secateurs
See also: sécateurs
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French sécateurs, plural of sécateur, from Latin secō + -ateur.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɛk.əˌtɜːz/, /ˈsɛk.əˌtɪəz/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈsek.ɘˌtɵːz/, /ˈsek.əˌtiəz/
Noun edit
secateurs pl (plural only)
- (chiefly British, Australia, New Zealand) Small, handheld pruning shears.
- 2023 August 5, Diarmuid Gavin, “It's time to give my garden a makeover”, in Irish Independent Magazine, page 28:
- To start with, I'm going to arm myself with a saw, shears and secateurs to radically prune some of what's there.
Synonyms edit
Translations edit
pruning shears — see pruning shears
References edit
- The Chambers Dictionary, 1998. →ISBN