Meanings
nounzip fastener (plural zip fasteners)
plural zip fasteners
- A fastener used in clothing, bags, etc, comprised of two rows of teeth that are made to fit into each other by moving a slider along their length and opened again by moving the slider in the other direction.
Synonyms: clasp locker, slide fastener, zip, zipper
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA fastener used in clothing, bags, etc, comprised of two rows of teeth that are made to fit into each other by moving a slider along their length and opened again by moving the slider in the other direction.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab
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Translations
Arabic سَحَّاب, زِمَام مُنْزَلِق
- سَحَّاب (saḥḥāb)a fastener used in clothing, bags
- زِمَام مُنْزَلِق (zimām munzaliq)a fastener used in clothing, bags
Basque kremailera
- kremaileraa fastener used in clothing, bags
Bengali জিপার
- জিপার (jipar)a fastener used in clothing, bags
Bulgarian цип
- цип (cip)a fastener used in clothing, bags
Catalan cremallera
- cremalleraa fastener used in clothing, bags
Chinese Cantonese 拉鏈 /拉链
- 拉鏈 /拉链a fastener used in clothing, bags
Chinese Mandarin 拉鏈 /拉链
- 拉鏈 /拉链 (lāliàn)a fastener used in clothing, bags
Czech zip, zdrhovadlo
- zipa fastener used in clothing, bags
- zdrhovadloa fastener used in clothing, bags
Danish lynlås
- lynlåsa fastener used in clothing, bags
Dutch rits, ritssluiting
- ritsa fastener used in clothing, bags
- ritssluitinga fastener used in clothing, bags
Esperanto zipo
- zipoa fastener used in clothing, bags
Estonian tõmblukk
- tõmblukka fastener used in clothing, bags
Finnish vetoketju
- vetoketjua fastener used in clothing, bags
French fermeture éclair, tirette
- fermeture éclaira fastener used in clothing, bags
- tirettea fastener used in clothing, bags
German Reißverschluss, Zippverschluss
- Reißverschlussa fastener used in clothing, bags
- Zippverschlussa fastener used in clothing, bags
Greek φερμουάρ
- φερμουάρ (fermouár)a fastener used in clothing, bags
Hebrew רוֹכְסָן, ריצ׳רץ׳
- רוֹכְסָן (rokhsán)a fastener used in clothing, bags
- ריצ׳רץ׳ (ríchrach)a fastener used in clothing, bags
Hindi ज़िपर, ज़िप
- ज़िपर (zipar)a fastener used in clothing, bags
- ज़िप (zip)a fastener used in clothing, bags
Hungarian cipzár
- cipzára fastener used in clothing, bags
Icelandic rennilás
- rennilása fastener used in clothing, bags
Indonesian resleting
- resletinga fastener used in clothing, bags
Irish sip
- sipa fastener used in clothing, bags
Italian chiusura lampo, cerniera
- chiusura lampoa fastener used in clothing, bags
- cernieraa fastener used in clothing, bags
Japanese ジッパー, ファスナー
- ジッパー (jippā)a fastener used in clothing, bags
- ファスナー (fasunā)a fastener used in clothing, bags
- ジップファスナー (jippufasunā)a fastener used in clothing, bags
- 線ファスナー (sen fasunā)a fastener used in clothing, bags
- チャック (chakku)a fastener used in clothing, bags
Korean 지퍼, 자꾸
- 지퍼 (jipeo)a fastener used in clothing, bags
- 자꾸 (jakku)a fastener used in clothing, bags
Latvian rāvējslēdzējs
- rāvējslēdzējsa fastener used in clothing, bags
Lithuanian užtrauktukas
- užtrauktukasa fastener used in clothing, bags
Malay zip, alat pengancing
- zipa fastener used in clothing, bags
- alat pengancinga fastener used in clothing, bags
Māori nihokati
- nihokatia fastener used in clothing, bags
Norwegian Bokmål glidelås
- glidelåsa fastener used in clothing, bags
Polish zamek błyskawiczny, zamek
- zamek błyskawicznya fastener used in clothing, bags
- zameka fastener used in clothing, bags
- suwaka fastener used in clothing, bags
Portuguese zíper, fecho de correr
- zípera fastener used in clothing, bags
- fecho de correra fastener used in clothing, bags
- fecho éclaira fastener used in clothing, bags
- fecho eclera fastener used in clothing, bags
- zipea fastener used in clothing, bags
- fechiclera fastener used in clothing, bags
Romanian fermoar
- fermoara fastener used in clothing, bags
Russian застёжка-мо́лния, мо́лния
- застёжка-мо́лния (zastjóžka-mólnija)a fastener used in clothing, bags
- мо́лния (mólnija)a fastener used in clothing, bags
- зме́йка (zméjka)a fastener used in clothing, bags
Slovak zips
- zipsa fastener used in clothing, bags
Spanish cremallera, zíper
- cremalleraa fastener used in clothing, bags
- zípera fastener used in clothing, bags
- riquia fastener used in clothing, bags
- cípera fastener used in clothing, bags
- zipea fastener used in clothing, bags
- cierrea fastener used in clothing, bags
- cierre relámpagoa fastener used in clothing, bags
- cierre eclaira fastener used in clothing, bags
- cierre éclaira fastener used in clothing, bags
- sípera fastener used in clothing, bags
- zippera fastener used in clothing, bags
Swedish dragkedja, blixtlås
- dragkedjaa fastener used in clothing, bags
- blixtlåsa fastener used in clothing, bags
Tagalog hukusan, hukos
- hukusana fastener used in clothing, bags
- hukosa fastener used in clothing, bags
- sipera fastener used in clothing, bags
Tamil பற்பிணை
- பற்பிணை (paṟpiṇai)a fastener used in clothing, bags
Thai ซิป
- ซิป (síp)a fastener used in clothing, bags
Turkish fermuar
- fermuara fastener used in clothing, bags
Ukrainian бли́скавка, за́стібка-бли́скавка
- бли́скавка (blýskavka)a fastener used in clothing, bags
- за́стібка-бли́скавка (zástibka-blýskavka)a fastener used in clothing, bags
- змі́йка (zmíjka)a fastener used in clothing, bags
Urdu زِپ
- زِپ (zip)a fastener used in clothing, bags
Vietnamese khoá kéo, phéc-mơ-tuya
- khoá kéoa fastener used in clothing, bags
- phéc-mơ-tuyaa fastener used in clothing, bags
Welsh sip, sipiau
- sipa fastener used in clothing, bags
- sipiaua fastener used in clothing, bags
Yiddish בליצשלעסל, שלעסל
- בליצשלעסל (blitsshlesl)a fastener used in clothing, bags
- שלעסל (shlesl)a fastener used in clothing, bags
Cite this entry
APA
zip fastener. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zip%20fastener
MLA
“zip fastener.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zip%20fastener. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “zip fastener,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zip%20fastener.
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