stylus

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• /ˈstaɪ.ləs/
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Borrowed from Latin stylus (“a stake or pale”). Probably not directly related to Ancient Greek στῦλος (stûlos, “a pillar”). Doublet of style.

91 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: стыло́ (styló) — tool for writing on clay tablets
• Bulgarian: сти́лус (stílus) — tool for writing on clay tablets
• Catalan: estil — tool for writing on clay tablets
• Chinese Mandarin: 描畫針 /描画针 (miáohuàzhēn) — tool for writing on clay tablets
• Danish: griffel — tool for writing on clay tablets
• Dutch: stylus — tool for writing on clay tablets
• Dutch: griffel — tool for writing on clay tablets
• Dutch: schrijfstift — tool for writing on clay tablets
• Esperanto: grifelo — tool for writing on clay tablets
• Finnish: stilus — tool for writing on clay tablets
• French: stylet — tool for writing on clay tablets
• French: style — tool for writing on clay tablets
• German: Schreibgriffel — tool for writing on clay tablets
• German: Schreibspitze — tool for writing on clay tablets
• German: Stilus — tool for writing on clay tablets
• Greek: γραφίδα (grafída) — tool for writing on clay tablets
• Ancient Greek: ἐγκεντρίς (enkentrís) — tool for writing on clay tablets
• Hungarian: íróvessző — tool for writing on clay tablets
• Italian: stilo — tool for writing on clay tablets
• Japanese: スタイラス (sutairasu) — tool for writing on clay tablets
• Korean: 첨필 (cheompil) — tool for writing on clay tablets
• Korean: 스타일러스 (seutailleoseu) — tool for writing on clay tablets
• Latin: stilus — tool for writing on clay tablets
• Norwegian Bokmål: stylus — tool for writing on clay tablets
• Norwegian Nynorsk: stylus — tool for writing on clay tablets
• Polish: stylus — tool for writing on clay tablets
• Portuguese: estilo — tool for writing on clay tablets
• Portuguese: estilete — tool for writing on clay tablets
• Romanian: stil — tool for writing on clay tablets
• Russian: сти́лос (stílos) — tool for writing on clay tablets
• Russian: сти́лус (stílus) — tool for writing on clay tablets
• Russian: стило́ (stiló) — tool for writing on clay tablets
• Spanish: estilo — tool for writing on clay tablets
• Spanish: estilete — tool for writing on clay tablets
• Ukrainian: сти́лос (stýlos) — tool for writing on clay tablets
• Ukrainian: сти́лус (stýlus) — tool for writing on clay tablets
• Ukrainian: стиль (stylʹ) — tool for writing on clay tablets
• Ukrainian: стило́ (styló) — tool for writing on clay tablets
• Armenian: ստիլուս (stilus) — pen for writing on a touch-sensitive screen
• Bulgarian: писалка (pisalka) — pen for writing on a touch-sensitive screen
• Chinese Mandarin: 觸控筆 /触控笔 (chùkòngbǐ) — pen for writing on a touch-sensitive screen
• Chinese Mandarin: 光筆 /光笔 (guāngbǐ) — pen for writing on a touch-sensitive screen
• Czech: stylus — pen for writing on a touch-sensitive screen
• Dutch: stylus — pen for writing on a touch-sensitive screen
• Esperanto: grifelo — pen for writing on a touch-sensitive screen
• Finnish: osoitinkynä — pen for writing on a touch-sensitive screen
• French: stylet — pen for writing on a touch-sensitive screen
• German: Eingabestift — pen for writing on a touch-sensitive screen
• German: Stylus — pen for writing on a touch-sensitive screen
• German: Touchpen — pen for writing on a touch-sensitive screen
• Greek: στυλός (stylós) — pen for writing on a touch-sensitive screen
• Italian: stilo — pen for writing on a touch-sensitive screen
• Japanese: スタイラス (sutairasu) — pen for writing on a touch-sensitive screen
• Korean: 스타일러스 (seutailleoseu) — pen for writing on a touch-sensitive screen
• Marathi: स्टायलस (sṭāylas) — pen for writing on a touch-sensitive screen
• Norwegian Bokmål: pekepenn — pen for writing on a touch-sensitive screen
• Norwegian Nynorsk: peikepenn — pen for writing on a touch-sensitive screen
• Polish: rysik — pen for writing on a touch-sensitive screen
• Russian: сти́лос (stílos) — pen for writing on a touch-sensitive screen
• Russian: сти́лус (stílus) — pen for writing on a touch-sensitive screen
• Russian: стило́ (stiló) — pen for writing on a touch-sensitive screen
• Spanish: estilete — pen for writing on a touch-sensitive screen
• Spanish: estilo — pen for writing on a touch-sensitive screen
• Spanish: lápiz digital — pen for writing on a touch-sensitive screen
• Spanish: lápiz óptico — pen for writing on a touch-sensitive screen
• Ukrainian: сти́лос (stýlos) — pen for writing on a touch-sensitive screen
• Ukrainian: сти́лус (stýlus) — pen for writing on a touch-sensitive screen
• Bulgarian: игличка (iglička) — phonograph needle
• Chinese Mandarin: 唱針 /唱针 (chàngzhēn) — phonograph needle
• Dutch: naald — phonograph needle
• Esperanto: nadlo — phonograph needle
• Finnish: neula — phonograph needle
• French: saphir — phonograph needle
• German: Saphir — phonograph needle
• German: Grammofonnadel — phonograph needle
• Greek: βελόνα (velóna) — phonograph needle
• Hungarian: gramofontű — phonograph needle
• Italian: puntina — phonograph needle
• Norwegian Bokmål: stift — phonograph needle
• Norwegian Nynorsk: stift — phonograph needle
• Portuguese: safira — phonograph needle
• Portuguese: agulha — phonograph needle
• Russian: иго́лка (igólka) — phonograph needle
• Spanish: aguja — phonograph needle
• Chinese Mandarin: 盲文筆 /盲文笔 (mángwénbǐ) — tool for writing Braille
• Finnish: kirjoitusnaskali — tool for writing Braille
• French: poinçon — tool for writing Braille
• Norwegian Bokmål: pren — tool for writing Braille
• Norwegian Nynorsk: pren — tool for writing Braille
• Portuguese: punção — tool for writing Braille
• Spanish: punzón — tool for writing Braille