razor

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

scheermes

🪒

mes

🔪

scheerapparaat

lemmer

lemmet

plaatje

scheren

slagtand

lamel

mesje

blad

stoottand

folie

kling

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

rasoir

🪒

rasoio

🪒

Rasiermesser

ξυράφι

navalha

navalla

🪒

navaja de afeitar

Rasierapparat

navaja

🪒

ustura

🪒

gilete

🪒

gûzan

jilet

🪒

máquina de afeitar

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈɹeɪzə/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: 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”).