bottle opener

See also: bottle-opener

English

An example of a bottle opener used to remove crimped caps.

Alternative forms

• bottle-opener

Pronunciation

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Noun

bottle opener (plural bottle openers)

1. A device used to remove the cap from a bottle.

   Hyponyms: churchkey, church key

2. A device used to remove the cork from a bottle.

   Synonym: corkscrew

Hypernyms

• (both senses): opener

Coordinate terms

• (both senses): can opener

Related terms

• bottlecap
• bottle cap
• bottletop
• bottle top

 

Translations

device to open bottles removing the cap

• Arabic: فَتَّاحَة f (fattāḥa), فَتَّاحَة زُجَاجَات f (fattāḥat zujājāt)
• Armenian: բացիչ (hy) (bacʻičʻ)
• Belarusian: адкрыва́льнік m (adkryválʹnik)
• Bulgarian: отвара́чка f (otvaráčka)
• Catalan: obreampolles (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 開瓶器／开瓶器 (hoi¹ ping⁴ hei³)

  Mandarin: 開瓶器／开瓶器 (zh) (kāipíngqì), 起子 (zh) (qǐzi)

• Czech: otvírák lahví m, otvírák (cs) m
• Danish: øloplukker c, kapselåbner c, flaskeåbner c
• Dutch: flessenopener (nl) m
• Esperanto: botelmalfermilo
• Estonian: pudeliavaja (et), avaja
• Faroese: upptrekkjari m
• Finnish: pullonavaaja (fi)
• French: décapsuleur (fr) m, ouvre-bouteille (fr) m
• Galician: abrebotellas m, abridor (gl) m
• German: Flaschenöffner (de) m, Kapselheber m (formally, colloquial)
• Greek: ανοιχτήρι (el) n (anoichtíri)
• Hungarian: sörnyitó (hu)
• Indonesian: pembuka botol
• Italian: apribottiglie (it) m, (corkscrew) cavatappi (it) m
• Japanese: 栓抜き (ja) (せんぬき, sennuki), ボトルオープナー (botoru ōpunā)
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• Korean: 오프너 (opeuneo), 병따개 (byeongttagae)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: о́творач m (ótvorač)
• Maltese: fettieħa f, trabixun m (for corks)
• Maori: tīkape pātara
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: лонх онгойлгогч (lonx ongojlgogč)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: flaskeåpner m

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: بُطْری‌بازْکُن (botri-bâzkon)

• Polish: otwieracz do butelek m, otwieracz (pl) m
• Portuguese: abridor de garrafas m, abridor (pt) m, abre-garrafas m
• Romanian: deschizător (ro) n
• Russian: открыва́шка (ru) f (otkryváška), открыва́лка (ru) f (otkryválka), што́пор (ru) m (štópor) (corkscrew)
• Slovak: otvárač na fľaše m, otvárač m
• Slovene: odpirač za steklenice m, odpirač m
• Spanish: abrebotellas (es) m, destapador (es) m, abridor (es) m
• Swahili: kizibuo
• Swedish: flasköppnare (sv) c (for caps), kapsylöppnare (sv) c (for caps)
• Thai: ที่เปิดขวด (tîi-bpə̀ət-kùuat)
• Turkish: şişe açacağı
• Ukrainian: відкрива́чка f (vidkryváčka)
• Vietnamese: mở nắp chai, mở chai

corkscrew — see corkscrew

See also

• church key
• twist-off

 

Further reading

• bottle opener on Wikipedia.Wikipedia