Phrase guide

soldering iron

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A hand-held tool with a heated tip, used to melt and apply solder.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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2

noun

Meaning 2

a hand tool with a heatable tip; used to melt and apply solder

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hand tool

History

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Across languages

Translations

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: havi — tool
  • Arabic: مِكْوَاةُ اللَّحَّام (mikwātu l-laḥḥām) — tool
  • Arabic: كاوِيَةُ اللَّحَّام (kāwiyatu l-laḥḥām) — tool
  • Armenian: զոդիչ (zodičʻ) — tool
  • Belarusian: літава́льнік (litaválʹnik) — tool
  • Belarusian: пая́льнік (pajálʹnik) — tool
  • Bulgarian: поя́лник (pojálnik) — tool
  • Catalan: soldador — tool
  • Chinese Cantonese: 焫雞 /焫鸡 (naat3 gai1) — tool
  • Chinese Mandarin: 烙鐵 /烙铁 (luòtiě) — tool
  • Czech: páječka — tool
  • Danish: loddekolbe — tool
  • Dutch: soldeerbout — tool
  • Esperanto: lutilo — tool
  • Estonian: jootekolb — tool
  • Finnish: kolvi — tool
  • Finnish: juotin — tool
  • Finnish: juotoskolvi — tool
  • French: fer à souder — tool
  • Georgian: სარჩილავი (sarčilavi) — tool
  • German: Lötkolben — tool
  • Greek: κολλητήρι (kollitíri) — tool
  • Hebrew: מַלחֵם — tool
  • Hungarian: forrasztópáka — tool
  • Hungarian: páka — tool
  • Icelandic: lóðbolti — tool
  • Italian: saldatore — tool
  • Japanese: 半田鏝 (handagote) — tool
  • Kazakh: дәнекерлегіш (dänekerlegış) — tool
  • Khmer: គ្រឿងសំរាប់ផ្សារ (krɨəngsɑmrŏəpphsaa) — tool
  • Korean: 납땜인두 (napttaemindu) — tool
  • Kyrgyz: паяльник (payalnik) — tool
  • Kyrgyz: данекердегич (danekerdegic) — tool
  • Latvian: lodāmurs — tool
  • Lithuanian: lituoklis — tool
  • Macedonian: лемило (lemilo) — tool
  • Macedonian: лем (lem) — tool
  • Macedonian: летком (letkom) — tool
  • Māori: pūwera tūhoto — tool
  • Mongolian: хуухилуур (xuuxiluur) — tool
  • Mongolian: паяльник (pajalʹnik) — tool
  • Norwegian: loddebolt — tool
  • Persian: هویه (hoviye) — tool
  • Polish: lutownica — tool
  • Portuguese: ferro de soldar — tool
  • Portuguese: soldador — tool
  • Russian: пая́льник (pajálʹnik) — tool
  • Serbo-Croatian: лѐмилица — tool
  • Serbo-Croatian: lèmilica — tool
  • Silesian: lutkolba — tool
  • Slovak: spájkovačka — tool
  • Slovene: spajkalnik — tool
  • Spanish: soldador — tool
  • Swedish: lödkolv — tool
  • Tagalog: plantsang panghinang — tool
  • Tajik: лаҳимкаш (lahimkaš) — tool
  • Thai: หัวแร้ง (hǔua-rɛ́ɛng) — tool
  • Turkish: havya — tool
  • Ukrainian: пая́льник (pajálʹnyk) — tool
  • Ukrainian: лютува́льник (ljutuválʹnyk) — tool
  • Ukrainian: лютува́ло (ljutuválo) — tool
  • Ukrainian: лютівни́к (ljutivnýk) — tool
  • Ukrainian: люта́р (ljutár) — tool
  • Uzbek: kovya — tool
  • Uzbek: kavsharlagich — tool
  • Vietnamese: mỏ hàn — tool