pencil case

English

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛnsəl ˌkeɪs/, (older) /ˈpɛnsɪl ˌkeɪs/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛnsəl ˌkeɪs/
Audio (US): (file)

Noun

pencil case (plural pencil cases)

An object purposed to contain different stationery like pencil, rubber, correction fluid, etc.
Synonyms: pencil box, pencil pouch
- 1989, Paul Heaton, Dave Rotheray, “Song for Whoever”, performed by The Beautiful South:
  I love you from the bottom of my pencil case / I love the way you never ask me why

Coordinate terms

pencil holder, pencil pot

Translations

object purposed to contain stationery

Arabic: مِقْلَمَة f (miqlama)
Hijazi Arabic: مقلمة f (miglama)
Armenian: գրչատուփ (hy) (grčʻatupʻ)
Azerbaijani: qələmqabı, qələm qutusu
Basque: kutxatila
Belarusian: пена́л m (pjenál)
Bulgarian: кути́я за мо́ли́ви f (kutíja za mólívi)
Catalan: estoig (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 筆盒 / 笔盒 (bat¹ hap^6-2), 鉛筆盒 / 铅笔盒 (jyun⁴ bat¹ hap^6-2), 文具盒 (man⁴ geoi⁶ hap^6-2)

Mandarin: 筆盒 / 笔盒 (zh) (bǐhé), 鉛筆盒 / 铅笔盒 (zh) (qiānbǐhé), 文具盒 (zh) (wénjùhé)
Czech: penál m
Danish: pennalhus (da) n, penalhus (da) n
Dutch: etui (nl) n (Netherlands), pennenzak (nl) m (Flanders)
Estonian: pinal
Finnish: kynäkotelo (fi), penaali (fi)
French: trousse (fr) f (d'école), plumier (fr) m
Galician: estoxo m
Georgian: პენალი (ṗenali)
German: Mäppchen (de) n, Federmäppchen (de) n, Federkasten (de) m, Griffelschachtel (de) f, Federpennal (de) n, Schlampermäppchen (de) n, Federmappe (de) f, Federkästchen n, Federtasche (de) f
Greek: γραφιδοθήκη f (grafidothíki), κασετίνα (el) f (kasetína)
Hebrew: קַלְמָר (he) m (kalmár)
Hungarian: ceruzatartó (hu), tolltartó (hu)
Indonesian: kotak pensil
Italian: astuccio (it) m, portalapis m, portamatite m, portapenne m
Japanese: 筆箱 (ja) (ふでばこ, fudebako), 筆入れ (ja) (ふでいれ, fudeire), ペンケース (pen kēsu)
Kalmyk: хәәрцг (xäärtsg)
Kazakh: қаламсауыт (qalamsauyt)
Khmer: ប្រអប់ខ្មៅដៃ (prɑ’ɑp kmav day)
Korean: 필통(筆筒) (ko) (piltong), 필갑(筆匣) (pilgap)
Kumyk: къаламтар (qalamtar)
Kyrgyz: пенал (penal), калем соот (kalem soot)
Ladin: tea f
Latvian: penālis (lv) m
Lithuanian: penalas m
Macedonian: при́бор m (príbor)
Malay: bekas pensel, kotak pensel
Manx: coodagh penn leoaie m
Mongolian: үзэгний сав (üzegnii sav)
Norman: pouque à plieunmes f
Persian: جا مدادی (jâ-medâdi), جامدادی (jâmedâdi)
Polish: piórnik (pl) m
Portuguese: estojo (pt) m
Quechua: qillqanakuna jallch'anapaq
Romanian: penar (ro) n, plumieră (ro) f
Russian: пена́л (ru) m (penál)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: перница

Roman: pernica (sh) f
Slovak: peračník m
Slovene: peresnica f
Spanish: estuche (es) m, estuche escolar m, cartuchera (es) f, plumier m, portatodo m
Swedish: pennfodral (sv) n, pennskrin (sv) n
Tajik: каламдон (kalamdon)
Thai: กล่องดินสอ (glɔ̀ɔng-din-sɔ̌ɔ)
Turkish: kalemlik (tr), kalem kutusu (tr), kalem kutu
Turkmen: galamdan
Ukrainian: пена́л m (penál), пірник m (pirnyk)
Uzbek: qalamdon (uz)
Venetan: fodreto m
Vietnamese: hộp bút
Volapük: penabokod
Welsh: cas pensiliau m
Zulu: please add this translation if you can