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A knife small enough for carrying safely and handily in a pocket; usually a folding knife (with blades or tools that the user can fold or retract into the handle).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: jack-knife
Antonyms: none provided
a knife with a blade that folds into the handle; suitable for carrying in the pocket
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pocket knife
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: knife
Narrower terms: clasp knife, jackknife, penknife, switchblade, switchblade knife, flick-knife, flick knife
Across languages
Translations
75 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Albanian:
thikëz
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Albanian:
brisk
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Albanian:
biçak
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Armenian:
գրպանի դանակ
(grpani danak)
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Armenian:
ծալովի դանակ
(calovi danak)
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Armenian:
չախու
(čʻaxu)
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Azerbaijani:
cib bıçağı
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Bashkir:
бәке
(bəke)
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Basque:
labana
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Belarusian:
складаны нож
(skladany nož)
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Breton:
kanived
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Bulgarian:
джобен нож
(džoben nož)
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Bulgarian:
швейцарски нож
(švejcarski nož)
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Catalan:
navalla
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Chinese Cantonese:
刀仔
(dou1 zai2)
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Chinese Mandarin:
小刀
(xiǎodāo)
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Czech:
kapesní nůž
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Danish:
lommekniv
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Dutch:
zakmes
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Esperanto:
poŝtranĉilo
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Faroese:
lummaknívur
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Finnish:
taskuveitsi
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Finnish:
linkkuveitsi
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Finnish:
monitoimiveitsi
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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French:
canif
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Galician:
canivete
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Galician:
faca
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Galician:
furrusca
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Galician:
solla
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Galician:
navalla
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Georgian:
ჯიბის დანა
(ǯibis dana)
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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German:
Taschenmesser
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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German:
Klappmesser
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Greek:
σουγιάς
(sougiás)
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Hebrew:
אוֹלָר
(olár)
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Hungarian:
zsebkés
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Hungarian:
bicska
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Icelandic:
vasahnífur
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Ido:
kulteleto
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Irish:
scian phóca
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Jamaican Creole:
ratchet
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Japanese:
ポケットナイフ
(pokettonaifu)
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Korean:
주머니칼
(jumeonikal)
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Northern Kurdish:
kêrika berîkê
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Maltese:
temprin tal-but
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Māori:
naihi whakakopa
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Mongolian:
халаасны хутга
(xalaasny xutga)
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Norwegian Bokmål:
lommekniv
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
lommekniv
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Polish:
scyzoryk
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Portuguese:
canivete
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Romanian:
briceag
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Romanian:
cuțit de buzunar
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Russian:
карма́нный нож
(karmánnyj nož)
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Russian:
складно́й нож
(skladnój nož)
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Russian:
перочи́нный нож
(peročínnyj nož)
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Serbo-Croatian:
џепни нож
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Serbo-Croatian:
перорез
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Serbo-Croatian:
džepni nož
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Serbo-Croatian:
perorez
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Spanish:
navaja
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Swedish:
fickkniv
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Swedish:
fällkniv
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Swedish:
pennkniv
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Tajik:
корд ҷайб
(kord jayb)
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Thai:
มีดพก
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Thai:
มีดพับ
(mîit-páp)
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Tok Pisin:
poketnaip
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Turkish:
çakı
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Turkish:
cep bıçağı
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Ottoman Turkish:
چاقی
(çakı)
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Ottoman Turkish:
صویا
(soya)
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Ukrainian:
складаний ніж
(skladanyj niž)
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Volapük:
pokaneif
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle
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Welsh:
cyllell boced
— small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle