"carabiner" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌkæ.ɹəˈbiː.nə/ [UK], /ˈkɛ.ɹəˌbi.nɚ/ [Canada] Audio: En-au-carabiner.ogg [Australia] Forms: carabiners [plural]
Etymology: Shortened from German Karabinerhaken. Related to carabine and carbine. Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|Karabinerhaken}} German Karabinerhaken, {{m|en|carabine}} carabine, {{m|en|carbine}} carbine Head templates: {{en-noun}} carabiner (plural carabiners)
  1. A metal link with a gate that can open and close, generally used for clipping ropes to anchors or other objects. Wikipedia link: carabiner Categories (topical): Climbing Synonyms: biner, krab, crab, snap-link, karabiner Related terms: carabine Translations (metal link with a gate): 鐵鎖 (Chinese Mandarin), 铁锁 (tiěsuǒ) (Chinese Mandarin), karabina [feminine] (Czech), karbiinihaka (Finnish), jousihaka (Finnish), mousqueton [masculine] (French), Karabinerhaken [masculine] (German), karabiner (Hungarian), crúca cairbíneach [masculine] (Irish), moschettone [masculine] (Italian), karabinek [masculine] (Polish), karabińczyk [masculine] (Polish), караби́н (karabín) [masculine] (Russian), mosquetón [masculine] (Spanish), karbinhake [common-gender] (Swedish), карабин (qarabin) (Tatar), karabina (Turkish), карабі́н (karabín) (Ukrainian)

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