fastener

English

Etymology

From fasten +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfæsənɚ/, /ˈfæsnɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɑːsənə/, /ˈfɑːsnə/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈfɐːsɘnɘ/, /ˈfɐːsnɘ/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: fast‧en‧er, faste‧ner

Noun

fastener (plural fasteners)

1. Something or someone that fastens.
2. (US) Fastening.
3. Mechanically, any device that fastens; especially, a collective term for items such as screws, nuts, washers, clasps, bolts and the like.

   Synonym: clasp

Derived terms

• diaper fastener
• hook-and-loop fastener
• hook-and-pile fastener
• nappy fastener
• paper fastener
• pop fastener
• slide fastener
• snap fastener
• zip fastener

Descendants

• → Japanese: ファスナー (fasunā)

Translations

something or someone that fastens

Belarusian: за́сцежка f (záscježka) Chinese: Mandarin: 緊固物 / 紧固物 (jǐngùwù), (clamp-like) 鋏 / 铗 (zh) (jiá) Dutch: sluiting (nl) f Finnish: kiinnittäjä French: fermeture (fr) f German: Verschluss (de) m, Schloss (de) n, Schließe (de) f, Schließer (de) m, Halterung (de) f, Klammer (de) f, Befestiger m, Befestigungselement n Japanese: ファスナー (ja) (fasunā) Khmer: កន្លាស់ (km) (kɑnlah), គន្លឹះ (km) (kŭənlɨh) Korean: 파스너 (paseuneo) Russian: застёжка (ru) f (zastjóžka), агра́ф (ru) m (agráf) Spanish: fijador m, sujetadora (es) f Tagalog: talasok Ukrainian: за́стібка f (zástibka) Uzbek: ilgak (uz)

fastening — see fastening

any device that fastens

Bulgarian: закопчалка (bg) f (zakopčalka) Dutch: bevestigingsonderdeel n, hechtmiddel (nl) n Esperanto: fermilo, fiksilo Finnish: kiinnitin (fi) French: fermeture (fr) f, attache (fr) f German: Befestigungsmittel n, Befestigungselement n, Befestiger m, Verbinder m Greek: Ancient: βλῆτρον n (blêtron) Irish: fáiscín m, ceangal m, dúntóir m, ceanglóir m Korean: 잠금장치 (ko) (jamgeumjangchi) Maori: tāmau Polish: zapięcie (pl) n Russian: застёжка (ru) f (zastjóžka), крепёж (ru) m (krepjóž), крепёжное изде́лие n (krepjóžnoje izdélije) Spanish: cerrador (es) m

Further reading

• fastener on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Feenstra, fenestra, refasten