tesoiras

Betekenis (Engels)

scissors, shears

Geslag

♀️ Vroulik

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/teˈsojɾa̝/

Etimologie (Engels)

Attested from 1402. Plural of tesoira, from Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin tonsōria (forfex), from tōnsor (“hair cutter”), from tondeō (“I shear”). Compare Portuguese tesoura, Spanish tijera, Asturian tixeres, tisories, Catalan tisores.