Meanings
nounutility knife (plural utility knives)
plural utility knives
- A cutting tool that has a thin interchangeable blade that (often) retracts or folds into the handle.
Translations
Arabic مِشْرَط
- مِشْرَط (mišraṭ)cutting tool
Catalan cúter, tallant
- cútercutting tool
- tallantcutting tool
- talladorcutting tool
Chinese Cantonese 鎅刀 /𰾛刀
- 鎅刀 /𰾛刀 (gaai³ dou¹)cutting tool
Chinese Mandarin 美工刀
- 美工刀 (měigōngdāo)cutting tool
Danish hobbykniv
- hobbyknivcutting tool
Dutch stanleymes, hobbymes
- stanleymescutting tool
- hobbymescutting tool
Finnish mattoveitsi, mattopuukko
- mattoveitsicutting tool
- mattopuukkocutting tool
French couteau à lame rétractable, cutter
- couteau à lame rétractablecutting tool
- cuttercutting tool
- exactocutting tool
German Teppichmesser, Cutter
- Teppichmessercutting tool
- Cuttercutting tool
- Cuttermessercutting tool
Hebrew סכין יפני
- סכין יפניcutting tool
Hungarian sniccer, pengekés
- sniccercutting tool
- pengekéscutting tool
- barkácskéscutting tool
Icelandic dúkahnífur
- dúkahnífurcutting tool
Italian taglierino, trincetto
- taglierinocutting tool
- trincettocutting tool
- cuttercutting tool
Japanese カッターナイフ, カッター
- カッターナイフ (kattā naifu)cutting tool
- カッター (kattā)cutting tool
Korean 커터칼
- 커터칼 (keoteokal)cutting tool
Norwegian Bokmål pappkniv, teppekniv
- pappknivcutting tool
- teppeknivcutting tool
Polish nóż introligatorski
- nóż introligatorskicutting tool
Portuguese estilete, x-ato
- estiletecutting tool
- x-atocutting tool
Romanian cutter
- cuttercutting tool
Russian канцеля́рский нож, нож Стэ́нли
- канцеля́рский нож (kanceljárskij nož)cutting tool
- нож Стэ́нли (nož Stɛ́nli)cutting tool
Spanish cúter, trincheta
- cútercutting tool
- trinchetacutting tool
- bisturí plásticocutting tool
- cuchillo cartonerocutting tool
- cortacajascutting tool
Swedish mattkniv
- mattknivcutting tool
Turkish falçata
- falçatacutting tool
Vietnamese dao rọc giấy
- dao rọc giấycutting tool
Cite this entry
APA
utility knife. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/utility%20knife
MLA
“utility knife.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/utility%20knife. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “utility knife,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/utility%20knife.
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