Noun
snuffbox (plural snuffboxes)
- A small box or container to hold snuff or loose tobacco.
1891 [September], A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Adventure III.—A Case of Identity.”, in Geo[rge] Newnes, editor, The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, volume II (July to December), number [9], London: […], page 248, column 2:He held out his snuffbox of old gold, with a great amethyst in the centre of the lid.
Translations
small box
- Arabic: مِسْعَط m (misʕaṭ), مَنْشَقَة f (manšaqa)
- Armenian: քթախոտատուփ (hy) (kʻtʻaxotatupʻ), տաբակերկա (hy) (tabakerka)
- Belarusian: табаке́рка f (tabakjérka)
- Bulgarian: табаке́ра (bg) f (tabakéra)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 鼻煙盒 / 鼻烟盒 (zh) (bíyānhé), 煙盒 / 烟盒 (zh) (yānhé)
- Czech: tabatěrka (cs) f
- Danish: snusæske c
- Dutch: snuifdoos (nl) f
- Estonian: nuusktubakatoos
- Finnish: nuuskarasia (fi)
- French: tabatière (fr) f
- Friulian: tabachere f
- Georgian: საბურნუთე (saburnute)
- German: Schnupftabakdose (de) f, Tabakdose (de) f, Tabatiere (de) f
- Greek: ταμπακιέρα (el) f (tampakiéra)
- Hungarian: tubákos szelence, burnótos szelence, burnótszelence (hu)
- Ingrian: tabakerkka
- Italian: tabacchiera (it) f
- Japanese: かぎタバコ入れ (かぎタバコいれ, kagitabakoire), タバコ入れ (タバコいれ, tabakoire)
- Kashubian: tobaczéra f
- Korean: 코담배갑 (kodambaegap)
- Macedonian: бурму́тица f (burmútica), табаке́ра f (tabakéra)
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: хөөрөг (mn) (xöörög), хөхүүр (mn) (xöxüür)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: snusdåse (no) m
- Nynorsk: snusdåse m
- Piedmontese: tabachera f
- Polish: tabakiera (pl) f, tabakierka (pl) f
- Portuguese: tabaqueira f
- Romanian: tabacheră (ro) f
- Russian: табаке́рка (ru) f (tabakérka)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: табаке́ра f
- Roman: tabakéra (sh) f
- Silesian: sznuptabakdołza f, tabakdołza f
- Slovak: tabatierka f
- Slovene: tobačnica f
- Spanish: tabaquera (es) f
- Swedish: snusdosa (sv) c, tabatiär c
- Ukrainian: табаке́рка f (tabakérka)
- Walloon: please add this translation if you can
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