butterfly knife

English

Etymology

butterfly +‎ knife

Noun

butterfly knife (plural butterfly knives)

A folding pocket knife with two handles counter-rotating around the tang such that, when closed, the blade is concealed within grooves in the handles.

Synonyms

Translations

folding pocket knife

Chinese:
Mandarin: 蝴蝶刀 (húdiédāo)
Czech: motýlek m
Danish: butterflykniv c
Dutch: vlindermes n
Finnish: perhosveitsi (fi)
French: balisong (fr) m
German: Butterflymesser (de) n
Greek: πεταλούδα (el) f (petaloúda)
Japanese: バタフライナイフ (batafurainaifu)
Polish: nóż motylkowy m
Portuguese: faca borboleta f, canivete borboleta m
Russian: нож-ба́бочка m (nož-bábočka), балисо́нг m (balisóng)
Swedish: butterflykniv c

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