cinzel

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From older cisel (influenced by pincel "paintbrush"), from Old French cisel, from cisoir (with a change in suffix), from Late Latin cīsōrium (cutting instrument), ultimately from Latin caedere (cut).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: cin‧zel

Noun

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cinzel m (plural cinzéis)

  1. chisel (tool consisting of an oblong piece of metal ending in a sharp edge)

Descendants

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  • Malayalam: ചിന്തേർ (cintēṟ)

References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “cincel”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Gredos, →ISBN, page 83