mannaia

Meaning

1. (feminine) axe
2. (feminine) cleaver
3. (feminine) guillotine blade
4. (broadly, feminine, figuratively) looming danger hanging over someone's head
5. (broadly, feminine, metonymically) tyrannical or bloody political regime

Concepts

axe

🪓

cleaver

chopper

ax

knife

🔪

meat cleaver

razorblade

razor blade

blade

hatchet

hogback

Synonyms

ascia

🪓

scure

🪓

coltella

accetta

Translations

hache

🪓

hacha

🪓

couperet

Beil

🪓

destral

🪓

machado

🪓

fendoir

cutelo

balta

🪓

Cleaver

τσεκούρι

μπαλτάς

بلطة

🪓

Wiegemesser

Hyphenated as

man‧nà‧ia

Pronounced as (IPA)

/manˈna.ja/

Etymology

From Late Latin manuāria (secūris), from Latin manuārius (“of or pertaining to the hand”).