pincers

pincers

English

A pair of carpenter's pincers

Etymology

From Middle English pynsours, from Old French pinceure, pinchure, from pincier (“to pinch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪnsəɹz/

Noun

pincers

1. plural of pincer

Noun

pincers pl (plural only)

1. A gripping tool, pivoted like a pair of scissors, but with blunt jaws.
   • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 107:

     Milk formed their chief diet, and this they were supposed to imbibe from the witch herself, from a third "teat" which had been made beneath the arm by a nip from the Devil's pincers.

2. The front claws of crustaceans such as lobsters.

Synonyms

• forceps
• chelae, claws, nippers
• pair of pincers
• pinchers

Translations

gripping tool

Arabic: كَلْبَتَان‎ f du (kalbatān) Armenian: աքցան (hy) (akʿcʿan) Aromanian: cleashti f Azerbaijani: kəlbətin (az) Bashkir: ҡыпһыуыр (qıphıwır), (Eastern) ҡыпсыуыр (qıpsıwır) Belarusian: абцугі́ m pl (abcuhí), кле́шчы pl (kljéščy), шчыпцы́ m pl (ščypcý) Bulgarian: кле́щи (bg) f pl (kléšti) Chechen: морзах (morzax) Chinese: Mandarin: 鉗子／钳子 (zh) (qiánzi), 鉗／钳 (zh) (qián) Czech: kleště (cs) f pl Dutch: knijptang (nl) Finnish: hohtimet (fi) French: tenaille (fr) f, pinces (fr) f pl Galician: tenaces m pl Georgian: მარწუხი (marc̣uxi), მაშები (mašebi) German: Kneifzange (de) f, Beißzange (de) f, Kantenzange f, Monierzange f Greek: τανάλια (el) f (tanália) Hungarian: harapófogó (hu) Ido: pinco (io), tenalio (io) Italian: tenaglia (it) f Japanese: やっとこ (yattoko), 矢床 (やっとこ, yattoko), ペンチ (penchi) Korean: 펜치 (ko) (penchi), 못뽑이 (motppobi), 족집게 (jokjipge) Latin: forceps m Macedonian: клешти f pl (klešti) Maori: kuku Norwegian: Bokmål: tang (no) m or f, knipetang m or f Nynorsk: tong f, knipetong f Old Portuguese: tẽaz f Persian: انبرک‎ (fa) (amborak), انبردست‎ (fa) (ambordast), انبر‎ (fa) (ambor) Polish: kleszcze (pl) pl, obcęgi (pl) m pl Portuguese: tenaz (pt) f, pinça (pt) f Rade: pen Romanian: clește (ro) m Russian: кле́щи (ru) m pl (kléšči), щипцы́ (ru) m pl (ščipcý) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: кле́ште f pl, клије́ште f pl Roman: kléšte (sh) f pl, klijéšte (sh) f pl Slovak: kliešte pl Slovene: klešče (sl) f pl Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: klěšće pl Spanish: tenaza (es) f, tenazas f pl, pinzas (es) f pl Swedish: tång (sv) c, hovtång (sv) c, kniptång c Tagalog: bahaypato Tajik: анбӯр (anbür) Thai: คีม (th) (kiim) Turkish: kerpeten (tr) Ukrainian: клі́щі pl (klíšči), обце́ньки pl (obcénʹky), щи́пці m pl (ščýpci) Uzbek: ombur (uz), qisqich (uz) Vietnamese: kềm (vi), kìm (vi)

front claws

Bulgarian: щи́пци (bg) f pl (štípci) Czech: klepeta n pl Finnish: sakset (fi) pl French: pinces (fr) f pl German: Krebsschere f Irish: ordóg (ga) f Italian: pinze (it) f pl Norwegian: Bokmål: klo m or f Nynorsk: klo f Portuguese: patolas (pt) f Romanian: clește (ro) m Russian: клешня́ (ru) f (klešnjá), клешни́ (ru) f pl (klešní) Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: klěšće pl Spanish: pinzas (es) f pl, tenazas f pl Thai: ก้าม (th) (gâam)

See also

• tongs

Anagrams

• Crespin, Princes, crispen, princes