tesoiras

Galician

Diferentes tipos de tesoiras. (different kinds of scissors)

Alternative forms

  • texoira

Etymology

Attested from 1402. Plural of tesoira, from Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin tonsōria (forfex), from tōnsor (hair cutter), from tondeō (I shear). Compare Portuguese tesoura, Spanish tijera, Asturian tixeres, tisories, Catalan tisores.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /teˈsojɾa̝/

Noun

tesoiras f pl (plural only)

  1. scissors, shears
    • 1402, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Historica, I, 5, page 343:
      dous piliquos et hua pele falisa et tres teseyras et huun coytelo de tallar
      two hides and a pelt and three scissors and a knife for cutting

Hypernyms

References

Portuguese

Noun

tesoiras f

  1. plural of tesoira
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