stapler

See also: Stapler

English

A stapler in action.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsteɪplə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsteɪplɚ/

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ-der.?

Proto-Germanic *stapulaz

Proto-West Germanic *stapul

Old English stapol

Middle English stapel

English staple

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

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Latin -ārius

Old French -ierbor.

Middle English -er

English -er

English stapler

From staple (verb) +‎ -er.

Noun

stapler (plural staplers)

2. A device which binds together sheets of paper by driving a thin metal staple through the sheets and simultaneously folding over the ends of the staple against the back surface of the paper.
4. (loosely) Any device for stapling with (small or large) staples, including any office stapler, staple gun, or hammer tacker.

Derived terms

• endostapler
• saddle stapler
• wool stapler

Related terms

• staple
• staple gun
• staple remover

Translations

device which binds together paper

• Afrikaans: kramdrukker, krammasjien, krambinder
• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: دَبَّاسَة f (dabbāsa)
• Armenian: կարիչ (karičʻ), ամրակիչ (amrakičʻ), ստեպլեր (hy) (stepler)
• Assamese: ইষ্টেবুল (istebul)
• Basque: grapagailu
• Belarusian: стэ́плер m (stépljer)
• Bulgarian: те́лбод (bg) m (télbod)
• Catalan: engrapadora f, grapadora (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 釘書機 / 钉书机 (deng¹ syu¹ gei¹)

  Mandarin: 訂書機 / 订书机 (zh) (dìngshūjī)

• Czech: svorkovač (cs) m, sešívačka (cs) f
• Danish: hæftemaskine c
• Dhivehi: ހީރަސް ދަތި (hīras dati)
• Dutch: nietmachine (nl) f, nietapparaat (nl) n, nieter (nl) m
• Esperanto: agrafilo
• Estonian: klammerdaja, klambrilööja, klammerdi
• Faroese: høna f
• Finnish: nitoja (fi)
• French: agrafeuse (fr) f, brocheuse (fr) f (Quebec)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Hefter (de) m, Heftgerät (de) n, Heftapparat (de) m, Heftmaschine (de) f, Tacker (de) m
• Greek: συρραπτικό (el) n (syrraptikó)
• Hebrew: מַכְלֵב (he) m (makhlev), שַׁדְכָן (he) m (shadchán)
• Hungarian: tűzőgép (hu)
• Icelandic: heftari (is) m
• Indonesian: jepretan (id), pengokot, stapler (id)
• Irish: stáplóir m
• Italian: spillatrice f, graffettatrice (it) f, cucitrice f, pinzatrice (it) f
• Japanese: ホッチキス (ja) (hotchikisu), ステープラー (ja) (sutēpurā), 紙綴器 (kamitsuzuki)
• Khmer: ប្រដាប់​កិប (prɑɑdap-kəp)
• Korean: 호치키스 (hochikiseu), 스테이플러 (seuteipeulleo), 지철기(紙綴器) (jicheolgi)
• Lao: ກາລາເຟີ (kā lā fœ̄)
• Latin: consutorium m
• Latvian: skavotājs m
• Lithuanian: vielasiūlė f
• Macedonian: хефталка f (heftalka)
• Malay: pengokot
• Malayalam: സ്റ്റാപ്ലർ (sṟṟāplaṟ)
• Māori: tēpara, pūwhakapinepine
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: үдээсний машин (üdeesnii mašin), үдүүр (mn) (üdüür) (Inner Mongolia)

  Mongolian script: ᠦᠳᠡᠭᠡᠰᠦᠨ ᠦ
  ᠮᠠᠱᠢᠨ (üdegesün-ü mašin), ᠦᠳᠡᠭᠦᠷ (üdegür)

• Norwegian: stiftemaskin m
• Pashto: کاغز نيوونى
• Persian: منگنه (fa) (mangane)
• Polish: zszywacz (pl) m, stapler (pl) m
• Portuguese: grampeador (pt) m (Brazil), agrafador (pt) f (Portugal)
• Romanian: capsator (ro) n
• Russian: сшива́тель (ru) m (sšivátelʹ), сте́плер (ru) m (stɛ́pler)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: спајалица f

  Latin: spajalica (sh) f

• Slovak: zošívačka f
• Slovene: spenjač m
• Spanish: abrochadora f (Argentina, Uruguay), corchetera f (Chile), cosedora f (Colombia), engrapador m (Peru), engrapadora f (Colombian Atlantic Coast, Mexico, Venezuela), grapadora f (Spain)
• Swahili: kibanizi
• Swedish: häftapparat (sv) c
• Tamil: கம்பிதைப்புக் கருவி (kampitaippuk karuvi)
• Thai: เครื่องเย็บกระดาษ, ที่เย็บกระดาษ
• Tibetan: དེབ་འཛེར་ཆས། (deb 'dzer chas)
• Tigrinya: ስተፕረ (sətäprä)
• Turkish: zımba (tr), tel zımba (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: زنبه (zımba)

• Ukrainian: сте́плер m (stépler), зшива́ч m (zšyváč)
• Vietnamese: dập ghim (𡏽針)
• Waray-Waray: estepler
• Welsh: staplwr m

Etymology 2

From staple (noun) +‎ -er.

Noun

stapler (plural staplers)

2. (dated) A dealer in staple goods.

   Hypernyms: dealer, supplier, vendor

   Coordinate terms: grocer, victualler, provisioner, sutler, chandler

4. (dated) One employed to sort wool according to its staple.

   Hypernyms: woolsorter < worker < person

Related terms

• staple

Anagrams

• Alperts, Plaster, Platers, palster, palters, persalt, plaster, plastre, platers, psalter, replats

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• stepler

Etymology

Borrowed from English stapler.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈstaplər/ [ˈst̪ap̚.lər]
• Rhymes: -aplər
• Syllabification: stap‧ler

Noun

stapler (plural stapler-stapler)

1. stapler

   Synonyms: pengokot, jepretan

Derived terms

Compounds

• stapler angin (“pneumatic stapler”)

Further reading

• “stapler”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016