cisailles
See also: cisaillés
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Etymology edit
Inherited 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 edit
Audio (file) - Homophones: cisaille, cisaillent
Noun edit
cisailles f pl (plural only)
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Verb edit
cisailles
Further reading edit
- “cisailles”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.