivoting of a door
• Middle English: henge — device for the pivoting of a door
• Middle English: gemow — device for the pivoting of a door
• Middle English: hengel — device for the pivoting of a door
• Middle English: herre — device for the pivoting of a door
• Mirandese: quiço — device for the pivoting of a door
• Norwegian: hengsel — device for the pivoting of a door
• Old English: heorra — device for the pivoting of a door
• Persian: لولا (lowlâ) — device for the pivoting of a door
• Polish: zawias — device for the pivoting of a door
• Portuguese: dobradiça — device for the pivoting of a door
• Portuguese: gonzo — device for the pivoting of a door
• Romanian: balama — device for the pivoting of a door
• Romanian: șarnieră — device for the pivoting of a door
• Romanian: țâțână — device for the pivoting of a door
• Russian: пе́тля (pétlja) — device for the pivoting of a door
• Russian: петля́ (petljá) — device for the pivoting of a door
• Russian: шарни́р (šarnír) — device for the pivoting of a door
• Scottish Gaelic: bann — device for the pivoting of a door
• Serbo-Croatian: šarka — device for the pivoting of a door
• Spanish: bisagra — device for the pivoting of a door
• Spanish: gozne — device for the pivoting of a door
• Spanish: charnela — device for the pivoting of a door
• Spanish: quicio — device for the pivoting of a door
• Swahili: bawaba — device for the pivoting of a door
• Swedish: gångjärn — device for the pivoting of a door
• Tagalog: bisagra — device for the pivoting of a door
• Tausug: kalawali' — device for the pivoting of a door
• Tausug: ingsil — device for the pivoting of a door
• Thai: บานพับ (baan-páp) — device for the pivoting of a door
• Tibetan: བཀབ་སྦྱར (bkab sbyar) — device for the pivoting of a door
• Turkish: menteşe — device for the pivoting of a door
• Ottoman Turkish: منتشه (menteşe) — device for the pivoting of a door
• Ottoman Turkish: رزه (reze) — device for the pivoting of a door
• Ukrainian: заві́са (zavísa) — device for the pivoting of a door
• Ukrainian: шарні́р (šarnír) — device for the pivoting of a door
• Vietnamese: bản lề — device for the pivoting of a door
• Volapük: fleged — device for the pivoting of a door
• Walloon: flitche — device for the pivoting of a door
• Walloon: viertire — device for the pivoting of a door
• Welsh: colyn — device for the pivoting of a door
• Welsh: colfach — device for the pivoting of a door
• Czech: klíčový okamžik — point in time, on which subsequent events depend
• Dutch: keerpunt — point in time, on which subsequent events depend
• Dutch: hoeksteen — point in time, on which subsequent events depend
• Finnish: käännekohta — point in time, on which subsequent events depend
• Polish: punkt zwrotny — point in time, on which subsequent events depend
• Finnish: saranoida — to attach by a hinge
• Māori: kauhuri — to attach by a hinge
• Norwegian: hengsle — to attach by a hinge
• Polish: wieszać na zawiasie — to attach by a hinge
• Polish: powiesić na zawiasie — to attach by a hinge
• Portuguese: pôr dobradiças em — to attach by a hinge
• Portuguese: colocar dobradiças em — to attach by a hinge
• Spanish: abisagrar — to attach by a hinge
• Spanish: enquiciar — to attach by a hinge
• Spanish: engoznar — to attach by a hinge
• Czech: záviset na — to depend on something
• Finnish: riippua — to depend on something
• French: dépendre de — to depend on something
• French: reposer sur — to depend on something
• German: abhängen von — to depend on something
• Norwegian: avhenge — to depend on something
• Polish: zależeć — to depend on something
• Portuguese: depender de — to depend on something
• Spanish: depender de — to depend on something
• Spanish: girar sobre — to depend on something
• Spanish: girar en torno a — to depend on something
• Spanish: abisagrarse — to depend on something