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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mechanical pencil.wav [Southern-England] Forms: mechanical pencils [plural]
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  1. (Canada, US) A writing instrument with a replaceable, mechanically extendable graphite lead that eliminates the need for sharpening. Tags: Canada, US Coordinate_terms: mechanical eraser Translations (pencil with a retractable lead): قَلَم الرَصَاص مِيقَانِيقِيّ (qalam ar-raṣāṣ mīqānīqiyy) (Arabic), portamines (Catalan), 鉛芯筆 /铅芯笔 (jyun⁴ sam¹ bat¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 自動鉛筆 /自动铅笔 (zìdòng qiānbǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 自動鉛 /自动铅 (zìdòng qiān) (Chinese Mandarin), mikrotužka [feminine] (Czech), stiftblyant [common-gender] (Danish), trykblyant [common-gender] (Danish), vulpotlood [neuter] (Dutch), mekanika krajono (Esperanto), lyijytäytekynä (Finnish), porte-mine [masculine] (French), portemine [masculine] (French), Druckbleistift [masculine] (German), Minenschreiber [masculine] (German), mechanischer Stift [masculine] (German), Fallbleistift [masculine] (German), μηχανικό μολύβι (michanikó molývi) [neuter] (Greek), עט עיפרון (et iparón) [masculine] (Hebrew), עיפרון מכני (iparón mekháni) (Hebrew), rotring (Hungarian), rotringceruza (Hungarian), töltőceruza (Hungarian), skrúfblýantur [masculine] (Icelandic), blýpenni [masculine] (Icelandic), pensil mekanik (Indonesian), peann luaidhe meicniúil [masculine] (Irish), portamina [masculine] (Italian), portamine [masculine] (Italian), シャープペンシル (shāpupenshiru) (Japanese), シャーペン (shāpen) [abbreviation] (Japanese), ខ្មៅដៃចុច (khmawdaycoc) (Khmer), 샤프펜실 (syapeupensil) (Korean), 샤프 (syapeu) (Korean), тенкоми́нец (tenkomínec) [masculine] (Macedonian), pensil mekanikal (Malay), ołówek automatyczny [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), lapiseira [feminine] (Portuguese), механи́ческий каранда́ш (mexaníčeskij karandáš) [masculine] (Russian), минерица [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), minerica [Latin] (Serbo-Croatian), portaminas [masculine] (Spanish), lápiz mecánico [masculine] (Spanish), lapicero [masculine] (Spanish), stiftpenna [common-gender] (Swedish), ดินสอกด (din-sɔ̌ɔ-gòt) (Thai), viết chì bấm (Vietnamese), bút chì bấm (Vietnamese), mecanyddol (Welsh)
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          "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
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          "word": "Druckbleistift"
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          "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Minenschreiber"
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          "word": "mechanischer Stift"
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          "code": "el",
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          "roman": "michanikó molývi",
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          "roman": "et iparón",
          "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
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          "code": "he",
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          "roman": "iparón mekháni",
          "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
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          "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
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          "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
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          "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
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          "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
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          "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
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          "word": "シャープペンシル"
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          "word": "portaminas"
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      "roman": "qalam ar-raṣāṣ mīqānīqiyy",
      "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
      "word": "قَلَم الرَصَاص مِيقَانِيقِيّ"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
      "word": "portamines"
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      "roman": "jyun⁴ sam¹ bat¹",
      "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
      "word": "鉛芯筆 /铅芯笔"
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      "roman": "zìdòng qiānbǐ",
      "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
      "word": "自動鉛筆 /自动铅笔"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "zìdòng qiān",
      "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
      "word": "自動鉛 /自动铅"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mikrotužka"
    },
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "stiftblyant"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "trykblyant"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "vulpotlood"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
      "word": "mekanika krajono"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
      "word": "lyijytäytekynä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "porte-mine"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "portemine"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Druckbleistift"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Minenschreiber"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mechanischer Stift"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Fallbleistift"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "michanikó molývi",
      "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "μηχανικό μολύβι"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "lang_code": "he",
      "roman": "et iparón",
      "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "עט עיפרון"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "lang_code": "he",
      "roman": "iparón mekháni",
      "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
      "word": "עיפרון מכני"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
      "word": "rotring"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
      "word": "rotringceruza"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
      "word": "töltőceruza"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "skrúfblýantur"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "blýpenni"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "lang_code": "id",
      "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
      "word": "pensil mekanik"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "peann luaidhe meicniúil"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "portamina"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "portamine"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "shāpupenshiru",
      "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
      "word": "シャープペンシル"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "shāpen",
      "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation"
      ],
      "word": "シャーペン"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "lang_code": "km",
      "roman": "khmawdaycoc",
      "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
      "word": "ខ្មៅដៃចុច"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "syapeupensil",
      "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
      "word": "샤프펜실"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "syapeu",
      "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
      "word": "샤프"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "roman": "tenkomínec",
      "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тенкоми́нец"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "lang_code": "ms",
      "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
      "word": "pensil mekanikal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
      "tags": [
        "inanimate",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ołówek automatyczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lapiseira"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "mexaníčeskij karandáš",
      "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "механи́ческий каранда́ш"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "минерица"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
      "tags": [
        "Latin"
      ],
      "word": "minerica"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "portaminas"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lápiz mecánico"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lapicero"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "stiftpenna"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "lang_code": "th",
      "roman": "din-sɔ̌ɔ-gòt",
      "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
      "word": "ดินสอกด"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
      "word": "viết chì bấm"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
      "word": "bút chì bấm"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "lang_code": "cy",
      "sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
      "word": "mecanyddol"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mechanical pencil"
}

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