Phrase guide

pencil sharpener

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A device used to sharpen pencils by shaving the wood at one end.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sharpener, pencil pointer, pencil parer, pencil topper, topper, parer

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a rotary implement for sharpening the point on pencils

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sharpener

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

94 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: mprehës lapsash — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Arabic: بَرَّايَة (barrāya) — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Arabic: مِبْرَاة (mibrāh) — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܚܪܸܦܵܢܝܼܬܵܐ (maḥrippānītā) — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Armenian: սրիչ (sričʻ) — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Azerbaijani: karandaşyonan — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Bulgarian: острилка (ostrilka) — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Catalan: maquineta de fer punta — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Chinese Cantonese: 鉛筆刨 /铅笔刨 — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Chinese Cantonese: 筆刨 /笔刨 (bat1 paau2) — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Chinese: 鉛筆剾 /铅笔𠛅 (zh-min-nan) — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Chinese: 鉛筆絞仔 /铅笔绞仔 (zh-min-nan) — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鉛筆刀 /铅笔刀 (qiānbǐdāo) — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Chinese Mandarin: 轉筆刀 /转笔刀 (zhuànbǐdāo) — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Chinese Mandarin: 削筆刀 /削笔刀 (xiāobǐdāo) — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Chinese Mandarin: 筆刨 /笔刨 (bǐpáo) — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鉛筆刨 /铅笔刨 (qiānbǐpáo) — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Chinese Mandarin: 削鉛筆機 /削铅笔机 (xiāoqiānbǐjī) — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Chinese Mandarin: 卷筆刀 /卷笔刀 (juǎnbǐdāo) — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Czech: ořezávátko — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Danish: blyantspidser — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Dutch: slijper — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Dutch: puntenslijper — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Dutch: potloodslijper — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Esperanto: krajonpintigilo — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Finnish: kynänteroitin — device used to sharpen pencils
  • French: taille-crayon — device used to sharpen pencils
  • French: aiguisoir — device used to sharpen pencils
  • French: aiguise-crayon — device used to sharpen pencils
  • German: Anspitzer — device used to sharpen pencils
  • German: Spitzer — device used to sharpen pencils
  • German: Bleistiftspitzer — device used to sharpen pencils
  • German: Griffelspitzer — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Greek: ξύστρα (xýstra) — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Gujarati: સંચો (sañco) — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Haitian Creole: kreyon tay — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Hindi: पेंसिल चोखा (pensil cokhā) — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Hungarian: ceruzahegyező — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Hungarian: hegyező — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Hungarian: ceruzafaragó — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Icelandic: yddari — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Italian: temperamatite — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Italian: temperino — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Italian: temperalapis — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Italian: appuntalapis — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Japanese: 鉛筆削り (enpitsukezuri) — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Kannada: ಪೆನ್ಸಿಲ್ ಸಾಣೆ (pensil sāṇe) — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Kashmiri: قَلَم ترٛاش (qalam trāś) — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Khmer: ប្រដាប់ឃួងខ្មៅដៃ (prɑɑdap-khuə-ngɔɔ-khmaw day) — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Korean: 연필깎이 (yeonpilkkakki) — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Kyrgyz: калем учтагыч (kalem uctagıc) — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Kyrgyz: точилка (tocilka) — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Macedonian: острилка (ostrilka) — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Mongolian: харандаа үзүүрлэгч (xarandaa üzüürlegč) — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Norman: appointcheux — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Norwegian: blyantspisser — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Persian: مداد تراش (medâd-tarâš) — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Persian: تراش (tarâš) — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Polish: temperówka — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Portuguese: apontador — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Portuguese: apontador de lápis — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Portuguese: afia — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Portuguese: afia-lápis — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Romanian: ascuțitoare — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Russian: точи́лка (točílka) — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Sassarese: temperarapis — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Sassarese: temperaràpisi — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Serbo-Croatian: šiljilo — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Lower Sorbian: wušpicnik — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Upper Sorbian: kónčkowak — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Upper Sorbian: wótřak — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Spanish: sacapuntas — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Spanish: afila — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Spanish: afilador — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Spanish: maquineta — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Spanish: tajador — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Spanish: sacaminas — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Spanish: tajalápiz — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Spanish: maquinilla — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Spanish: afilalápices — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Spanish: tajalápices — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Spanish: tarjador — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Swedish: pennvässare — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Tagalog: pantasa — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Thai: กบเหลาดินสอ (gòp-lǎo-din-sɔ̌ɔ) — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Thai: กบ (gòp) — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Turkish: açacak — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Turkish: kalem açacağı — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Turkish: kalemtıraş — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Uzbek: qalam charx — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Vietnamese: cái gọt bút chì — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Vietnamese: đồ chuốt viết chì — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Volapük: stibijapüköm — device used to sharpen pencils
  • Volapük: glivijapüköm — device used to sharpen pencils