monkey wrench

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Already in use, and not unfamiliar among mechanics, by 1832; see discussion and references at Monkey wrench § Etymology and history.

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: majmun i mjerë — adjustable wrench
• Arabic: مِفْتَاح إِنْجْلِيزِيّ (miftāḥ ʔinglīziyy) — adjustable wrench
• Belarusian: развадны́ ключ (razvadný ključ) — adjustable wrench
• Bulgarian: фре́нски ключ (frénski ključ) — adjustable wrench
• Chinese Mandarin: 猴子扳手 (hóuzi bānshǒu) — adjustable wrench
• Czech: klíč nastavitelný — adjustable wrench
• Czech: francouzský klíč — adjustable wrench
• Danish: skiftenøgle — adjustable wrench
• Dutch: Engelse sleutel — adjustable wrench
• Finnish: jakoavain — adjustable wrench
• French: clé anglaise — adjustable wrench
• Galician: chave inglesa — adjustable wrench
• German: Rollgabelschlüssel — adjustable wrench
• German: Engländer — adjustable wrench
• Greek: γαλλικό κλειδί (gallikó kleidí) — adjustable wrench
• Hebrew: מַפְתֵּחַ שְׁוֶדִי \ מפתח שוודי (mafte'ákh shvédi) — adjustable wrench
• Hungarian: franciakulcs — adjustable wrench
• Hungarian: állítható csavarkulcs — adjustable wrench
• Italian: chiave inglese — adjustable wrench
• Italian: chiave giratubi — adjustable wrench
• Italian: chiave serratubi — adjustable wrench
• Japanese: モンキーレンチ (monkī renchi) — adjustable wrench
• Japanese: モンキースパナ (monkī supana) — adjustable wrench
• Japanese: 自在スパナ (jizai supanna) — adjustable wrench
• Korean: 몽키렌치 (mongkirenchi) — adjustable wrench
• Korean: 몽키스패너 (mongkiseupaeneo) — adjustable wrench
• Korean: 조정식 스패너 (jojeongsik seupaeneo) — adjustable wrench
• Macedonian: француски клуч (francuski kluč) — adjustable wrench
• Norwegian Bokmål: skiftenøkkel — adjustable wrench
• Plautdietsch: Homaschlätel — adjustable wrench
• Polish: klucz nastawny — adjustable wrench
• Polish: klucz francuski — adjustable wrench
• Portuguese: turquesa — adjustable wrench
• Portuguese: chave de grifo — adjustable wrench
• Romanian: cheie franceză — adjustable wrench
• Romanian: cheie universală — adjustable wrench
• Russian: разводно́й ключ (razvodnój ključ) — adjustable wrench
• Serbo-Croatian: француски кључ — adjustable wrench
• Serbo-Croatian: francuski ključ — adjustable wrench
• Slovak: francúzsky kľúč — adjustable wrench
• Slovene: vijačni ključ — adjustable wrench
• Slovene: francoz — adjustable wrench
• Spanish: llave inglesa — adjustable wrench
• Swedish: skiftnyckel — adjustable wrench
• Tagalog: liyabe-ingglesa — adjustable wrench
• Tagalog: liyabe-inglesa — adjustable wrench
• Turkish: İngiliz anahtarı — adjustable wrench
• Ukrainian: розвідни́й ключ (rozvidnýj ključ) — adjustable wrench
• Vietnamese: mỏ lết — adjustable wrench
• Yiddish: מאַלפּע נעבעכדיק (malpe nebekhdik) — adjustable wrench
• Dutch: probleem — problem
• Dutch: een spaak in het wiel steken — problem
• French: grain de sable dans l’engrenage — problem
• German: Problem — problem
• Spanish: problema — problem
• Spanish: obstaculo — problem