spanner
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: engineering
government
graph-theory
mathematics
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
sciences
tools
war
weaponry
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend-der.
Proto-Germanic *spannō
Old English spann
Middle English spanne
English span
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English spanner
From span + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: spanners
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: spanners
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: spannering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: spannered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: spannered
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts.
pos: noun
tags: Commonwealth
Ireland
UK
examples: Pass me that spanner, Jake; there's just one more bolt to screw in.
Tools don’t have judgment or ethics, and they might fail to push back on bad ideas or dangerous requests. “Your spanner’s never like, ‘This shouldn’t be built,’” she said, using a British term for wrench.
gloss: A hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts.
pos: noun
tags: Canada
Commonwealth
Ireland
UK
US
examples: The groove in this toolholder is what the spanner grabs onto when you are changing the tool.
gloss: One who, or that which, spans.
pos: noun
tags: rare
examples: The scheme of the spanner of continents and the desire of the little husbandman hoarding for his loved ones...
gloss: A (usually sparse) graph whose shortest path distances approximate those in a dense graph or other metric space.
pos: noun
gloss: A hand tool shaped like a small crank handle, for winding the spring of a wheel lock on a musket.
pos: noun
examples: The spanner for spanning or winding up the spring of the wheel lock.
gloss: A device in early steam engines for moving the valves for the alternate admission and shutting off of the steam.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
gloss: A problem, dilemma or obstacle; something unexpected or troublesome (in the phrase spanner in the works)
pos: noun
tags: Ireland
UK
examples: Halfway through the production of Macbeth, the director found that the stage was smaller than he expected. This really threw a spanner in the works.
gloss: A stupid or unintelligent person; one prone to making mistakes, especially in language.
pos: noun
tags: Ireland
UK
derogatory
mildly
examples: You spanner, Rodney! I wanted some time, not a bunch of thyme!
gloss: To use a spanner; to fix with a spanner
pos: verb
Synonyms: wrench
Derived words: adjustable spanner
bobbejaan spanner
crescent spanner
dog bone spanner
put a spanner in the works
ring spanner
shifting spanner
spanner barb
spanner crab
spannered
spanner in the works
spannerless
spanner wrench
spider spanner
throw a spanner in the works
throw a spanner into the works
torque spanner
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: çelës
lang: Arabic
word: مِفْتَاح رَبْط
roman: miftāḥ rabṭ
lang: Arabic
word: كالمونط
roman: klamouniṭ
lang: Armenian
word: մանեկադարձիչ
roman: manekadarjičʻ
lang: Armenian
word: պտուտակաբանալի
roman: ptutakabanali
lang: Azerbaijani
word: açar
lang: Azerbaijani
word: qayka açarı
lang: Bashkir
word: асҡыс
roman: asqıs
lang: Belarusian
word: ключ
roman: ključ
lang: Bengali
word: প্লাস
roman: plaś
lang: Bengali
word: সাঁড়াশিবিশেষ
roman: śãṛaśibiśeś
lang: Bulgarian
word: ключ
roman: ključ
lang: Burmese
word: ကဏန်းလက်မ
roman: ka.nan:lakma.
lang: Catalan
word: clau anglesa
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 士巴拿
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 扳手
roman: bānshǒu
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 扳子
roman: bānzi
lang: Wu Chinese
word: 扳頭 /扳头
roman: ¹pe-deu
lang: Wu Chinese
word: 扳手
roman: ¹pe-seu
lang: Czech
word: klíč
lang: Danish
word: fastnøgle
lang: Danish
word: svensknøgle
lang: Danish
word: skiftenøgle
lang: Dutch
word: steeksleutel
lang: Dutch
word: sleutel
lang: Esperanto
word: boltilo
lang: Estonian
word: mutrivõti
lang: Estonian
word: võti
lang: Finnish
word: kiintoavain
lang: Finnish
word: jakoavain
lang: French
word: clef à écrous
lang: French
word: clef
lang: French
word: clé
lang: French
word: serre-écrou
lang: French
word: clé de serrage
lang: Galician
word: chave
lang: Georgian
word: ქანჩგასაღები
roman: kančgasaɣebi
lang: Georgian
word: ქანჩის გასაღები
roman: kančis gasaɣebi
lang: Georgian
word: გასაღები
roman: gasaɣebi
lang: German
word: Schraubenschlüssel
lang: German
word: Schlüssel
lang: Greek
word: κλειδί
roman: kleidí
lang: Hausa
word: sufana
lang: Hebrew
word: מַפתֵחַ בְּרָגִים
lang: Hindi
word: पाना
roman: pānā
lang: Hungarian
word: franciakulcs
lang: Hungarian
word: villáskulcs
lang: Hungarian
word: csavarkulcs
lang: Icelandic
word: skrúflykill
lang: Icelandic
word: skiptilykill
lang: Indonesian
word: kunci pas
lang: Indonesian
word: sepanar
lang: Irish
word: castaire
lang: Irish
word: rinse
lang: Italian
word: chiave
lang: Italian
word: chiave inglese
lang: Japanese
word: スパナ
roman: supana
lang: Japanese
word: レンチ
roman: renchi
lang: Kazakh
word: сомын кілті
roman: somyn kıltı
lang: Kazakh
word: кілт
roman: kılt
lang: Khmer
word: សោ
roman: sao
lang: Korean
word: 스패너
roman: seupaeneo
lang: Korean
word: 렌치
roman: renchi
lang: Kyrgyz
word: гайка ачкычы
roman: gayka ackıcı
lang: Kyrgyz
word: ачкыч
roman: ackıc
lang: Lao
word: ປະແຈ
roman: pa chǣ
lang: Latvian
word: atslēga
lang: Lithuanian
word: raktas
lang: Macedonian
word: клуч
roman: kluč
lang: Malay
word: sepana
lang: Maltese
word: ġewża
lang: Māori
word: wāwāhi
lang: Māori
word: mauhuri
lang: Māori
word: huriperu
lang: Marathi
word: पाना
roman: pānā
lang: Navajo
word: bee ił hadaʼagizí
lang: Norman
word: clié à êcrouettes
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: fastnøkkel
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: skiftenøkkel
lang: Dari
word: رَنْج
roman: ranj
lang: Iranian Persian
word: آچار
roman: âčâr
lang: Polish
word: klucz płaski
lang: Polish
word: klucz
lang: Portuguese
word: chave
lang: Portuguese
word: chave inglesa
lang: Romanian
word: cheie
lang: Russian
word: ключ
roman: ključ
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: кљу̑ч
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: kljȗč
lang: Slovak
word: kľúč
lang: Slovene
word: ključ
lang: Slovene
word: vijačni ključ
lang: Spanish
word: llave
lang: Spanish
word: llave fija
lang: Swahili
word: spana
lang: Swedish
word: skruvnyckel
lang: Swedish
word: nyckel
lang: Tagalog
word: liyabe
lang: Tajik
word: калиди гайкатобӣ
roman: kalid-i gaykatobi
lang: Tatar
word: ачкыч
roman: açqıç
lang: Thai
word: ประแจ
roman: bprà-jɛɛ
lang: Turkish
word: İngiliz anahtarı
lang: Ukrainian
word: мутро́вий ключ
roman: mutróvyj ključ
lang: Ukrainian
word: ключ
roman: ključ
lang: Urdu
word: پانا
roman: pānā
lang: Uyghur
word: كۇلۇچ
roman: kuluch
lang: Uzbek
word: gayka kaliti
lang: Uzbek
word: kalit
lang: Uzbek
word: gayka klyuchi
lang: Uzbek
word: klyuch
lang: Vietnamese
word: mỏ lết
lang: Vietnamese
word: cờ lê
lang: Welsh
word: sbaner