Allen key

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Allen key

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈælən kiː/

Noun

Allen key (plural Allen keys)

2. Synonym of hex head wrench.

Related terms

• Allen screw
• Allen bolt

Translations

a hex head wrench

Arabic: مِفْتَاح سُدَاسِيّ m (miftāḥ sudāsiyy) Chinese: Cantonese: 六角匙 (luk6 gok3 si4) Mandarin: 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) Korean: 육각렌치 (yukgangnenchi) 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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