tesoiras

Galician

Diferentes tipos de tesoiras. (different kinds of scissors)

Etymology

Attested from 1402. Plural of tesoira, from Old Galician and Old Portuguese, from Latin tonsōria (forfex), from tōnsor (hair cutter), from tondeō (I shear). Compare Portuguese tesoura, Spanish tijera, Asturian tixeres, tisories, Catalan tisores.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /teˈsojɾa̝/

Noun

tesoiras f pl

  1. scissors, shears
    • 1402, A. López Ferreiro (ed.), Galicia Historica, I, 5, page 343:
      dous piliquos et hua pele falisa et tres teseyras et huun coytelo de tallar
      two hides and a pelt and three scissors and a a knife for cutting

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Portuguese

Noun

tesoiras f

  1. plural of tesoira
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