cisailles
See also: cisaillés
French
Etymology
From Old French cisaille(s), from a Vulgar Latin *cisac(u)la, from *caesacula, from the neuter plural of a *caesaculum, formed from the root of Latin caesus, from caedō (“cut”). Cf. also the related ciseau.
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Homophones: cisaille, cisaillent
Noun
cisailles f pl (plural only)
- shears, clippers
Derived terms
- cisailler
Related terms
- ciseau
Descendants
- Catalan: cisalla
- Spanish: cizalla
Verb
cisailles
- second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of cisailler
Further reading
- “cisailles”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.