Phrase guide

nail clippers

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A mechanical device used to trim fingernails and toenails.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A mechanical device used to trim animals' claws.

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Usage: plural, plural-only

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3

noun

Meaning 3

plural of nail clipper

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, plural

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History

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Across languages

Translations

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مِقَصّ أَظَافِر (miqaṣṣ ʔaẓāfir) — nail trimmer
  • Arabic: مَقَط (magaṭṭ) — nail trimmer
  • Arabic: مَقَص أظافر (magaṣṣ ʔaḍāfir) — nail trimmer
  • Armenian: եղունգկտրիչ (eġungktričʻ) — nail trimmer
  • Azerbaijani: dırnaqtutan — nail trimmer
  • Catalan: tallaungles — nail trimmer
  • Chinese Cantonese: 指甲鉗 /指甲钳 — nail trimmer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 指甲剪 (zhǐjiajiǎn) — nail trimmer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 指甲刀 (zhǐjiadāo) — nail trimmer
  • Czech: klíšťky na nehty — nail trimmer
  • Danish: negleklipper — nail trimmer
  • Danish: neglesaks — nail trimmer
  • Esperanto: ungotondilo — nail trimmer
  • Finnish: kynsileikkuri — nail trimmer
  • French: coupe-ongles — nail trimmer
  • German: Nagelknipser — nail trimmer
  • Greek: νυχοκόπτης (nychokóptis) — nail trimmer
  • Indonesian: gunting kuku — nail trimmer
  • Irish: bearrthóir — nail trimmer
  • Italian: tagliaunghie — nail trimmer
  • Japanese: 爪切り (tsumekiri) — nail trimmer
  • Japanese: 爪切 (tsumekiri) — nail trimmer
  • Korean: 손톱깎이 (sontopkkakki) — nail trimmer
  • Korean: 쓰메끼리 (sseumekkiri) — nail trimmer
  • Central Kurdish: نینۆکبڕ (nînokbirr) — nail trimmer
  • Northern Kurdish: neynokbir — nail trimmer
  • Macedonian: ноктарка (noktarka) — nail trimmer
  • Malay: pengetip kuku — nail trimmer
  • Malayalam: നഖംവെട്ടി (nakhaṁveṭṭi) — nail trimmer
  • Mongolian: хумсны хутга (xumsny xutga) — nail trimmer
  • Mongolian: ᠬᠢᠮᠤᠰᠤᠨ ᠤ ᠬᠢᠲᠤᠭ᠎ᠠ (qimusun u kituɣ-a) — nail trimmer
  • Navajo: láshgaan bee higéshí — nail trimmer
  • Polish: cążki — nail trimmer
  • Portuguese: corta-unhas — nail trimmer
  • Portuguese: cortador de unha — nail trimmer
  • Romanian: unghieră — nail trimmer
  • Russian: щи́пчики для ногте́й (ščípčiki dlja nogtéj) — nail trimmer
  • Russian: кни́псеры для ногте́й (knípsery dlja nogtéj) — nail trimmer
  • Spanish: cortaúñas — nail trimmer
  • Swedish: nagelklippare — nail trimmer
  • Tagalog: panghinuko — nail trimmer
  • Tagalog: panghinguko — nail trimmer
  • Tamil: நகம்வெட்டி (nakamveṭṭi) — nail trimmer
  • Tamil: நகம்வாங்கி (nakamvāṅki) — nail trimmer
  • Tarifit: tiɣendin — nail trimmer
  • Thai: กรรไกรตัดเล็บ (gan-grai-dtàt-lép) — nail trimmer
  • Thai: ที่ตัดเล็บ (tîi-dtàt-lép) — nail trimmer
  • Turkish: tırnak makası — nail trimmer