"Allen key" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈælən kiː/ Forms: Allen keys [plural]
Etymology: Allen + key, from the name of the Allen Manufacturing Company. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Allen key (plural Allen keys)
  1. (UK) A hex head wrench. Wikipedia link: Allen key Tags: UK Categories (topical): Tools Synonyms (hex head wrench): Allen wrench, hex head wrench, hex key Related terms: Allen screw, Allen bolt Translations (a hex head wrench): مِفْتَاح سُدَاسِيّ (miftāḥ sudāsiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), 六角匙 (liùjiǎoshi) (Chinese Mandarin), 內六角扳手 (Chinese Mandarin), 内六角扳手 (nèi liùjiǎo bānshǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), imbusový klíč [masculine] (Czech), unbrakonøgle [common-gender] (Danish), inbussleutel [masculine] (Dutch), kuusiokoloavain (Finnish), kuusikulma-avain (Finnish), clé Allen [feminine] (French), clef Allen [feminine] (French), Innensechskantschlüssel [masculine] (German), Inbusschlüssel [masculine] (German), imbuszkulcs (Hungarian), brugola [feminine] (Italian), 六角棒スパナ (rokkakubō supana) (Japanese), имбус (imbus) [masculine] (Macedonian), unbrakonøkkel [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), unbrakonøkkel [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), chave Allen [feminine] (Portuguese), chave sextavada [feminine] (Portuguese), inbus (Romanian), шестигра́нный ключ (šestigránnyj ključ) [masculine] (Russian), и́нбусовый ключ (ínbusovyj ključ) [masculine] (Russian), и́нбус (ínbus) [masculine] (Russian), llave allen [feminine] (Spanish), llave Allen [feminine] (Spanish), insexnyckel [common-gender] (Swedish), alyan (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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