razor

Significado (Inglês)

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.

Conceitos

navalha

gilete

🪒

navalha de barba

lâmina de barbear

presa

Sinônimos

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

Traduções

rasoir

🪒

rasoio

🪒

Rasiermesser

scheermes

🪒

ξυράφι

navalla

🪒

navaja de afeitar

mes

🔪

navaja

🪒

Rasierapparat

ustura

🪒

gûzan

jilet

🪒

cuchilla de afeitar

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈɹeɪzə/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: 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”).