tesoura

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (feminine) scissors (tool used for cutting)
2. (feminine) a type of truss (framework of beams forming a rigid structure) used in rooves
3. (feminine) scissor-tailed flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)
4. (feminine) scissors (a hand with the index and middle fingers open in rock papers scissors)
5. (feminine) earwig (any insect of the order Dermaptera)
6. (feminine) fiddler crab (Ocypodidae spp.)
7. (feminine) a form of sliding tackle where the player performing the tackle has his legs wide open
8. (feminine) scissor kick (a kick where the attacker attempts to grabs his opponent’s neck with his legs)

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of tesourar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of tesourar:

Sinonieme

tosquiadeira

podadeira

chama-maré

tesouras

Tesouras

mão em V de vitória

tesoura aberta

Vertalings

scissors

✂️

schaar

Schere

tijeras

ciseaux

tisores

✂️

forbici

✂️

makas

✂️

ψαλίδι

axicia

shears

pair of scissors

meqes

مقص

✂️

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/teˈzo(w).ɾɐ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Latyn: tōnsōria

Verwante met Galisies: tesoira

Verwante met Spaans: tijera

Verwante met Asturies: tixeres

Verwante met Katalaans: tisores

In summary

From tesoira, from Latin tōnsōria (forfex), from tōnsor (“hair cutter”), from tondeō (“to shear”). Compare Galician tesoira, Spanish tijera, Asturian tixeres, tisories, Catalan tisores.