tesoira
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Diferentes tipos de tesoiras. (different kinds of scissors)
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
Attested from 1402. From Latin tonsōria (forfex), from tōnsor (“hair cutter”), from tondeō (“I shear”). Compare Portuguese tesoura, Spanish tijera, Asturian tixeres, tisories, Catalan tisores.
Pronunciation
Noun
tesoira f (plural tesoiras)
- (usually in the plural) 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
- rafter
- Synonym: cango
Derived terms
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tixeira”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tesoira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tesoira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Noun
tesoira f (plural tesoiras)