tweezers
A small pincerlike instrument, usually made of metal, used for handling or picking up…A small pincerlike instrument, usually made of metal, used for handling or picking up small objects (such as postage stamps), plucking out (plucking) hairs, pulling out slivers, etc.
Meaning
1 senses(plural, plural only)A small pincerlike instrument, usually made of metal, used for handling or picking up small objects (such as postage stamps), plucking out (plucking) hairs, pulling out slivers, etc.
Pinzette
пинце́тpincét, щипцы́ščipcý, щи́пчикиščípčiki
пінце́тpincét, щи́пціščýpci
Translations
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Origin
17th century (1645–55): plural of tweeser (on the model of nippers, pincers, pliers or sci17th century (1645–55): plural of tweeser (on the model of nippers, pincers, pliers or scissors), from obsolete tweese (“case for small instruments”) (or alternatively, alteration of plural form tweeses), aphetic form of earlier etweese (plural of etwee), from French étuis, plural of étui (“case, box, cover”) (from Old French estui (“container, prison”, noun), derivative of étuier (earlier spelling, estuier (“to shut up, guard, keep, preserve, save, enclose, place in a cover”), probably from Vulgar Latin *estudiāre (“to keep, treat with care”) or *studiāre, from Latin studēre (“to care about”).
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Forms
plural: tweezerses| Singular | tweezers |
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