scalpel
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin scalpellum, from scalprum (“knife”), from scalpere (“to cut”). Displaced native Old English lǣċeseax (literally “doctor knife”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
scalpel (plural scalpels)
- A small straight knife with a very sharp blade used for surgery, dissection and craftwork.
Translations edit
small straight knife
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See also edit
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin scalpellum.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
scalpel m (plural scalpels)
Further reading edit
- “scalpel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
scalpel n (plural scalpele)
Declension edit
Declension of scalpel
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) scalpel | scalpelul | (niște) scalpele | scalpelele |
genitive/dative | (unui) scalpel | scalpelului | (unor) scalpele | scalpelelor |
vocative | scalpelule | scalpelelor |