razor

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪzə/
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• General-American: /ˈɹeɪzɚ/
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• rhymes with -eɪzə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: R EY1 Z ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English rasour, from Old French rasour, from raser (“to scrape, to shave”). More at rat. By surface analysis, raze + -or. Displaced the native Old English sċierseax (literally “shaving knife”).

224 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: skeermes — shaving knife
• Albanian: brisk — shaving knife
• Arabic: مُوسَى حِلَاقَة (mūsā ḥilāqa) — shaving knife
• Arabic: مُوس حِلَاقَة (mūs ḥilāqa) — shaving knife
• Arabic: موس (mūs) — shaving knife
• Arabic: موس (mūs) — shaving knife
• Arabic: موس حلاقة (mūs ḥilāga) — shaving knife
• Arabic: ززوار (zizwār) — shaving knife
• Arabic: موس (mūs) — shaving knife
• Aragonese: navalla — shaving knife
• Aragonese: corte — shaving knife
• Armenian: ածելի (aceli) — shaving knife
• Assamese: খুৰ (khur) — shaving knife
• Asturian: cháfara — shaving knife
• Asturian: charrasca — shaving knife
• Asturian: cheira — shaving knife
• Asturian: cuchella — shaving knife
• Asturian: gaxa — shaving knife
• Asturian: navaya — shaving knife
• Azerbaijani: ülgüc — shaving knife
• Belarusian: бры́тва (brýtva) — shaving knife
• Bengali: খুর (khur) — shaving knife
• Breton: aotenn — shaving knife
• Bulgarian: бръсна́ч (brǎsnáč) — shaving knife
• Burmese: သင်တုန်းဓား (sangtun:dha:) — shaving knife
• Catalan: navalla — shaving knife
• Catalan: raor — shaving knife
• Chechen: урс (urs) — shaving knife
• Chinese Cantonese: 鬚刨 /须刨 — shaving knife
• Chinese Cantonese: 剃鬚刀 /剃须刀 (tai3 sou1 dou1) — shaving knife
• Chinese Mandarin: 剃刀 (tìdāo) — shaving knife
• Chinese Mandarin: 刮鬍刀 /刮胡刀 (guāhúdāo) — shaving knife
• Coptic: ⲑⲟⲕ (thok) — shaving knife
• Cornish: alsen — shaving knife
• Cornish: alten — shaving knife
• Czech: břitva — shaving knife
• Danish: kniv — shaving knife
• Danish: barberkniv — shaving knife
• Danish: skraber — shaving knife
• Dutch: scheermes — shaving knife
• Dutch: mes — shaving knife
• Esperanto: razilo — shaving knife
• Estonian: habemenuga — shaving knife
• Evenki: хусивун (husiwun) — shaving knife
• Faroese: rakiblað — shaving knife
• Finnish: partaveitsi — shaving knife
• Finnish: partahöylä — shaving knife
• French: rasoir — shaving knife
• Friulian: rasôr — shaving knife
• Friulian: rosôr — shaving knife
• Friulian: rasadôr — shaving knife
• Galician: navalla — shaving knife
• Georgian: სამართებელი (samartebeli) — shaving knife
• German: Rasiermesser — shaving knife
• German: Rasierapparat — shaving knife
• German: Rasierer — shaving knife
• Greek: ξυράφι (xyráfi) — shaving knife
• Greek: ξουράφι (xouráfi) — shaving knife
• Ancient Greek: ξυρόν (xurón) — shaving knife
• Pontic Greek: ξυράφιν (xyráfin) — shaving knife
• Gujarati: અસ્તરો (astaro) — shaving knife
• Haitian Creole: razwa — shaving knife
• Hebrew: תַּעַר (tá'ar) — shaving knife
• Hindi: उस्तरा (ustarā) — shaving knife
• Hindi: उस्तुरा (usturā) — shaving knife
• Hindi: छुरा (churā) — shaving knife
• Hungarian: borotva — shaving knife
• Icelandic: rakvél — shaving knife
• Indonesian: pisau cukur — shaving knife
• Irish: rásúr — shaving knife
• Italian: rasoio — shaving knife
• Japanese: 剃刀 (kamisori) — shaving knife
• Japanese: レザー (rezā) — shaving knife
• Kazakh: ұстара (ūstara) — shaving knife
• Khmer: កាំបិតកោរ (kambət kao) — shaving knife
• Korean: 면도칼 (myeondokal) — shaving knife
• Central Kurdish: گوێزان (gwêzan) — shaving knife
• Northern Kurdish: gûzan — shaving knife
• Kyrgyz: устара (ustara) — shaving knife
• Lao: ມີດແຖ (mīt thǣ) — shaving knife
• Latin: novacula — shaving knife
• Latvian: skuveklis — shaving knife
• Laz: სკურაჶი (sǩurafi) — shaving knife
• Lithuanian: skustùvas — shaving knife
• Lombard: resô — shaving knife
• Lombard: rasô — shaving knife
• Macedonian: брич (brič) — shaving knife
• Malay: pisau cukur — shaving knife
• Māori: mata heu — shaving knife
• Mongolian: сахлын тонгорог (saxlyn tongorog) — shaving knife
• Nanai: посико (posiko) — shaving knife
• Navajo: dághá bee yilzhéhé — shaving knife
• Norman: râseux — shaving knife
• Norwegian Bokmål: barberhøvel — shaving knife
• Norwegian Nynorsk: barberhøvel — shaving knife
• Okinawan: 剃刀 (kansui) — shaving knife
• Old English: sċierseax — shaving knife
• Pannonian Rusyn: бритва (britva) — shaving knife
• Pashto: استرا (usturā) — shaving knife
• Pashto: پاکي (pāki) — shaving knife
• Dari: اُسْتُرَه (ustura) — shaving knife
• Dari: تیغ (tēġ) — shaving knife
• Iranian Persian: اُسْتُرِه (ostore) — shaving knife
• Iranian Persian: تیغ (tiġ) — shaving knife
• Plautdietsch: Schäamassa — shaving knife
• Polish: brzytwa — shaving knife
• Portuguese: navalha — shaving knife
• Punjabi: ਉਸਤਰਾ (ustarā) — shaving knife
• Rarotongan: varu — shaving knife
• Romanian: brici — shaving knife
• Russian: бри́тва (brítva) — shaving knife
• Salar: yiligüş — shaving knife
• Skolt-Sami: friitv — shaving knife
• Sanskrit: क्षुर (kṣurá) — shaving knife
• Sardinian: lesorja — shaving knife
• Sardinian: rasogia — shaving knife
• Serbo-Croatian: брѝја̄ч — shaving knife
• Serbo-Croatian: бри̏тва — shaving knife
• Serbo-Croatian: brìjāč — shaving knife
• Serbo-Croatian: brȉtva — shaving knife
• Slovak: britva — shaving knife
• Slovene: britev — shaving knife
• Spanish: navaja — shaving knife
• Spanish: yen — shaving knife
• Swedish: rakkniv — shaving knife
• Tajik: поку (poku) — shaving knife
• Tajik: устура (ustura) — shaving knife
• Tajik: теғ (teġ) — shaving knife
• Tashelhit: ⵜⴰⵙⵙⴳⵡⵔⵎⵜ (tassgwrmt) — shaving knife
• Tatar: бритва (britwa) — shaving knife
• Telugu: క్షురము (kṣuramu) — shaving knife
• Thai: มีดโกน (mîit-goon) — shaving knife
• Turkish: ustura — shaving knife
• Turkish: yülgü — shaving knife
• Ottoman Turkish: اوستره (ustura) — shaving knife
• Ottoman Turkish: موسی (musa) — shaving knife
• Turkmen: pääki — shaving knife
• Turkmen: päki — shaving knife
• Udi: ништӏар (nišṭar) — shaving knife
• Ukrainian: бри́тва (brýtva) — shaving knife
• Urdu: اُسْتُرا (usturā) — shaving knife
• Urdu: اُسْتَرا (ustarā) — shaving knife
• Uyghur: ئۇستۇرا (ustura) — shaving knife
• Uzbek: ustara — shaving knife
• Venetan: raxuro — shaving knife
• Venetan: raxaór — shaving knife
• Venetan: raxadór — shaving knife
• Vietnamese: dao cạo — shaving knife
• Volapük: jeiföm — shaving knife
• Walloon: raezoe — shaving knife
• Walloon: rabot — shaving knife
• Welsh: ellyn — shaving knife
• Welsh: rasel — shaving knife
• Welsh: raser — shaving knife
• Yiddish: גאָלמעסער (golmeser) — shaving knife
• Arabic: شَفْرَة حِلَاقَة (šafrat ḥilāqa) — shaving instrument
• Belarusian: бры́тва (brýtva) — shaving instrument
• Bengali: রেজার (rejar) — shaving instrument
• Catalan: maquineta d'afaitar — shaving instrument
• Catalan: raor — shaving instrument
• Chinese Mandarin: 剃刀 (tìdāo) — shaving instrument
• Chinese Mandarin: 刮鬍刀 /刮胡刀 (guāhúdāo) — shaving instrument
• Cornish: alsen — shaving instrument
• Cornish: alten — shaving instrument
• Danish: barberhøvl — shaving instrument
• Danish: skraber — shaving instrument
• Estonian: pardel — shaving instrument
• Finnish: partahöylä — shaving instrument
• Finnish: parranajokone — shaving instrument
• French: rasoir — shaving instrument
• Georgian: სამართებელი (samartebeli) — shaving instrument
• Georgian: საპარსი (saṗarsi) — shaving instrument
• German: Rasierer — shaving instrument
• Greek: ξυράφι (xyráfi) — shaving instrument
• Greek: ξυραφάκι (xyrafáki) — shaving instrument
• Gujarati: અસ્તરો (astaro) — shaving instrument
• Hindi: रेज़र (rezar) — shaving instrument
• Hungarian: borotva — shaving instrument
• Icelandic: rakvél — shaving instrument
• Irish: rásúr — shaving instrument
• Japanese: 剃刀 (kamisori) — shaving instrument
• Kashubian: brzëtew — shaving instrument
• Korean: 면도기 (myeondogi) — shaving instrument
• Macedonian: брич (brič) — shaving instrument
• Macedonian: бричалка (bričalka) — shaving instrument
• Māori: mata heu — shaving instrument
• Norman: râseux — shaving instrument
• Norwegian Bokmål: barberhøvel — shaving instrument
• Norwegian Nynorsk: barberhøvel — shaving instrument
• Iranian Persian: ریشتَراش (riš-tarâš) — shaving instrument
• Portuguese: gilete — shaving instrument
• Russian: бри́тва (brítva) — shaving instrument
• Spanish: razuradora — shaving instrument
• Spanish: cuchilla — shaving instrument
• Spanish: gillette (yilet) — shaving instrument
• Spanish: maquinilla (de afeitar) — shaving instrument
• Spanish: yen — shaving instrument
• Swedish: rakhyvel — shaving instrument
• Tajik: ришгирак (rišgirak) — shaving instrument
• Tamil: ரேசர் (rēcar) — shaving instrument
• Thai: มีดโกน (mîit-goon) — shaving instrument
• Tibetan: སྤུ་གྲི (spu gri) — shaving instrument
• Tibetan: སྐྲ་གྲི (skra gri) — shaving instrument
• Turkish: jilet — shaving instrument
• Turkish: tıraş bıçağı — shaving instrument
• Ukrainian: бри́тва (brýtva) — shaving instrument
• Urdu: ریزَر (rezar) — shaving instrument
• Vietnamese: dao cạo — shaving instrument
• Vietnamese: dao cạo điện — shaving instrument
• Walloon: raezoe — shaving instrument
• Walloon: rabot — shaving instrument
• Welsh: ellyn — shaving instrument
• Welsh: rasel — shaving instrument
• Welsh: raser — shaving instrument
• Yiddish: גאָלמעסער (golmeser) — shaving instrument
• Afrikaans: slagtand — tusk of wild boar
• Dutch: slagtand — tusk of wild boar
• Dutch: stoottand — tusk of wild boar
• Finnish: torahammas — tusk of wild boar
• Macedonian: бивни (bivni) — tusk of wild boar
• Polish: szabla — tusk of wild boar
• Portuguese: presa — tusk of wild boar
• Russian: би́вень (bívenʹ) — tusk of wild boar
• Russian: клык (klyk) — tusk of wild boar