combination pliers

English

Combination pliers with a handle length of 200 mm

Combination pliers in detail

Noun

combination pliers pl (plural only)

1. (US, UK) A type of pliers used by linemen, electricians, and other tradesmen primarily for gripping, twisting, bending and cutting wire, cable and small metalwork components.

Synonyms

• lineman's pliers (US)
• Kleins (US, genericized trademark)
• linesman pliers (Canada)
• side-cutting pliers

Translations

a type of pliers

• Bulgarian: комбинирани клещи (kombinirani klešti)
• Catalan: alicates universals m pl
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 老虎鉗／老虎钳 (lou⁵ fu² kim^4-2, lou⁵ fu² kim⁴)

  Hokkien: 虎頭夾仔／虎头夹仔 (hó͘-thâu-ngeh-á) (Taiwan), 虎頭鉗／虎头钳 (hó͘-thâu-khîⁿ)

  Mandarin: 老虎鉗／老虎钳 (zh) (lǎohǔqián), 虎頭鉗／虎头钳 (zh) (hǔtóuqián)

• Dutch: combinatietang (nl) f
• Estonian: näpitsad
• French: pince universelle (fr) f
• Galician: alicates universais m pl, alicates m pl, alicate m
• German: Kombinationszange (de) f, Kombizange (de) f
• Hungarian: kombinált fogó (hu)
• Italian: pinza universale f
• Polish: kombinerki (pl) nvir
• Portuguese: alicate universal m
• Russian: пассатижи (ru) m pl (passatiži)
• Spanish: alicates (es) m pl, alicates universales m pl, pinza universal f