letter opener

English

A letter-opener

Alternative forms

letter-opener

Noun

letter opener (plural letter openers)

A knifelike device with a blunt edge, used for slicing letters open.
Coordinate term: paperknife

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knifelike device

Afrikaans: briewemes
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: tallapapers m, obrecartes m
Chinese: please add this translation if you can
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: briefopener (nl) m
Finnish: paperiveitsi (fi)
French: coupe-papier (fr) m
German: Brieföffner (de) m
Greek: χαρτοκόπτης (el) m (chartokóptis)
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: papírvágó kés, levélbontó kés
Ido: paperokultelo (io)
Irish: scian pháipéir f
Italian: tagliacarte (it) m
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Kazakh: please add this translation if you can
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: ноже за писма n (nože za pisma)
Polish: nóż do otwierania listów m, nóż do otwierania kopert m
Romanian: tăietor de hârtie n, deschizător de scrisori n
Russian: нож для вскры́тия конве́ртов m (nož dlja vskrýtija konvértov), нож для вскры́тия пи́сем m (nož dlja vskrýtija písem), нож для конве́ртов m (nož dlja konvértov). нож для пи́сем m (nož dlja písem), разрезно́й но́жик m (razreznój nóžik)
Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
Slovene: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: abrecartas (es) m
Swedish: brevöppnare c, brevkniv (sv) c, papperskniv c
Tamil: please add this translation if you can
Telugu: please add this translation if you can
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: zarf açacağı
Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

letter opener

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