cisaille

/si.zaj/

la noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
les cisailles

Meaning

  1. shears

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

cizalla

cizalla is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "shears."

Practice

1 What does cisaille mean?

2 Fill the gap: Il taille la haie avec une ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches cisaille?

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