pliers

pliers

English

A pair of jeweller’s pliers

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈplaɪ.ə(ɹ)z/

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• Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)z

Etymology 1

From ply (“to bend”) +‎ -ers.

Noun

pliers pl (plural only)

1. A pincer-like gripping tool that multiplies the strength of the user's hand, often used for bending things.

   I need a pair of pliers to get a good grip on that broken screw.

Usage notes

• To make clear the quantity under discussion, the expressions "a pair of pliers" or "(however many) pairs of pliers" can be used.
• "A pliers" is somewhat awkward, though accepted in American English.

Derived terms

• adjustable pliers, crimping pliers, groove-joint pliers, lineman's pliers, needlenose pliers, tongue-and-groove pliers, water pumpe pliers

Descendants

• → Cebuano: playis
• → Tagalog: plais
• Tok Pisin: plais

Translations

gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand

Albanian: pincë (sq) f Arabic: زَرَّادِيَّة‎ f (zarrādiyya) Egyptian Arabic: بنسة‎ f (bénsa), بنز‎ m (benz) Hijazi Arabic: زَرَّادِيَّة‎ f (zarrādiyya) Armenian: տափակաշուրթ (hy) (tapʿakašurtʿ) Bashkir: ҡыпһыуыр (qıphıwır), (Eastern) ҡыпсыуыр (qıpsıwır) Belarusian: абцугі́ m pl (abcuhí), шчыпцы́ m pl (ščypcý) Bulgarian: пло́ски кле́щи f pl (plóski kléšti), кле́щи (bg) f pl (kléšti) Catalan: alicates (ca) f pl Cebuano: playis, alikate (dated) Chechen: морзах (morzax) Chinese: Mandarin: 鉗子／钳子 (zh) (qiánzi), 鉗／钳 (zh) (qián) Czech: kleště (cs) f pl Danish: tang c Dutch: tang (nl) m or f Esperanto: pinĉilo Estonian: tangid pl Finnish: pihdit (fi) pl, tongit (fi) pl French: pince (fr) f, pinces (fr) f pl Georgian: ბრტყელტუჩა (brṭq̇elṭuča) German: Zange (de) f; Kneifzange (de) f Greek: πένσα (el) f (pénsa) Hebrew: מֶלְקַחַת‎ f (melkákhat) Hungarian: fogó (hu) Ido: pinco (io), tenalio (io) Indonesian: tang (id) Italian: pinza (it) f, pinze (it) f pl Japanese: プライヤー (puraiyā), ペンチ (penchi) Kazakh: қысқыш (qysqyş), атауыз (atauyz) Korean: 플라이어 (ko) (peullaieo), 펜치 (ko) (penchi) Kyrgyz: аттиш (ky) (attiş) Latvian: knaibles pl Lithuanian: replės f pl, žnyplės pl Macedonian: клешти f pl (klešti) Malay: tang Malayalam: ചവണ (ml) (cavaṇa) Maltese: tnalja f Maori: kūmau Norwegian: Bokmål: tang (no) m or f Nynorsk: tong f Occitan: pinça (oc) f, pinças (oc) f pl, mordassas f pl Persian: انبردست‎ (fa) (ambordast), انبر‎ (fa) (ambor), انبرک‎ (fa) (amborak) Plautdietsch: Pleia m Polish: cęgi (pl) pl, cążki pl, kombinerki (pl) pl, szczypce (pl) pl, kleszcze (pl) pl Portuguese: alicate (pt) m Romanian: clește (ro) m Russian: плоскогу́бцы (ru) m pl (ploskogúbcy), пассати́жи (ru) m pl (passatíži), щипцы́ (ru) m pl (ščipcý), кле́щи (ru) m pl (kléšči), куса́чки (ru) f pl (kusáčki) Scottish Gaelic: greimire f 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: alicates (es) m pl, alicate (es) m Sranan Tongo: tanga Swedish: tång (sv) c Tagalog: plais, sagam, bokay-pato, bokaypato, alikate Tai Dam: ꪁꪲꪣ Tajik: анбӯр (anbür) Tatar: үрдәкборын (tt) (ürdäkborın) Thai: คีม (th) (kiim) Tok Pisin: plais Turkish: pense (tr), kargaburun Ukrainian: щи́пці m pl (ščýpci), клі́щі pl (klíšči) Uzbek: ombur (uz), qisqich (uz) Venetian: pensa Vietnamese: cái kìm, kềm (vi), kìm (vi) Welsh: gefel blygu f West Frisian: tange c Yiddish: קנײַפּער‎ m (knayper)

See also

• pincers

Noun

pliers

1. plural of plier

Anagrams

• Lisper, Perlis, lisper, perils, pilers, priles, sirple