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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesपेंसिल शार्पनर
Pronunciation / Transliteration: pensil shaarpner
"उसने अपनी पेंसिल को तेज करने के लिए पेंसिल शार्पनर का इस्तेमाल किया।"
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2 senses- 1
A device or tool used to make something sharp, especially a pencil.
"She used a sharpener to get her pencil ready for the exam." - 2
A person or thing that sharpens.
"The knife sharpener at the market was very skilled."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The word 'sharpener' originates from the Middle English term 'sharpenen', which derives from the Old English 'scearpian', meaning to make sharp. The suffix '-er' denotes an agent or something that performs an action, thus 'sharpener' refers to an object that sharpens.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Sharpener" is said worldwide
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tailleur
Transliteration: tɛjœʁ
"Il a utilisé un taille-crayon pour préparer son crayon."
Spitzer
Transliteration: ˈʃpɪt͡sɐ
"Er benutzte einen Spitzer, um seinen Bleistift zu schärfen."
temperamatite
Transliteration: temperaˈmaːtite
"Ha usato un temperamatite per preparare la sua matita."
sacapuntas
Transliteration: sakaˈpun.tas
"Usó un sacapuntas para afilar su lápiz."
apontador
Transliteration: a.põˈta.ðɔʁ
"Ela usou um apontador para afiar seu lápis."
पेंसिल शार्पनर
Transliteration: pensil shaarpner
"उसने अपनी पेंसिल को तेज करने के लिए पेंसिल शार्पनर का इस्तेमाल किया।"
削笔器
Transliteration: xiāo bǐ qì
"她用削笔器来削铅笔。"
연필깎이
Transliteration: yeonpilkkak-i
"그녀는 연필을 준비하기 위해 연필깎이를 사용했습니다."
鉛筆削り
Transliteration: enpitsu kezuri
"彼女は鉛筆を準備するために鉛筆削りを使いました。"
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