Scissors

//ˈsɪzɚz//

Synonyms for "scissors" (19 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (4)

Strong matches (6)

Noun(2 words)
scissorscissor grip

Related words (9)

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16 relation types

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4 entries

More specific

2 entries

Synonyms

2 entries

Related terms

1 entries

at location

5 entries

capable of

6 entries

derived

32 entries

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etymologically related_to

2 entries

form of

1 entries

has context

6 entries

has property

2 entries

is a

4 entries

made of

1 entries

receives action

1 entries

related to

28 entries

Showing 16 of 28 words.

used for

12 entries

Translations

264 translations across 200 languages.

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Abkhaz

1 entries
  • амаркаты́л noun (tool used for cutting)

Afrikaans

1 entries
  • skêr noun (tool used for cutting)

Albanian

1 entries
  • gërshërë noun (tool used for cutting)

Aleut

1 entries
  • nu-shu-shuk noun (tool used for cutting)

Amharic

1 entries
  • ሳረቶች noun (tool used for cutting)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ψαλίς noun (tool used for cutting)

Arabic

4 entries
  • مقص noun (tool used for cutting)
  • مقص noun (tool used for cutting)
  • مقص noun (tool used for cutting)
  • مِقَصّ noun (tool used for cutting)

Armenian

1 entries
  • մկրատ noun (tool used for cutting)

Aromanian

2 entries
  • foarficã noun (tool used for cutting)
  • foarticã noun (tool used for cutting)

Assamese

1 entries
  • কেঁচি noun (tool used for cutting)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

1 entries
  • ܩܵܪܘܿܛܵܐ noun (tool used for cutting)

Asturian

1 entries
  • tixeres noun (tool used for cutting)

Aymara

1 entries
  • khuchuña noun (tool used for cutting)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • qayçı noun (tool used for cutting)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • ҡайсы noun (tool used for cutting)

Basque

1 entries
  • guraize noun (tool used for cutting)

Bats

1 entries
  • მაკარტა noun (tool used for cutting)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • нажні́цы noun (tool used for cutting)
  • нажні́чкі noun (tool used for cutting)

Bemba

1 entries
  • sisasi noun (tool used for cutting)

Bengali

1 entries
  • কাঁচি noun (tool used for cutting)

Biatah Bidayuh

1 entries
  • gutin noun (tool used for cutting)

Brunei Malay

1 entries
  • gunting noun (tool used for cutting)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • но́жица noun (tool used for cutting)
  • но́жици noun (tool used for cutting)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ကတ်ကြေး noun (tool used for cutting)

Buryat

1 entries
  • хайша noun (tool used for cutting)

Catalan

1 entries
  • tisores noun (tool used for cutting)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • gunting noun (tool used for cutting)

Central Dusun

1 entries
  • gunting noun (tool used for cutting)

Central Kurdish

2 entries
  • قەیچی noun (tool used for cutting)
  • مەقەس noun (tool used for cutting)

Chechen

1 entries
  • тукар noun (tool used for cutting)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᏗᎳᏍᏙᏯᏗ noun (tool used for cutting)

Chinese

2 entries
  • җянзы noun (tool used for cutting)
  • 鉸刀 /铰刀 noun (tool used for cutting)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 剪 noun (hand with the index and middle fingers open in the game of rock paper scissors)
  • 鉸剪 /铰剪 noun (tool used for cutting)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 剪刀 noun (tool used for cutting)
  • 剪刀 noun (hand with the index and middle fingers open in the game of rock paper scissors)
  • 剪子 noun (tool used for cutting)
  • 剪子 noun (hand with the index and middle fingers open in the game of rock paper scissors)

Chuvash

1 entries
  • хачӑ noun (tool used for cutting)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • maqas noun (tool used for cutting)

Czech

1 entries
  • nůžky noun (tool used for cutting)

Danish

1 entries
  • saks noun (tool used for cutting)

Dari

1 entries
  • قَیْچِی noun (tool used for cutting)

Dolgan

1 entries
  • кыптый noun (tool used for cutting)

Drung

1 entries
  • cvte noun (tool used for cutting)

Dupaningan Agta

1 entries
  • garasib noun (tool used for cutting)

Dutch

2 entries
  • schaar noun (tool used for cutting)
  • schaar noun (hand with the index and middle fingers open in the game of rock paper scissors)

Eastern Mari

1 entries
  • вашкӱзӧ noun (tool used for cutting)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries
  • 鉸刀 /铰刀 noun (tool used for cutting)

Elfdalian

1 entries
  • saks noun (tool used for cutting)

Erzya

1 entries
  • васоньпеельть noun (tool used for cutting)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • tondilo noun (tool used for cutting)

Estonian

2 entries
  • käärid noun (tool used for cutting)
  • käärid noun (hand with the index and middle fingers open in the game of rock paper scissors)

Farefare

1 entries
  • pasʋa noun (tool used for cutting)

Faroese

1 entries
  • saksur noun (tool used for cutting)

Finnish

1 entries
  • sakset noun (tool used for cutting)

French

2 entries
  • ciseaux noun (tool used for cutting)
  • ciseaux noun (hand with the index and middle fingers open in the game of rock paper scissors)

Friulian

1 entries
  • fuarpis noun (tool used for cutting)

Fula

1 entries
  • mekesje noun (tool used for cutting)

Gagauz

1 entries
  • makaz noun (tool used for cutting)

Galician

3 entries
  • tallantas noun (tool used for cutting)
  • tesoira noun (tool used for cutting)
  • tesoiras noun (tool used for cutting)

Georgian

1 entries
  • მაკრატელი noun (tool used for cutting)

German

1 entries
  • Schere noun (tool used for cutting)

Greek

1 entries
  • ψαλίδι noun (tool used for cutting)

Greenlandic

1 entries
  • qiuutit noun (tool used for cutting)

Gujarati

2 entries
  • કાતર noun (tool used for cutting)
  • કેંચી noun (tool used for cutting)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • sizo noun (tool used for cutting)

Hakka Chinese

2 entries
  • 剪刀 noun (tool used for cutting)
  • 鉸刀 /铰刀 noun (tool used for cutting)

Hausa

1 entries
  • almakashi noun (tool used for cutting)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • ʻūpā noun (tool used for cutting)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • מִסְפָּרַיִם noun (tool used for cutting)
  • מספריים noun (tool used for cutting)

Higaonon

1 entries
  • gunting noun (tool used for cutting)

Hindi

2 entries
  • क़ैंची noun (tool used for cutting)
  • कैंची noun (tool used for cutting)

Hinukh

1 entries
  • мокӏортӏи noun (tool used for cutting)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • olló noun (tool used for cutting)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • skæri noun (tool used for cutting)

Ido

1 entries
  • cizo noun (tool used for cutting)

Igbo

1 entries
  • mma-mkpa noun (tool used for cutting)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • gunting noun (tool used for cutting)

Ingush

1 entries
  • тукар noun (tool used for cutting)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • قِیْچی noun (tool used for cutting)

Irish

1 entries
  • siosúr noun (tool used for cutting)

Isan

2 entries
  • กระไต noun (tool used for cutting)
  • เซีย noun (tool used for cutting)

Italian

1 entries
  • forbici noun (tool used for cutting)

Iu Mien

1 entries
  • njiuv noun (tool used for cutting)

Japanese

2 entries
  • チョキ noun (hand with the index and middle fingers open in the game of rock paper scissors)
  • 鋏 noun (tool used for cutting)

Javanese

1 entries
  • ꦒꦸꦤ꧀ꦠꦶꦁ noun (tool used for cutting)

Kalmyk

1 entries
  • хәәч noun (tool used for cutting)

Kankanaey

2 entries
  • kaltib noun (tool used for cutting)
  • kantib noun (tool used for cutting)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಕತ್ತರಿ noun (tool used for cutting)

Kapampangan

1 entries
  • gunting noun (tool used for cutting)

Karachay-Balkar

1 entries
  • kıptı noun (tool used for cutting)

Karakalpak

1 entries
  • qayshı noun (tool used for cutting)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • қайшы noun (tool used for cutting)

Khmer

1 entries
  • កន្ត្រៃ noun (tool used for cutting)

Komi-Zyrian

1 entries
  • шыран noun (tool used for cutting)

Kongo

2 entries
  • luziolo noun (tool used for cutting)
  • sizo noun (tool used for cutting)

Korean

2 entries
  • 가위 noun (tool used for cutting)
  • 가위 noun (hand with the index and middle fingers open in the game of rock paper scissors)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • кайчы noun (tool used for cutting)

Laboya

1 entries
  • gutti noun (tool used for cutting)

Lao

2 entries
  • ມີດຕະໄກ noun (tool used for cutting)
  • ມີດຕັດ noun (tool used for cutting)

Latin

2 entries
  • axicia noun (tool used for cutting)
  • forfex noun (tool used for cutting)

Latvian

2 entries
  • grieznes noun (tool used for cutting)
  • šķēres noun (tool used for cutting)

Lezgi

1 entries
  • мукӏратӏ noun (tool used for cutting)

Limburgish

1 entries
  • sjier noun (tool used for cutting)

Lingala

2 entries
  • makasi noun (tool used for cutting)
  • sizo noun (tool used for cutting)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • žirklės noun (tool used for cutting)

Livonian

1 entries
  • škērõd noun (tool used for cutting)

Lombard

2 entries
  • forbes noun (tool used for cutting)
  • fòrbes noun (tool used for cutting)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • nožyce noun (tool used for cutting)

Luganda

1 entries
  • makansi noun (tool used for cutting)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Schéier noun (tool used for cutting)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • ножици noun (tool used for cutting)

Malagasy

1 entries
  • hety noun (tool used for cutting)

Malay

1 entries
  • gunting noun (tool used for cutting)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • കത്രിക noun (tool used for cutting)

Maltese

1 entries
  • mqass noun (tool used for cutting)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᡥᠠᠰᠠᡥᠠ noun (tool used for cutting)

Middle English

1 entries
  • sisours noun (tool used for cutting)

Minangkabau

1 entries
  • guntiang noun (tool used for cutting)

Mingrelian

1 entries
  • მარგატელი noun (tool used for cutting)

Mirandese

1 entries
  • tejeiras noun (tool used for cutting)

Moksha

1 entries
  • васоньпеельхть noun (tool used for cutting)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • хайч noun (tool used for cutting)
  • ᠬᠠᠶ᠋ᠢᠴᠢ noun (tool used for cutting)

Māori

2 entries
  • katikati noun (tool used for cutting)
  • kutikuti noun (tool used for cutting)

Neapolitan

1 entries
  • fròbbece noun (tool used for cutting)

Nepali

1 entries
  • कैँची noun (tool used for cutting)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries
  • mkasi noun (tool used for cutting)

Nogai

1 entries
  • канышы noun (tool used for cutting)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • cawbir noun (tool used for cutting)
  • meqes noun (tool used for cutting)

Northern Sami

2 entries
  • skierat noun (tool used for cutting)
  • skárrit noun (tool used for cutting)

Northern Sotho

1 entries
  • sekero noun (tool used for cutting)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • saks noun (tool used for cutting)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • saks noun (tool used for cutting)

Nuosu

1 entries
  • ꑐꄉ noun (tool used for cutting)

Occitan

1 entries
  • cisèls noun (tool used for cutting)

Okinawan

1 entries
  • 鋏 noun (tool used for cutting)

Old English

2 entries
  • sċēar noun (tool used for cutting)
  • sċēara noun (tool used for cutting)

Ossetian

1 entries
  • хӕсгард noun (tool used for cutting)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • صیندی noun (tool used for cutting)
  • مقص noun (tool used for cutting)

Pacoh

2 entries
  • tacâuq noun (tool used for cutting)
  • tarcâuq noun (tool used for cutting)

Piedmontese

1 entries
  • tisòire noun (tool used for cutting)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Schea noun (tool used for cutting)

Polish

3 entries
  • nożyce noun (tool used for cutting)
  • nożyce noun (hand with the index and middle fingers open in the game of rock paper scissors)
  • nożyczki noun (tool used for cutting)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • tesoura noun (tool used for cutting)
  • tesoura noun (hand with the index and middle fingers open in the game of rock paper scissors)

Pukapukan

1 entries
  • pākoti noun (tool used for cutting)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਕੈਂਚੀ noun (tool used for cutting)

Quechua

2 entries
  • k'utuna noun (tool used for cutting)
  • qhachuti noun (tool used for cutting)

Rohingya

1 entries
  • kesi noun (tool used for cutting)

Romani

1 entries
  • kat noun (tool used for cutting)

Romanian

2 entries
  • foarfece noun (tool used for cutting)
  • foarfecă noun (tool used for cutting)

Romansch

2 entries
  • forbesch noun (tool used for cutting)
  • forsch noun (tool used for cutting)

Russian

1 entries
  • но́жницы noun (tool used for cutting)

Sardinian

3 entries
  • fóltighe noun (tool used for cutting)
  • fórfiga noun (tool used for cutting)
  • fórfighe noun (tool used for cutting)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • siosar noun (tool used for cutting)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • màkaze noun (tool used for cutting)
  • nȍžice noun (tool used for cutting)
  • škȁre noun (tool used for cutting)
  • ма̀казе noun (tool used for cutting)

Shan

1 entries
  • ၵိမ်း noun (tool used for cutting)

Shona

1 entries
  • chigero noun (tool used for cutting)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • fòrficia noun (tool used for cutting)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • කතුර noun (tool used for cutting)

Skolt Sami

1 entries
  • ska´rri noun (tool used for cutting)

Slovak

1 entries
  • nožnice noun (tool used for cutting)

Slovene

1 entries
  • škarje noun (tool used for cutting)

Somali

1 entries
  • maqas noun (tool used for cutting)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • кайчы noun (tool used for cutting)

Spanish

1 entries
  • tijeras noun (tool used for cutting)

Sranan Tongo

2 entries
  • sesey noun (tool used for cutting)
  • sisey noun (tool used for cutting)

Sundanese

1 entries
  • ᮌᮥᮔ᮪ᮒᮤᮀ noun (tool used for cutting)

Swahili

2 entries
  • mikasi noun (tool used for cutting)
  • mkasi noun (tool used for cutting)

Swedish

1 entries
  • sax noun (tool used for cutting)

Sylheti

1 entries
  • ꠇꠦꠘ꠆ꠌꠤ noun (tool used for cutting)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • gunting noun (tool used for cutting)

Tajik

2 entries
  • миқроз noun (tool used for cutting)
  • қайчӣ noun (tool used for cutting)

Tamil

2 entries
  • கத்தரிக்கோல் noun (tool used for cutting)
  • கத்திரி noun (tool used for cutting)

Tarifit

1 entries
  • timešraḍ noun (tool used for cutting)

Tatar

1 entries
  • кайчы noun (tool used for cutting)

Telugu

1 entries
  • కత్తెర noun (tool used for cutting)

Tetum

1 entries
  • kateri noun (tool used for cutting)

Thai

1 entries
  • กรรไกร noun (tool used for cutting)

Tibetan

3 entries
  • ཁེ་གྲི noun (tool used for cutting)
  • ཅེམ་ཙེ noun (tool used for cutting)
  • ཇེམ་ཙེ noun (tool used for cutting)

Tigrinya

1 entries
  • መቐዝ noun (tool used for cutting)

Tlingit

1 entries
  • khaashaxáshaa noun (tool used for cutting)

Tofa

1 entries
  • һэйчы noun (tool used for cutting)

Turkish

4 entries
  • kıptı noun (tool used for cutting)
  • makas noun (tool used for cutting)
  • makas noun (hand with the index and middle fingers open in the game of rock paper scissors)
  • sındı noun (tool used for cutting)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • gaýçy noun (tool used for cutting)

Tuvan

1 entries
  • хачы noun (tool used for cutting)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • но́жиці noun (tool used for cutting)

Unami

1 entries
  • tàhkònshikàn noun (tool used for cutting)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries
  • nožicy noun (tool used for cutting)

Urdu

3 entries
  • قَین٘چی noun (tool used for cutting)
  • قَیچی noun (tool used for cutting)
  • کَین٘چی noun (tool used for cutting)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • قايچا noun (tool used for cutting)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • qaychi noun (tool used for cutting)

Venetan

1 entries
  • forfe noun (tool used for cutting)

Veps

1 entries
  • raudad noun (tool used for cutting)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • kéo noun (tool used for cutting)

Võro

1 entries
  • kääriq noun (tool used for cutting)

Waray-Waray

1 entries
  • gunting noun (tool used for cutting)

Welsh

1 entries
  • siswrn noun (tool used for cutting)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • skjirre noun (tool used for cutting)

Wolof

1 entries
  • siso noun (tool used for cutting)

Wu Chinese

1 entries
  • 剪刀 noun (tool used for cutting)

Yakut

2 entries
  • кыптыый noun (tool used for cutting)
  • тимир кыптыыйа noun (tool used for cutting)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • שער noun (tool used for cutting)

Zhuang

2 entries
  • gauqcienj noun (tool used for cutting)
  • geuz noun (tool used for cutting)

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

There is a pair of scissors on the desk.

Source: tatoeba (20578)

Can I borrow your scissors?

Source: tatoeba (35466)

Get me the scissors, please.

Source: tatoeba (35468)

Why did you tear the cloth instead of cutting it with scissors?

Source: tatoeba (36417)

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