Meanings
nounmechanical pencil (plural mechanical pencils)
plural mechanical pencils
- CanadaUSA writing instrument with a replaceable, mechanically extendable graphite lead that eliminates the need for sharpening.
Synonyms: automatic pencil, click pencil, clutch pencil, drafting pencil, leadholder, lead pencil, pacer, pen pencil
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA writing instrument with a replaceable, mechanically extendable graphite lead that eliminates the need for sharpening.
Translations
Arabic قَلَم الرَصَاص مِيقَانِيقِيّ
- قَلَم الرَصَاص مِيقَانِيقِيّ (qalam ar-raṣāṣ mīqānīqiyy)pencil with a retractable lead
Catalan portamines
- portaminespencil with a retractable lead
Chinese Cantonese 鉛芯筆 /铅芯笔
- 鉛芯筆 /铅芯笔 (jyun⁴ sam¹ bat¹)pencil with a retractable lead
Chinese Mandarin 自動鉛筆 /自动铅笔, 自動鉛 /自动铅
- 自動鉛筆 /自动铅笔 (zìdòng qiānbǐ)pencil with a retractable lead
- 自動鉛 /自动铅 (zìdòng qiān)pencil with a retractable lead
Czech mikrotužka
- mikrotužkapencil with a retractable lead
Danish stiftblyant, trykblyant
- stiftblyantpencil with a retractable lead
- trykblyantpencil with a retractable lead
Dutch vulpotlood
- vulpotloodpencil with a retractable lead
Esperanto mekanika krajono
- mekanika krajonopencil with a retractable lead
Finnish lyijytäytekynä
- lyijytäytekynäpencil with a retractable lead
French porte-mine, portemine
- porte-minepencil with a retractable lead
- porteminepencil with a retractable lead
German Druckbleistift, Minenschreiber
- Druckbleistiftpencil with a retractable lead
- Minenschreiberpencil with a retractable lead
- mechanischer Stiftpencil with a retractable lead
- Fallbleistiftpencil with a retractable lead
Greek μηχανικό μολύβι
- μηχανικό μολύβι (michanikó molývi)pencil with a retractable lead
Hebrew עט עיפרון, עיפרון מכני
- עט עיפרון (et iparón)pencil with a retractable lead
- עיפרון מכני (iparón mekháni)pencil with a retractable lead
Hungarian rotring, rotringceruza
- rotringpencil with a retractable lead
- rotringceruzapencil with a retractable lead
- töltőceruzapencil with a retractable lead
Icelandic skrúfblýantur, blýpenni
- skrúfblýanturpencil with a retractable lead
- blýpennipencil with a retractable lead
Indonesian pensil mekanik
- pensil mekanikpencil with a retractable lead
Irish peann luaidhe meicniúil
- peann luaidhe meicniúilpencil with a retractable lead
Italian portamina, portamine
- portaminapencil with a retractable lead
- portaminepencil with a retractable lead
Japanese シャープペンシル, シャーペン
- シャープペンシル (shāpupenshiru)pencil with a retractable lead
- シャーペン (shāpen)pencil with a retractable lead
Korean 샤프펜실, 샤프
- 샤프펜실 (syapeupensil)pencil with a retractable lead
- 샤프 (syapeu)pencil with a retractable lead
Malay pensel tekan, pensil tekan
- pensel tekanpencil with a retractable lead
- pensil tekanpencil with a retractable lead
- pensil mekanikalpencil with a retractable lead
Polish ołówek automatyczny
- ołówek automatycznypencil with a retractable lead
Portuguese lapiseira
- lapiseirapencil with a retractable lead
Russian механи́ческий каранда́ш
- механи́ческий каранда́ш (mexaníčeskij karandáš)pencil with a retractable lead
Spanish portaminas, lápiz mecánico
- portaminaspencil with a retractable lead
- lápiz mecánicopencil with a retractable lead
- lapiceropencil with a retractable lead
Swedish stiftpenna
- stiftpennapencil with a retractable lead
Thai ดินสอกด
- ดินสอกด (din-sɔ̌ɔ-gòt)pencil with a retractable lead
Vietnamese viết chì bấm, bút chì bấm
- viết chì bấmpencil with a retractable lead
- bút chì bấmpencil with a retractable lead
Welsh mecanyddol
- mecanyddolpencil with a retractable lead
Cite this entry
APA
mechanical pencil. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mechanical%20pencil
MLA
“mechanical pencil.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mechanical%20pencil. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mechanical pencil,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mechanical%20pencil.
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