Meanings
nounsafety pin (plural safety pins)
plural safety pins
- governmentThe pin of a hand grenade, which prevents accidental detonation.
Translations
Arabic دَبُّوس مِشْبَك, دَبُّوس أَمَان
- دَبُّوس مِشْبَك (dabbūs mišbak)pin in the form of a clasp
- دَبُّوس أَمَان (dabbūs ʔamān)pin in the form of a clasp
Bengali সেপ্টিপিন
- সেপ্টিপিন (śepṭipin)pin in the form of a clasp
Bulgarian безопасна игла
- безопасна игла (bezopasna igla)pin in the form of a clasp
Catalan imperdible
- imperdiblepin in the form of a clasp
Chinese Cantonese 扣針 /扣针
- 扣針 /扣针 (kau³ zam¹)pin in the form of a clasp
Chinese Mandarin 安全別針 /安全别针, 別針 /别针
- 安全別針 /安全别针 (ānquán biézhēn)pin in the form of a clasp
- 別針 /别针 (biézhēn)pin in the form of a clasp
- 扣針 /扣针 (kòuzhēn)pin in the form of a clasp
Czech zavírací špendlík, sichrhajcka
- zavírací špendlíkpin in the form of a clasp
- sichrhajckapin in the form of a clasp
Danish sikkerhedsnål
- sikkerhedsnålpin in the form of a clasp
Dutch veiligheidsspeld
- veiligheidsspeldpin in the form of a clasp
Esperanto sendanĝera pinglo
- sendanĝera pinglopin in the form of a clasp
Finnish hakaneula, sokka
- hakaneulapin in the form of a clasp
- sokkapin of a hand grenade
French épingle à nourrice, épingle de sûreté
- épingle à nourricepin in the form of a clasp
- épingle de sûretépin in the form of a clasp
- imperdablepin in the form of a clasp
German Sicherheitsnadel
- Sicherheitsnadelpin in the form of a clasp
Greek παραμάνα
- παραμάνα (paramána)pin in the form of a clasp
Hebrew נצרה
- נצרה (nitsra)pin of a hand grenade
Hindi आलपीन
- आलपीन (ālpīn)pin in the form of a clasp
Icelandic næla
- nælapin in the form of a clasp
Indonesian peniti
- penitipin in the form of a clasp
Italian spilla di sicurezza
- spilla di sicurezzapin in the form of a clasp
Japanese 安全ピン, ピン
- 安全ピン (anzen pin)pin in the form of a clasp
- ピン (pin)pin in the form of a clasp
Korean 안전핀, 핀
- 안전핀 (anjeonpin)pin in the form of a clasp
- 핀 (pin)pin in the form of a clasp
Malay pin keselamatan
- pin keselamatanpin in the form of a clasp
Norwegian splint
- splintpin of a hand grenade
Norwegian Bokmål sikkerhetsnål
- sikkerhetsnålpin in the form of a clasp
Persian سنجاق قفلی, ضامن
- سنجاق قفلی (sanjâq-qofli)pin in the form of a clasp
- ضامن (zâmen)pin of a hand grenade
Polish agrafka, zawleczka
- agrafkapin in the form of a clasp
- zawleczkapin of a hand grenade
Portuguese alfinete, alfinete de fralda
- alfinetepin in the form of a clasp
- alfinete de fraldapin in the form of a clasp
- alfinete de damapin in the form of a clasp
- alfinete de segurançapin in the form of a clasp
- alfinete de amapin in the form of a clasp
Romanian ac de siguranță
- ac de siguranțăpin in the form of a clasp
Russian англи́йская була́вка, була́вка
- англи́йская була́вка (anglíjskaja bulávka)pin in the form of a clasp
- була́вка (bulávka)pin in the form of a clasp
- чека́ (čeká)pin of a hand grenade
Spanish imperdible, seguro
- imperdiblepin in the form of a clasp
- seguropin in the form of a clasp
- alfilerpin in the form of a clasp
- ganchopin in the form of a clasp
- gacillapin in the form of a clasp
- anillapin of a hand grenade
Swedish säkerhetsnål
- säkerhetsnålpin in the form of a clasp
Tagalog perdible
- perdiblepin in the form of a clasp
Turkish çengelli iğne, pim
- çengelli iğnepin in the form of a clasp
- pimpin of a hand grenade
Ukrainian була́вка, шпи́лька
- була́вка (bulávka)pin in the form of a clasp
- шпи́лька (špýlʹka)pin in the form of a clasp
Yiddish אַגראַפֿקע
- אַגראַפֿקע (agrafke)pin in the form of a clasp
Cite this entry
APA
safety pin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/safety%20pin
MLA
“safety pin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/safety%20pin. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “safety pin,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/safety%20pin.
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