butterfly knife

English

Two buttlerfly knives in their closed and open states.

Etymology

Compound of butterfly +‎ knife from the opening motion of the knife.

Noun

butterfly knife (plural butterfly knives)

1. A folding pocket knife with two handles counter-rotating around the tang such that, when closed, the blade is concealed within grooves in the handles.

   Synonyms: balisong, Batangas knife

Translations

folding pocket knife

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蝴蝶刀 (húdiédāo)

• Czech: motýlek m
• Danish: butterflykniv c
• Dutch: vlindermes n
• Finnish: perhosveitsi (fi)
• French: balisong (fr) m
• German: Butterflymesser (de) n
• Greek: πεταλούδα (el) f (petaloúda)
• Japanese: バタフライナイフ (batafurainaifu)
• Polish: nóż motylkowy m
• Portuguese: faca borboleta f, canivete borboleta m
• Russian: нож-ба́бочка m (nož-bábočka), балисо́нг m (balisóng)
• Swedish: butterflykniv c