A doorknob . Noun
doorknob (plural doorknobs
A circular device attached to a door , the rotation of which permits the unlatching of the door.
2012 March, Henry Petroski , “Opening Doors”, in American Scientist 100 , number 2, pages 112–3 :A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.
( informal , derogatory ) stupid person .Translations
circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door
Arabic: مِقْبَض اَلْبَاب m ( miqbaḍ al-bāb )
Egyptian Arabic: أكرة الباب f ( ʔukrat el-bāb )
Breton: dornell (br) f
Burmese: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: pom (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 門把手 ／ 门把手 ( mén bǎshǒu ) , 門把 ／ 门把 ( ménbà )
Czech: klika (cs) f
Danish: dørhåndtag n dørgreb n
Dutch: deurknop (nl) m
Esperanto: pordanso pordobutono butono
Finnish: ovennuppi ovenkahva (fi)
French: bouton de porte m clenche (fr) f poignée de porte (fr) f
Galician: pomo (gl) m
Gallo: tianche m
Georgian: კარის სახელური (ka) ( ḳaris saxeluri )
German: Türknauf (de) m Türknopf m Türklinke (de) f
Greek: πόμολο (el) n ( pómolo ) , χερούλι (el) n ( cheroúli )
Hungarian: kilincs (hu)
Icelandic: húnn (is) m
Ido: pordo-butono
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Irish: murlán dorais m
Italian: pomello (it) m
Japanese: ドアノブ ( doanobu ) , ドアハンドル ( doahandoru )
Khakas: ізік тудазы ( ìzìk tudazı )
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Korean: 문손잡이 (ko) ( munsonjabi ) , 손잡이 (ko) ( sonjabi )
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Norwegian:
Bokmål: dørhåndtak dørvrider m
Ossetian: дуары хӕцӕн ( dwary xæcæn )
Plautdietsch: Däarenknoop m
Polish: klamka (pl) f
Portuguese: maçaneta (pt) f
Russian: дверна́я ру́чка (ru) f ( dvernája rúčka ) , ру́чка две́ри f ( rúčka dvéri )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: квака f
Roman: kvaka (sh) f
Spanish: perilla (es) f pomo (es) m pomo de la puerta m
Swedish: dörrhandtag (sv) n
Tagalog: tumbol
Thai: ลูกบิด (th) ( lûuk-bìt )
Tibetan: སྒོའི་ལག་འཇུ ( sgo'i lag 'ju )
Turkish: tokmak (tr)
Vietnamese: tay nắm cửa nắm đấm cửa
Welsh: bwlyn drws m dwrn drws m
