Allen key

English

Allen keys of various sizes

Etymology

Allen + key, from the name of the Allen Manufacturing Company.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈælən kiː/

Noun

Allen key (plural Allen keys)

(UK) A hex head wrench.

Synonyms

(hex head wrench): Allen wrench, hex head wrench, hex key

Related terms

Translations

a hex head wrench

Arabic: مِفْتَاح سُدَاسِيّ m (miftāḥ sudāsiyy)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 六角匙 (liùjiǎoshi), 內六角扳手／内六角扳手 (nèi liùjiǎo bānshǒu)
Czech: imbusový klíč m
Danish: unbrakonøgle (da) c
Dutch: inbussleutel (nl) m
Finnish: kuusiokoloavain (fi), kuusikulma-avain
French: clé Allen (fr) f, clef Allen (fr) f
German: Innensechskantschlüssel m, Inbusschlüssel (de) m
Hungarian: imbuszkulcs
Italian: brugola (it) f
Japanese: 六角棒スパナ (rokkakubō supana)
Macedonian: имбус m (imbus)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: unbrakonøkkel (no) m

Nynorsk: unbrakonøkkel m
Portuguese: chave Allen f, chave sextavada f
Romanian: inbus
Russian: шестигра́нный ключ m (šestigránnyj ključ), и́нбусовый ключ m (ínbusovyj ključ), и́нбус m (ínbus)
Spanish: llave allen f, llave Allen f
Swedish: insexnyckel (sv) c
Turkish: alyan (tr)

Further reading

“Allen key”, in Collins English Dictionary.
“Allen key”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
“Allen key”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
“Allen key”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.

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