cisailles

See also: cisaillés

French

Etymology

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

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• Homophones: cisaille, cisaillent

Noun

cisailles f pl (plural only)

1. shears, clippers

Derived terms

• cisailler

Related terms

• ciseau

Descendants

• Catalan: cisalla
• Spanish: cizalla

Verb

cisailles

1. 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.