safety pin

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safety pin

noun safety pins

  1. A pin in the form of a clasp, which has a guard to cover the sharp point; used to join two pieces of fabric, etc., together temporarily.
  2. The pin of a hand grenade, which prevents accidental detonation.

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noun pin in the form of a clasp

Españolimperdible, seguro, alfiler, gancho, gacilla
한국어안전핀 anjeonpin, 핀 pin
日本語安全ピン anzen pin, ピン pin
中文安全別針 /安全别针 ānquán biézhēn, 別針 /别针 biézhēn, 扣針 /扣针 kòuzhēn
हिन्दीआलपीन ālpīn
Portuguêsalfinete, alfinete de fralda, alfinete de dama, alfinete de segurança, alfinete de ama
Françaisépingle à nourrice, épingle de sûreté, imperdable
DeutschSicherheitsnadel
Italianospilla di sicurezza
Ελληνικάπαραμάνα paramána
Românăac de siguranță
Русскийангли́йская була́вка anglíjskaja bulávka, була́вка bulávka
العربيةدَبُّوس مِشْبَك dabbūs mišbak, دَبُّوس أَمَان dabbūs ʔamān

noun pin of a hand grenade

Españolanilla
Русскийчека́ čeká
עבריתנצרה nitsra

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@misc{safety_pin_2026,
  title = {safety pin},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/safety%20pin},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}