scissor
scissor · scissors
Schere
ScissorsScissors.
UK/ˈsɪzə/US/ˈsɪzɚ/
Meaning
2 senses(rare)One blade of a pair of scissors.
(India)Scissors.
Schere
Translations
4 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
one blade on a pair of scissors:
Origin
From Middle English cysour, cysoure, cysowre, altered from sisours (“scissors”), from OldFrom Middle English cysour, cysoure, cysowre, altered from sisours (“scissors”), from Old French cisoires, cisours, cisur, from Latin caedere (“to cut”); current spelling influenced by Latin scindere, scissus (“to split”).
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