nib

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• /nɪb/
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From a variant of neb, perhaps due to association with nibble.

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: գրչածայր (grčʻacayr) — tip of a pen
• Basque: lumatxo — tip of a pen
• Bulgarian: писец (pisec) — tip of a pen
• Bulgarian: перо (pero) — tip of a pen
• Catalan: plomí — tip of a pen
• Chinese Mandarin: 鋼筆尖 /钢笔尖 (gāngbǐjiān) — tip of a pen
• Chinese Mandarin: 筆尖 /笔尖 (bǐjiān) — tip of a pen
• Czech: hrot — tip of a pen
• Danish: pennespids — tip of a pen
• Dutch: penpunt — tip of a pen
• Esperanto: plumo — tip of a pen
• Estonian: kirjutussulg — tip of a pen
• Finnish: kynänkärki — tip of a pen
• French: plume — tip of a pen
• German: Federspitze — tip of a pen
• Greek: μύτη πένας (mýti pénas) — tip of a pen
• Greek: πέννα (pénna) — tip of a pen
• Hindi: क़त (qat) — tip of a pen
• Hindi: जीभी (jībhī) — tip of a pen
• Hindi: जीभ (jībh) — tip of a pen
• Hindi: डंक (ḍaṅk) — tip of a pen
• Hungarian: tollhegy — tip of a pen
• Irish: gob — tip of a pen
• Italian: punta — tip of a pen
• Italian: pennino — tip of a pen
• Japanese: ペン先 (pensaki) — tip of a pen
• Khmer: ចុង (cong) — tip of a pen
• Korean: 펜촉 (penchok) — tip of a pen
• Latvian: rakstāmspalva — tip of a pen
• Latvian: spalva — tip of a pen
• Lithuanian: plunksna — tip of a pen
• Māori: mata tuhi — tip of a pen
• Norwegian Bokmål: pennesplitt — tip of a pen
• Norwegian Nynorsk: pennesplitt — tip of a pen
• Polish: stalówka — tip of a pen
• Portuguese: ponta — tip of a pen
• Romanian: peniță — tip of a pen
• Russian: остриё пера́ (ostrijó perá) — tip of a pen
• Serbo-Croatian: шиљак — tip of a pen
• Serbo-Croatian: šiljak — tip of a pen
• Slovak: hrot — tip of a pen
• Spanish: plumilla — tip of a pen
• Spanish: plumín — tip of a pen
• Spanish: pluma — tip of a pen
• Swedish: pennspets — tip of a pen
• Thai: ปลาย (bplaai) — tip of a pen
• Turkish: kalem ucu — tip of a pen
• Welsh: nib — tip of a pen
• Bulgarian: човка (čovka) — bill of a bird
• Catalan: bec — bill of a bird
• Estonian: nokaots — bill of a bird
• Finnish: nokka — bill of a bird
• French: bec — bill of a bird
• German: Schnabel — bill of a bird
• Italian: rostro — bill of a bird
• Italian: becco — bill of a bird
• Norwegian: nebb — bill of a bird
• Portuguese: bico — bill of a bird
• Russian: клюв (kljuv) — bill of a bird
• Spanish: pico — bill of a bird
• Swedish: näbb — bill of a bird
• Czech: osadit hrotem — fit with a nib