Phrase guide

snap fastener

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

a pair of male/female interlocking disks used to fasten a piece of clothing in place of buttons

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • children can manage snaps better than buttons

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: snap, press stud

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: clec — fastening mechanism
  • Chinese Cantonese: 啪紐 /啪纽 — fastening mechanism
  • Chinese Mandarin: 按扣 (ànkòu) — fastening mechanism
  • Chinese Mandarin: 子母扣 (zǐmǔkòu) — fastening mechanism
  • Chinese Mandarin: 摁扣 (ènkòu) — fastening mechanism
  • Czech: patentka — fastening mechanism
  • Danish: trykknap — fastening mechanism
  • Dutch: drukknoop — fastening mechanism
  • Finnish: neppari — fastening mechanism
  • Finnish: painonappi — fastening mechanism
  • French: bouton-pression — fastening mechanism
  • German: Druckknopf — fastening mechanism
  • Hungarian: patent — fastening mechanism
  • Indonesian: kancing tekan — fastening mechanism
  • Italian: bottone a pressione — fastening mechanism
  • Italian: bottone automatico — fastening mechanism
  • Japanese: スナップボタン (sunappubotan) — fastening mechanism
  • Korean: 똑딱단추 (ttokttakdanchu) — fastening mechanism
  • Latvian: spiedpoga — fastening mechanism
  • Māori: paruru — fastening mechanism
  • Māori: tūtiti — fastening mechanism
  • Plautdietsch: Kjnipsa — fastening mechanism
  • Polish: zatrzask — fastening mechanism
  • Russian: кно́пка (knópka) — fastening mechanism
  • Spanish: broche de presión — fastening mechanism
  • Swedish: tryckknapp — fastening mechanism
  • Tagalog: kortsetes — fastening mechanism
  • Tagalog: kutsetes — fastening mechanism
  • Thai: แป๊ก (bpɛ́k) — fastening mechanism
  • Turkish: çıtçıt — fastening mechanism
  • Ukrainian: кнопка (knopka) — fastening mechanism
  • Welsh: cleciwr — fastening mechanism