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A small, folded, wire or plastic device used to hold sheets of paper together.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Listed after an amount of money to emphasize a lack of resources.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, humorous
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Antonyms: none provided
a wire or plastic clip for holding sheets of paper together
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the paper clip was invented in 1900
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: paperclip, gem clip
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: clip
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
72 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
مِشْبَك وَرَق
(mišbak waraq)
— paper clip
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Armenian:
ամրակ
(amrak)
— paper clip
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Azerbaijani:
kağız qısqacı
— paper clip
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Belarusian:
канцыля́рская сашчэ́пка
(kancyljárskaja saščépka)
— paper clip
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Belarusian:
сашчэ́пка
(saščépka)
— paper clip
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Bulgarian:
кла́мер
(klámer)
— paper clip
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Catalan:
clip
— paper clip
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Chinese Cantonese:
萬字夾 /万字夹
— paper clip
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Chinese Mandarin:
回形針 /回形针
(huíxíngzhēn)
— paper clip
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Chinese Mandarin:
萬字夾 /万字夹
(wànzìjiā)
— paper clip
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Chinese Mandarin:
迴紋針 /回纹针
(huíwénzhēn)
— paper clip
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Chinese Mandarin:
回文針 /回文针
(huíwénzhēn)
— paper clip
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Chinese Mandarin:
曲別針 /曲别针
(qūbiézhēn)
— paper clip
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Chinese Mandarin:
紙夾 /纸夹
(zhǐjiā)
— paper clip
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Czech:
kancelářská sponka
— paper clip
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Czech:
sponka
— paper clip
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Danish:
clips
— paper clip
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Danish:
papirklips
— paper clip
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Dutch:
paperclip
— paper clip
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Esperanto:
paperklipo
— paper clip
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Esperanto:
paperfiksilo
— paper clip
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Estonian:
kirjaklamber
— paper clip
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Estonian:
klamber
— paper clip
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Faroese:
pappírsklemma
— paper clip
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Finnish:
paperiliitin
— paper clip
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Finnish:
klemmari
— paper clip
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French:
trombone
— paper clip
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German:
Büroklammer
— paper clip
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German:
Klammer
— paper clip
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Greek:
συνδετήρας
(syndetíras)
— paper clip
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Hausa:
kìlîf
— paper clip
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Hebrew:
מְהַדֵּק
(mehadéq)
— paper clip
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Hungarian:
gemkapocs
— paper clip
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Icelandic:
bréfaklemma
— paper clip
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Indonesian:
penjepit kertas
— paper clip
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Irish:
fáiscín páipéar
— paper clip
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Italian:
graffetta
— paper clip
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Italian:
fermaglio
— paper clip
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Japanese:
クリップ
(kurippu)
— paper clip
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Japanese:
紙挟み
(kamibasami)
— paper clip
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Korean:
클립
(keullip)
— paper clip
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Lithuanian:
sąvaržėlė
— paper clip
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Luxembourgish:
Klamer
— paper clip
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Macedonian:
споју́валка
(spojúvalka)
— paper clip
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Macedonian:
спо́јница
(spójnica)
— paper clip
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Māori:
pine pepa
— paper clip
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Māori:
kinipepa
— paper clip
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Mongolian:
цаасны хавчаар
(caasny xavčaar)
— paper clip
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Navajo:
naaltsoos ahíyółtąʼígíí
— paper clip
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Norwegian:
binders
— paper clip
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Persian:
کلیپس
(klips)
— paper clip
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Persian:
گیرهٔ کاغذ
— paper clip
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Polish:
spinacz
— paper clip
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Portuguese:
clipe
— paper clip
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Portuguese:
clips
— paper clip
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Romanian:
agrafă
— paper clip
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Romanian:
clemă
— paper clip
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Russian:
канцеля́рская скре́пка
(kanceljárskaja skrépka)
— paper clip
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Russian:
скре́пка
(skrépka)
— paper clip
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Serbo-Croatian:
спа́јалица
— paper clip
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Serbo-Croatian:
spájalica
— paper clip
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Slovak:
sponka
— paper clip
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Slovene:
spojka
— paper clip
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Upper Sorbian:
spinka
— paper clip
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Spanish:
clip
— paper clip
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Spanish:
sujetapapeles
— paper clip
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Spanish:
prendedor
— paper clip
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Swedish:
gem
— paper clip
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Turkish:
ataş
— paper clip
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Turkish:
tutturgaç
— paper clip
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Ukrainian:
канцеля́рська скрі́пка
(kanceljársʹka skrípka)
— paper clip
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Ukrainian:
скрі́пка
(skrípka)
— paper clip