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==Names== In [[British English|British]], [[Australian English|Australian]] and [[New Zealand English]], along with [[Dutch language|Dutch]], [[Danish language|Danish]] and [[Austrian German]], a utility knife is often referred to as a ''Stanley knife''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Stanley knife| url=http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/246899?rskey=n8ldno&result=1&isAdvanced=false#|work=Oxford English Dictionary|access-date=21 March 2011|quote=A knife made by the Stanley Works; esp. a small utility knife with a very fine and sharp replaceable blade, typically used in do-it-yourself and craft work.}}</ref> This name is a [[generic trademark]] named after [[Stanley Works]], a manufacturer of such knives.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.genericides.org/trademark/stanley-knife |title= Has stanley knife become a generic trademark? |access-date= February 18, 2021 |website= genericides.org }}</ref> In Israel and Switzerland, these knives are known as ''Japanese knives''. In Brazil they are known as ''estiletes'' or ''cortadores [[Olfa]]'' (the latter, being another genericised trademark<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.genericides.org/trademark/olfa |title= Has olfa become a generic trademark? |access-date= February 18, 2021 |website= genericides.org }}</ref>). In Portugal, Panama and Canada they are also known as ''[[X-Acto]]'' (yet another [[genericised trademark]]<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.genericides.org/trademark/x-acto |title= Has x-acto become a generic trademark? |access-date= February 18, 2021 |website= genericides.org }}</ref> ). In India, Russia, the Philippines, France, Iraq, Italy, Egypt, and Germany,<ref>{{cite web | title=Cutter ▶ Rechtschreibung, Bedeutung, Definition, Herkunft | website=Duden | date=2018-04-26 | url=https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Cutter | language=de }}</ref> they are simply called ''cutter''.{{citation needed|date=July 2012}} In the Flemish region of Belgium it is called ''cuttermes(je)'' (cutter knife).<ref>{{cite web|title=Het Vlaams Woordenboek: cuttermes|url=http://www.vlaamswoordenboek.be/definities/term/cuttermes}}</ref> In general Spanish, they are known as ''cortaplumas'' (penknife, when it comes to folding blades);{{citation needed|date=July 2012}} in Spain, Mexico, and Costa Rica, they are colloquially known as ''cutters''; in Argentina and Uruguay the segmented fixed-blade knives are known as "Trinchetas".{{citation needed|date=July 2012}} In Turkey, they are known as ''maket bıçağı'' (which literally translates as ''model knife'').<ref>{{cite web|title=maket bıçağı| url=http://www.tdk.gov.tr/index.php?option=com_gts&arama=gts&kelime=maket%20b%C4%B1%C3%A7a%C4%9F%C4%B1|work=Türk Dil Kurumu Güncel Türkçe Sözlük|access-date=24 November 2015|quote=Genellikle maket yapımında kullanılan ince ve keskin bıçak.}}</ref> Other names for the tool are ''box cutter'' or ''boxcutter'', ''blade knife'', ''carpet knife'', ''pen knife'', ''stationery knife'', ''sheetrock knife'', or ''drywall knife''.
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