Phrase guide

utility knife

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A cutting tool that has a thin interchangeable blade that (often) retracts or folds into the handle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مِشْرَط (mišraṭ) — cutting tool
  • Catalan: cúter — cutting tool
  • Catalan: tallant — cutting tool
  • Catalan: tallador — cutting tool
  • Chinese Cantonese: 鎅刀 /𰾛刀 (gaai3 dou1) — cutting tool
  • Chinese Mandarin: 美工刀 (měigōngdāo) — cutting tool
  • Danish: hobbykniv — cutting tool
  • Dutch: stanleymes — cutting tool
  • Dutch: hobbymes — cutting tool
  • Finnish: mattoveitsi — cutting tool
  • Finnish: mattopuukko — cutting tool
  • French: couteau à lame rétractable — cutting tool
  • French: cutter — cutting tool
  • French: exacto — cutting tool
  • Galician: cúter — cutting tool
  • German: Teppichmesser — cutting tool
  • German: Cutter — cutting tool
  • German: Cuttermesser — cutting tool
  • Hebrew: סכין יפני — cutting tool
  • Hungarian: sniccer — cutting tool
  • Hungarian: pengekés — cutting tool
  • Hungarian: barkácskés — cutting tool
  • Icelandic: dúkahnífur — cutting tool
  • Italian: taglierino — cutting tool
  • Italian: trincetto — cutting tool
  • Italian: cutter — cutting tool
  • Japanese: カッターナイフ (kattā naifu) — cutting tool
  • Japanese: カッター (kattā) — cutting tool
  • Korean: 커터칼 (keoteokal) — cutting tool
  • Norwegian Bokmål: pappkniv — cutting tool
  • Norwegian Bokmål: teppekniv — cutting tool
  • Polish: nóż introligatorski — cutting tool
  • Portuguese: estilete — cutting tool
  • Portuguese: x-ato — cutting tool
  • Romanian: cutter — cutting tool
  • Russian: канцеля́рский нож (kanceljárskij nož) — cutting tool
  • Russian: нож Стэ́нли (nož Stɛ́nli) — cutting tool
  • Spanish: cúter — cutting tool
  • Spanish: trincheta — cutting tool
  • Spanish: bisturí plástico — cutting tool
  • Spanish: cuchillo cartonero — cutting tool
  • Spanish: cortacajas — cutting tool
  • Swedish: mattkniv — cutting tool
  • Turkish: falçata — cutting tool
  • Vietnamese: dao rọc giấy — cutting tool