Polyglot Dictionary

ciseaux

/si.zo/

le noun A1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. scissors

    • Passe-moi les ciseaux, s'il te plaît.

      Pass me the scissors, please.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Schere

Schere is the German word for the same thing — both mean "scissors."

Spanish

tijera

tijera is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "scissors."

Portuguese

tesoura

tesoura is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "scissors."

Practice

1 What does ciseaux mean?

2 Fill the gap: Passe-moi les ___, s'il te plaît.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches ciseaux?

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