nib

nib

 (nĭb)

n.

1.

a. The sharpened point of a quill pen.

b. A tapered point of a pen, designed to be inserted into a penholder or fountain pen.

2. A sharp point or tip.

3. A bird's beak or bill.

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[Alteration of neb.]

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nib

(nɪb)

n

1. the writing point of a pen, esp an insertable tapered metal part with a split tip

2. a point, tip, or beak

3. (plural) crushed cocoa beans

vb (tr) , nibs, nibbing or nibbed

4. to provide with a nib

5. to prepare or sharpen the nib of

[C16 (in the sense: beak): origin obscure; compare Northern German nibbe tip. See neb, nibble]

ˈnibˌlike adj

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nib

(nɪb)

n.

1.

a. penpoint (def. 1).

b. one of the two segments of a split penpoint.

2. any pointed end.

3. a bill or beak, as of a bird.

[1575–85; perhaps variant of neb; compare Dutch nib, Middle Low German nibbe (variant of nebbe) beak, Old Norse nibba sharp point. compare nibble]

nib′like`, adj.

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nib

Past participle: nibbed
Gerund: nibbing

Imperative

nib

nib

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	nib - the writing point of a pen     pen nib pen - a writing implement with a point from which ink flows point - sharp end; "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil"
	2.	nib - horny projecting mouth of a bird   beak, neb, pecker, bill bird - warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings cere - the fleshy, waxy covering at the base of the upper beak of some birds mouth - the externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening; "she wiped lipstick from her mouth"

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Translations

رأس قَلَم الحِبْر

pero

pennespids

Schreibfeder

tollhegy

pennaoddur

pennino

plunksninissmailu galiuku

rakstāmspalva

pennesplitt

mürekkepli kalem ucuuç

钢笔尖

nib

[nɪb] N → punta f; [of fountain pen] → plumilla f, plumín m

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nib

[ˈnɪb] n [fountain pen] → (bec m de) plume f

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nib

n → Feder f; (= point of nib) → (Feder)spitze f

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nib

[nɪb] n (of pen) → pennino

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nib

(nib) noun

(also ˈpen-nib) the pointed, metal part of a fountain-pen or other pen from which the ink flows. penpunt رأس قَلَم الحِبْر писец bico pero (do násadky) die Schreibfeder pennespids μύτη πένας plumilla, punta sulg سرقلم kärki plume חוד עֵט कलम की नोक šiljak pera tollhegy ujung fulpen pennaoddur pennino ペン先 펜촉 galiukas, plunksna rakstāmspalva mata pen pen pennesplitt/-spiss stalówka د قلم نوك bico peniţă перо hrot (plniaceho pera) konica peresa vrh pera spets ปลาย uç, mürekkepli kalem ucu 鋼筆尖 кінчик نِب، قلم کا وہ نوکيلا حصہ جہاں سے روشنائي نکلتي ہے đầu ngòi bút 钢笔尖

-nibbed

a fine-nibbed pen. punt ذو رأسٍ مُسْتَدِق с някакъв край de bico (fino, etc) s ... perem -spitzig -spidset ξυσμένος de punta... sulega نوک دار -kärkinen à plume (...) מחודד निब metalno pero hegyű berujung -yddur, með (fínum) oddi dalla punta (...) ―ペン先の 뾰족한 smailu galiuku, plunksninis spalvu saturošs bermata met ... punt med (...) pennesplitt o ... stalówce نوك لرونكى de bico (fino, etc) cu peniţă (...) пером s (...) perom priostren sa vrhom med ... spets ปลายปากกา ...uçlu 修尖的 загострений نِب والي có ngòi 修尖的

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