English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] sharpen -er
Pronunciation [ edit ] IPA (key ) : /ˈʃɑː(ɹ)pənə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England) (file )
sharpener (plural sharpeners
A device for making things sharp .
There was a pencil sharpener at the front of the classroom.
( figurative ) 1872 Chambers's miscellany of instructive & entertaining tracts :The snuff-box, knife, and chicken-bones were again in requisition, and a pen was successfully formed. The ink, or at least its substitute, was rather more difficult, but necessity is always a sharpener of intellect, and even this was accomplished.
( informal ) alcoholic drink taken at the start of the day, or just before a meal .Derived terms [ edit ] Related terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] device for making things sharp
Arabic: مِبْرَاة f ( mibrāh ) , بَرَّايَة f ( barrāya )
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Assamese: জোঙালী ( züṅali )
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܚܪܦܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ f ( maḥrpānīṯā )
Basque: zorrozkailu (eu)
Bulgarian: острилка f ( ostrilka )
Chinese: 磨削器
Dutch: slijper (nl) m
Esperanto: akrigilo pintigilo
Finnish: teroitin
French: affûteuse (fr) f aiguiseur (fr) m
Galician: chaira (gl) f aguzadoira (gl) f
Georgian: სათლელი ( satleli )
German: Spitzer (de) m
Greek:
Ancient: ὀξυντήρ m ( oxuntḗr )
Hebrew: מְחַדֵּד (he) m
Hungarian: hegyező (hu) , élesítő élező szerszámélező fenőkő (hu)
Italian: affilatrice f
Japanese: とぎ器
Khmer: ប្រដាប់សំរួច ( prɑɑdapsɑmruəc )
Korean: 가는 기구 ( ganeun gigu )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: tûjker (ku) f qelemtiraş (ku)
Ladino: aguzador m
Polish: temperówka (pl) f strugaczka (pl) f
Portuguese: apontador (pt) , amolador (pt) m
Romanian: ascuțitor (ro)
Russian: заточник (ru) m ( zatočnik ) (zatochnik)
Slovene: šilček (sl)
Spanish: sacapuntas (es) m
Tagalog: pantasa
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: kalem tıraşı
Vietnamese: thợ mài dao kéo
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