English
Etymology
From back + scratcher.
Pronunciation
Noun
backscratcher (plural backscratchers)
- A long slender rod with a rake-like device on one end, sometimes in the form of a human hand, designed to let a person scratch their own back.
Translations
rod for scratching one's own back
- Catalan: grataesquena m
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 不求人 (bat1 kau4 jan4, literally “not to seek help from others”)
- Hokkien: 抓耙仔 (jiàu-pê-á, liàu-pê-á), 不求人 (put-kiû-jîn, put-kiû-lîn), 孫仔手 / 孙仔手 (sun-á-chhiú), 阿孫手 / 阿孙手 (a-sun-chhiú)
- Mandarin: 抓耙子 (zhuāpázi, literally “scratching rake”), 癢癢撓 / 痒痒挠 (yǎngyangnáo), 笑刷兒 / 笑刷儿 (xiàoshuār), 爪仗 (zhǎozhàng, literally “claw to rely on”), 不求人 (zh) (bùqiúrén, literally “not to seek help from others”), 老頭樂 / 老头乐 (zh) (lǎotóulè), 搔背爬 (sāobèipá)
- Dutch: ruggenkrabber m (literally “back scratcher”)
- Finnish: selänrapsutin (literally “back scratcher”)
- French: gratte-dos (fr) m
- Georgian: ქლესა (klesa)
- German: Rückenkratzer m (literally “back scratcher”)
- Hebrew: מַגְרֵד גַּב m (magréd gav, literally “back scratcher”), מַגְרֵד m (magréd, literally “scratcher”)
- Hungarian: hátvakaró (hu) (literally “back scratcher”)
- Icelandic: bakklóra f
- Italian: grattaschiena m (literally “back scratcher”), manina f (literally “small hand”)
- Japanese: 孫の手 (ja) (まごのて, mago no te, literally “grandchild's hand”)
- Korean: 효자손 (hyojason, literally “dutiful son's hand”), 등긁이 (deunggeulgi)
- Latin: scalptōrium n
- Portuguese: coça-costas m
- Russian: па́лка для чеса́ния спины́ f (pálka dlja česánija spiný)
- Spanish: rascaespalda m (literally “back scratcher”), rascador de espaldas m (literally “back scratcher”)
- Tagalog: pangamot ng likod
- Thai: ไม้เกาหลัง (máai-gao-lǎng)
- Welsh: peth crafu cefn m (literally “back scratching thing”)
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