skeleton key

English

Noun

skeleton key (plural skeleton keys)

1. A very simple design of key that usually has a cylindrical shaft (sometimes called a "shank") and a single, minimal flat, rectangular tooth or "bit".
2. A key that has parts filed away so that it will open a range of locks.
3. A master key.

Translations

key that opens a range of locks

• Bulgarian: шперц (šperc)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 百合匙 (baak³ hap⁶ si⁴)

  Mandarin: 萬能鑰匙／万能钥匙 (zh) (wànnéng yàoshi)

• Dutch: loper (nl) m
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: yleisavain
• French: passe-partout (fr) m
• Greek: πασπαρτού (el) (paspartoú)
• Hungarian: álkulcs (hu)
• Italian: passe-partout (it) m
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: adultera clavis f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: universalnøkkel m

  Nynorsk: universalnykel m, universalnøkkel m

• Portuguese: chave-mestra f
• Russian: ключ от всех двере́й m (ključ ot vsex dveréj)
• Spanish: llave maestra f
• Tagalog: halipsusi, gansuwa
• Thai: กุญแจผี (th) (gun-jɛɛ-pǐi)
• Vietnamese: chìa khoá vạn năng

master key — see master key

See also

• passkey