ballpoint pen
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The meaning (definition) of the word ballpoint pen
a pen with a tiny ball at the tip that rolls out smooth ink as you write
The word ballpoint pen used in a sentence
“I write with a ballpoint pen that has smooth blue ink inside.”
The plural of the word ballpoint pen
ballpoint pens
How the word ballpoint pen is said around the world
| French | stylo à bille (stee-LOH ah beey) |
| Spanish | bolígrafo (boh-LEEGH-rah-foh) |
| Mandarin | 圆珠笔 (eyewen joo bee) |
| Hindi | बॉलपॉइंट कलम (bawl-POYNT KU-luhm) |
| Arabic | قلم حبر جاف (KAH-lahm heebr jahff) |
| Russian | шариковая ручка (SHAH-ryee-ku-vu-yah ROOCHY-kah) |
| Portuguese (EU) | caneta esferográfica (kuh-NAY-tuh shfay-roog-RAH-fee-kuh) |
| Portuguese (BR) | caneta esferográfica (ka-NAY-ta ays-fay-rohg-RAH-fee-ka) |
| Japanese | ボールペン (bohrupayng) |
| German | Kugelschreiber (KOO-guhlsh-ry-bur) |
| Urdu | بال پوائنٹ قلم (bahl puu-YNT KU-luhm) |
| Punjabi | ਬਾਲਪੁਆਇੰਟ ਪੈੱਨ (bah-luh-puu-YNT pen) |
| Korean | 볼펜 (BOHL-payn) |
| Hebrew | עט כדורי |
| Greek | στυλό διαρκείας (stee-LOH thee-ahr-KYEE-ahs) |
| Dutch | balpen (BAHL-puhn) |
| Tagalog | bolpen (BOHL-puhn) |
| Vietnamese | bút bi (BOO-urt bee) |
| Turkish | tükenmez kalem (tew-kan-MEZ kah-LAM) |
| Persian | خودکار (khood-KAHR) |
| Polish | długopis (dwoo-GAW-pees) |
| Ukrainian | кулькова ручка (kooly-KOH-vah ROOCH-kah) |
| Bengali | বলপয়েন্ট কলম (BAW-law-pawn-taw KAW-lawm) |
| Swedish | kulspetspenna (KULS-puhts-pe-nah) |
| Italian | penna a sfera (PAYN-nah ah SFE-rah) |
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