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/ˈzɪp ˌfæs(ə)nɚ/
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Received-Pronunciation:
/ˈzɪp ˌfɑːs(ə)nə/
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A fastener used in clothing, bags, etc, comprised of two rows of teeth that are made to fit into each other by moving a slider along their length and opened again by moving the slider in the other direction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A pressure-sensitive plastic closure.
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a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: slide fastener, zip, zipper
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
148 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian :
zinxhir
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Arabic :
سَحَّاب
(saḥḥāb)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Arabic :
زِمَام مُنْزَلِق
(zimām munzaliq)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Arabic :
سوستة
(sósta)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Arabic :
سحاب
(saḥāb)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Arabic :
سَحَّاب
(saḥḥāb)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Arabic :
سُسْتة
(susta)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Arabic :
سنسلة
(sansla)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Armenian :
կայծակաճարմանդ
(kaycakačarmand)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Azerbaijani :
molniya
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Azerbaijani :
siyirmə
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Azerbaijani :
zəncirbənd
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Basque :
kremailera
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Belarusian :
мала́нка
(malánka)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Belarusian :
за́сцежка-мала́нка
(záscježka-malánka)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Belarusian :
зме́йка
(zmjéjka)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Bengali :
জিপার
(jipar)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Bulgarian :
цип
(cip)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Burmese :
ဇစ်
(jac)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Catalan :
cremallera
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Chechen :
догӏа
(doğa)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Cherokee :
ᏗᎧᏁᏍᏙᏗ
(dikanesdodi)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Chinese Cantonese :
拉鏈 /拉链
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Chinese Mandarin :
拉鏈 /拉链
(lāliàn)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Cornish :
zyp
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Crimean Tatar :
zıncır
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Czech :
zip
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Czech :
zdrhovadlo
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Danish :
lynlås
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Dutch :
rits
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Dutch :
ritssluiting
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Esperanto :
zipo
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Estonian :
tõmblukk
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Faroese :
snarlás
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Faroese :
lýnlás
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Finnish :
vetoketju
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
French :
fermeture éclair
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
French :
tirette
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Galician :
cremalleira
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Georgian :
ელვა
(elva)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Georgian :
ელვა-შესაკრავი
(elva-šesaḳravi)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Georgian :
ელვაშესაკრავი
(elvašesaḳravi)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
German :
Reißverschluss
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
German :
Zippverschluss
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Greek :
φερμουάρ
(fermouár)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Haitian Creole :
zip
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Hausa :
zik
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Hebrew :
רוֹכְסָן
(rokhsán)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Hebrew :
ריצ׳רץ׳
(ríchrach)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Hindi :
ज़िपर
(zipar)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Hindi :
ज़िप
(zip)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Hungarian :
cipzár
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Icelandic :
rennilás
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Ido :
zipo
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Indonesian :
resleting
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Interlingua :
serratura fulmine
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Irish :
sip
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Italian :
chiusura lampo
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Italian :
cerniera
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Japanese :
ジッパー
(jippā)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Japanese :
ファスナー
(fasunā)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Japanese :
ジップファスナー
(jippufasunā)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Japanese :
線ファスナー
(sen fasunā)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Japanese :
チャック
(chakku)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Kazakh :
сылдырма ілгек
(syldyrma ılgek)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Kazakh :
ілгек
(ılgek)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Khmer :
ខ្សែរូត
(khsae ruut)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Korean :
지퍼
(jipeo)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Korean :
자꾸
(jakku)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Northern Kurdish :
fermûar
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Kyrgyz :
молния
(molniya)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Lao :
ຊິບ
(sip)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Latvian :
rāvējslēdzējs
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Lithuanian :
užtrauktukas
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Macedonian :
пате́нт
(patént)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Malay :
zip
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Malay :
alat pengancing
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Maltese :
żipp
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Māori :
nihokati
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Central Melanau :
zip
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Mongolian :
цахилгаан
(caxilgaan)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Norwegian Bokmål :
glidelås
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Norwegian Nynorsk :
glidelås
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Occitan :
cremalhièra
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Ojibwe :
zipobijigan
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Iranian Persian :
زیپ
(zip)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Plautdietsch :
Rietknoop
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Plautdietsch :
Rutschknoop
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Polish :
zamek błyskawiczny
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Polish :
zamek
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Polish :
suwak
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Portuguese :
zíper
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Portuguese :
fecho de correr
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Portuguese :
fecho éclair
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Portuguese :
fecho ecler
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Portuguese :
zipe
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Portuguese :
fechicler
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Romanian :
fermoar
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Russian :
застёжка-мо́лния
(zastjóžka-mólnija)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Russian :
мо́лния
(mólnija)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Russian :
зме́йка
(zméjka)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Sardinian :
cernera
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Serbo-Croatian :
ра̀јсфершлус
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Serbo-Croatian :
па̀тентнӣ затва̀ра̄ч
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Serbo-Croatian :
цѝфершлус
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Serbo-Croatian :
сми́чак
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Serbo-Croatian :
зи̏п
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Serbo-Croatian :
ràjsferšlus
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Serbo-Croatian :
pàtentnī zatvàrāč
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Serbo-Croatian :
cìferšlus
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Serbo-Croatian :
smíčak
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Serbo-Croatian :
zȉp
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Slovak :
zips
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Slovene :
zadrga
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Spanish :
cremallera
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Spanish :
zíper
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Spanish :
riqui
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Spanish :
cíper
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Spanish :
zipe
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Spanish :
cierre
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Spanish :
cierre relámpago
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Spanish :
cierre eclair
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Spanish :
cierre éclair
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Spanish :
síper
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Spanish :
zipper
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Swedish :
dragkedja
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Swedish :
blixtlås
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Tagalog :
hukusan
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Tagalog :
hukos
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Tagalog :
siper
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Tamil :
பற்பிணை
(paṟpiṇai)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Thai :
ซิป
(síp)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Tibetan :
འཛིབ
('dzib)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Turkish :
fermuar
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Ukrainian :
бли́скавка
(blýskavka)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Ukrainian :
за́стібка-бли́скавка
(zástibka-blýskavka)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Ukrainian :
змі́йка
(zmíjka)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Urdu :
زِپ
(zip)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Uzbek :
fermuar
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Uzbek :
molniya
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Vietnamese :
khoá kéo
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Vietnamese :
phéc-mơ-tuya
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Volapük :
sleifülöm
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Volapük :
tutilafärmüköm
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Welsh :
sip
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Welsh :
sipiau
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Yiddish :
בליצשלעסל
(blitsshlesl)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags
Yiddish :
שלעסל
(shlesl)
— a fastener used in clothing, bags