nib

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. The tip of a pen or tool that touches the surface, transferring ink to paper.
2. (dialectal) A bird's beak.
3. Bits of trapped dust or other foreign material that form imperfections in painted or varnished surfaces.
4. A piece of a roasted, hulled cocoa bean.
5. A small and pointed thing or part; a point; a prong.
6. One of the handles projecting from a scythe snath.
7. The shaft of a wagon.

Verb

To fit (a pen) with a nib.

Concepts

plume

🪶

bec

pointe

pointe de stylo

Synonymes

beak

bill

neb

point

tip

pecker

pointed end

penpoint

pen nib

nose

👃

pinpoint

quill

rostrum

snoot

snout

spicule

spout

tappet

razor edge

external point

apex

external center

blade

conk

edge

fipple

nozzle

peak

peen

pike

pinch

Traductions

pico

Spitze

μύτη

spits

rostro

snavel

punta

Stift

Feder

🪶

becco

bec

spitzen

πεννάκι

ακίδα

pennino

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/nɪb/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From a variant of neb, perhaps due to association with nibble.