razor

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or other parts of the body.
2. Any tool or instrument designed for shaving.
3. The sharp tusk of a wild boar.
4. A conceptual device that allows one to shave away unlikely explanations for a phenomenon.

Verb

To shave with a razor.

Conceptes

navalla

🪒

làmina

raor

🪒

maquineta d’afaitar

navalla d’afeitar

màquina d’afaitar

rasquet

afaitadora

fulla

màquina d'afaitar

Sinònims

shaver

knife

🔪

blade

razor blade

shave

sword

safety razor

razor-blade

scraper

small knife

shaven

dagger

🗡️

shavers

sheet

slat

wax

electric shaver

lamina

depilatory

pocketknife

Traduccions

rasoir

🪒

rasoio

🪒

Rasiermesser

scheermes

🪒

ξυράφι

navalha

navaja de afeitar

Rasierapparat

mes

🔪

navaja

🪒

ustura

🪒

gilete

🪒

gûzan

jilet

🪒

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈɹeɪzə/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: rasour

In summary

From Middle English rasour, from Old French rasour, from raser (“to scrape, to shave”). More at rat. By surface analysis, raze + -or. Displaced the native Old English sċierseax (literally “shaving knife”).