sharpener
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The meaning (definition) of the word sharpener
a small tool for sharpening pencils
The word sharpener used in a sentence
“Dad used the pencil sharpener to make his pencil pointy again.”
The plural of the word sharpener
sharpeners
How the word sharpener is said around the world
| French | taille-crayon (TAHY-kray-OHN) |
| Spanish | sacapuntas (sah-kah-POON-tahs) |
| Mandarin | 削笔器 (shway bee chee) |
| Hindi | शार्पनर (SHAHR-pnuhr) |
| Arabic | مبراة (mbraht) |
| Russian | точилка (tu-CHYEEL-kah) |
| Portuguese (EU) | apontador (uh-poong-tuh-DOHR) |
| Portuguese (BR) | apontador (ah-pohng-tah-DOHR) |
| Japanese | 鉛筆削り (ayoon-pee-tsu-kay-ZU-ree) |
| German | Spitzer (SHPI-tsur) |
| Urdu | تیز کرنے والا (tayz kahr-nay VAH-lah) |
| Punjabi | ਸ਼ਾਰਪਨਰ (SHAH-ruh-puh-nuhr) |
| Korean | 연필깎이 (YUN-pil-kkak-gi) |
| Hebrew | מְחַדֵד (MKHAH-dayd) |
| Greek | ξύστρα (KSEEST-rah) |
| Dutch | slijper (SLEI-puhr) |
| Tagalog | pantasa (pahn-TAH-sah) |
| Vietnamese | dụng cụ mài (zoong koo mahy) |
| Turkish | kalemtıraş (kah-lam-tu-RAHSH) |
| Persian | مدادتراش (me-dahd-TA-rahsh) |
| Polish | temperówka (tehm-peh-ROOF-kah) |
| Ukrainian | точилка (toh-CHIL-kah) |
| Bengali | শার্পনার (SHAHR-paw-nahr) |
| Swedish | pennvässare (PEN-vuh-sah-ruh) |
| Italian | temperamatite (taym-pay-rah-mah-TEE-tay) |
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