Once the sketch is completed, ink it with a nib pen.
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Nib
//nɪb//
Synonyms for "nib" (78 found)
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7 entriesTranslations
60 translations across 38 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- գրչածայր noun (tip of a pen)
Basque
1 entries- lumatxo noun (tip of a pen)
Bulgarian
3 entries- перо noun (tip of a pen)
- писец noun (tip of a pen)
- човка noun (bill of a bird)
Catalan
2 entries- bec noun (bill of a bird)
- plomí noun (tip of a pen)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 筆尖 /笔尖 noun (tip of a pen)
- 鋼筆尖 /钢笔尖 noun (tip of a pen)
Czech
2 entries- hrot noun (tip of a pen)
- osadit hrotem verb (fit with a nib)
Danish
1 entries- pennespids noun (tip of a pen)
Dutch
1 entries- penpunt noun (tip of a pen)
Esperanto
1 entries- plumo noun (tip of a pen)
Estonian
2 entries- kirjutussulg noun (tip of a pen)
- nokaots noun (bill of a bird)
Finnish
2 entries- kynänkärki noun (tip of a pen)
- nokka noun (bill of a bird)
French
2 entries- bec noun (bill of a bird)
- plume noun (tip of a pen)
German
2 entries- Federspitze noun (tip of a pen)
- Schnabel noun (bill of a bird)
Greek
2 entries- μύτη πένας noun (tip of a pen)
- πέννα noun (tip of a pen)
Hindi
4 entries- क़त noun (tip of a pen)
- जीभ noun (tip of a pen)
- जीभी noun (tip of a pen)
- डंक noun (tip of a pen)
Hungarian
1 entries- tollhegy noun (tip of a pen)
Irish
1 entries- gob noun (tip of a pen)
Italian
4 entries- becco noun (bill of a bird)
- pennino noun (tip of a pen)
- punta noun (tip of a pen)
- rostro noun (bill of a bird)
Japanese
1 entries- ペン先 noun (tip of a pen)
Khmer
1 entries- ចុង noun (tip of a pen)
Korean
1 entries- 펜촉 끝 noun (tip of a pen)
Latvian
2 entries- rakstāmspalva noun (tip of a pen)
- spalva noun (tip of a pen)
Lithuanian
1 entries- plunksna noun (tip of a pen)
Māori
1 entries- mata tuhi noun (tip of a pen)
Norwegian
1 entries- nebb noun (bill of a bird)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- pennesplitt noun (tip of a pen)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- pennesplitt noun (tip of a pen)
Polish
1 entries- stalówka noun (tip of a pen)
Portuguese
2 entries- bico noun (bill of a bird)
- ponta noun (tip of a pen)
Romanian
1 entries- peniță noun (tip of a pen)
Russian
2 entries- клюв noun (bill of a bird)
- остриё пера́ noun (tip of a pen)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- šiljak noun (tip of a pen)
- шиљак noun (tip of a pen)
Slovak
1 entries- hrot noun (tip of a pen)
Spanish
2 entries- pico noun (bill of a bird)
- plumín noun (tip of a pen)
Swedish
2 entries- näbb noun (bill of a bird)
- pennspets noun (tip of a pen)
Thai
1 entries- ปลาย noun (tip of a pen)
Turkish
1 entries- kalem ucu noun (tip of a pen)
Welsh
1 entries- nib noun (tip of a pen)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
She watched the nib of her pen glide around the surface of the page, an inky line trailing behind it.
Source: tatoeba (9518305)
The pen has a very fine nib.
Source: tatoeba (12919370)
Slowly welling from the point of her gold nib, pale blue ink dissolved the full stop; for there her pen stuck; her eyes fixed, and tears slowly filled them.
Source: wiktionary
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