English
Noun
Swiss Army knife (plural Swiss Army knives)
- A brand of multi-function pocket knife or multitool, having a blade and various tools, such as screwdrivers and can openers.
- (figuratively, by extension) A tool that has many functions, one for every perceivable need.
- The smartphone is the Swiss Army knife of electronic gadgets.
Translations
type of pocket knife
- Arabic: سِكِّين سْوِيسِرِيّ m (sikkīn swīsiriyy)
- Bulgarian: швейцарско ножче n (švejcársko nóžče)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 瑞士軍刀 (zh), 瑞士军刀 (zh) (Ruìshì jūndāo), 瑞士刀 (Ruìshì dāo), 瑞士軍官刀, 瑞士军官刀 (Ruìshì jūnguān dāo)
- Czech: švýcarský nůž m
- Dutch: Zwitsers zakmes n
- Finnish: Sveitsin armeijan veitsi, sveitsinveitsi
- French: couteau suisse (fr) m
- German: Schweizer Messer n, Schweizer Offiziersmesser n, Schweizer Taschenmesser n
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- Greek: ελβετικός σουγιάς m (elvetikós sougiás)
- Italian: coltellino svizzero m
- Japanese: アーミーナイフ (āmīnaifu) (army knife), スイスアーミーナイフ (suisuāmīnaifu)
- Mongolian: Швейцарийн армийн хутга (Švejtsarijn armijn hutga)
- Persian: چاقوی سوئیسی (čǎqu-ye suisi)
- Polish: szwajcarski nóż oficerski m
- Portuguese: canivete suíço m
- Russian: швейца́рский арме́йский нож m (švejcárskij arméjskij nož), швейца́рский нож m (švejcárskij nož)
- Spanish: navaja suiza f
- Swedish: schweizisk armékniv c
- Thai: มีดพับสวิส (mêet páp sàwìt)
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