doorknob

See also: door knob and door-knob

English

A doorknob.

Alternative forms

• door knob, (archaic) door-knob

Etymology

From door +‎ knob.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔː.nɒb/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔɹ.nɑb/

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Noun

doorknob (plural doorknobs)

1. A circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of the door.
   • 2012 March, Henry Petroski, “Opening Doors”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 100, number 2, pages 112–3:

     A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.

2. (informal, derogatory) A stupid person.

Derived terms

• dead as a doorknob
• deaf as a doorknob
• doorknoblike
• doorknob phenomenon
• dumb as a doorknob

 

Translations

circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door

• Arabic: مِقْبَض اَلْبَاب m (miqbaḍ al-bāb)

  Egyptian Arabic: أكرة الباب f (ʔukrat el-bāb)

• Breton: dornell (br) f
• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: pom (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 門把手 / 门把手 (mén bǎshǒu), 門把 / 门把 (ménbà)

• Czech: klika (cs) f
• Danish: dørhåndtag n, dørgreb n
• Dutch: deurknop (nl) m
• Esperanto: pordanso, pordobutono, butono
• Finnish: ovennuppi, ovenkahva (fi)
• French: bouton de porte m, clenche (fr) f, poignée de porte (fr) f
• Galician: pomo (gl) m
• Gallo: tianche m
• Georgian: კარის სახელური (ka) (ḳaris saxeluri)
• German: Türknauf (de) m, Türknopf m, Türklinke (de) f
• Greek: πόμολο (el) n (pómolo), χερούλι (el) n (cheroúli)
• Hungarian: kilincs (hu)
• Icelandic: húnn (is) m
• Ido: pordo-butono
• Indonesian: please add this translation if you can
• Irish: murlán dorais m
• Italian: pomello (it) m
• Japanese: ドアノブ (doanobu), ドアハンドル (doahandoru)
• Khakas: ізік тудазы (ìzìk tudazı)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 문손잡이 (ko) (munsonjabi), 손잡이 (ko) (sonjabi)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: квака f (kvaka)
• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: pōrori
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Nepali: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dørhåndtak, dørvrider m

• Ossetian: дуары хӕцӕн (dwary xæcæn)
• Plautdietsch: Däarenknoop m
• Polish: klamka (pl) f
• Portuguese: maçaneta (pt) f
• Russian: дверна́я ру́чка (ru) f (dvernája rúčka), ру́чка две́ри f (rúčka dvéri)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: квака f

  Roman: kvaka (sh) f

• Spanish: perilla (es) f, pomo (es) m, pomo de la puerta m
• Swedish: dörrhandtag (sv) n
• Tagalog: tumbol
• Thai: ลูกบิด (th) (lûuk-bìt)
• Tibetan: སྒོའི་ལག་འཇུ (sgo'i lag 'ju)
• Turkish: tokmak (tr)
• Vietnamese: tay nắm cửa, nắm đấm cửa
• Welsh: bwlyn drws m, dwrn drws m

See also

• door handle