"It's war," said the Grim Reaper and put his scythe aside to get onto the combine harvester.
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Scythe
//ˈsaɪð//
Synonyms for "scythe" (10 found)
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Translations
179 translations across 112 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- kosë noun (farm tool)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- δρέπανον noun (farm tool)
Andi
1 entries- харисел noun (farm tool)
Arabic
1 entries- مِنْجَل noun (farm tool)
Armenian
1 entries- գերանդի noun (farm tool)
Avar
3 entries- нилъ noun (farm tool)
- харицел noun (farm tool)
- хъандиро noun (farm tool)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- dəryaz noun (farm tool)
- kərənti noun (farm tool)
Bashkir
1 entries- салғы noun (farm tool)
Basque
2 entries- kodaina noun (farm tool)
- sega noun (farm tool)
Bats
1 entries- ცელ noun (farm tool)
Belarusian
2 entries- каса́ noun (farm tool)
- касі́ць verb (to cut with a scythe)
Bezhta
1 entries- халисен noun (farm tool)
Breton
1 entries- falc'h noun (farm tool)
Bulgarian
2 entries- коса́ noun (farm tool)
- кося́ verb (to cut with a scythe)
Burmese
1 entries- မြက်ခုတ်ဓား noun (farm tool)
Catalan
2 entries- dalla noun (farm tool)
- dallar verb (to cut with a scythe)
Chechen
2 entries- мангал noun (farm tool)
- марс noun (farm tool)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 大鐮 /大镰 noun (farm tool)
- 大鐮刀 /大镰刀 noun (farm tool)
- 釤刀 /钐刀 noun (farm tool)
- 釤鐮 /钐镰 noun (farm tool)
Chuvash
1 entries- ҫава noun (farm tool)
Czech
2 entries- kosa noun (farm tool)
- kosit verb (to cut with a scythe)
Danish
1 entries- le noun (farm tool)
Dutch
2 entries- zeis noun (farm tool)
- maaien verb (to cut with a scythe)
Esperanto
1 entries- falĉilo noun (farm tool)
Estonian
2 entries- vikat noun (farm tool)
- niitma verb (to cut with a scythe)
Faroese
2 entries- líggi noun (farm tool)
- at sláa við líggja verb (to cut with a scythe)
Finnish
2 entries- viikate noun (farm tool)
- niittää verb (to cut with a scythe)
French
2 entries- faux noun (farm tool)
- faucher verb (to cut with a scythe)
Galician
1 entries- gadaña noun (farm tool)
Georgian
1 entries- ცელი noun (farm tool)
German
4 entries- Sense noun (farm tool)
- Sichel noun (blade in the wheel of a war chariot)
- mähen verb (to cut with a scythe)
- sensen verb (to cut with a scythe)
Greek
1 entries- κόσα noun (farm tool)
Hebrew
1 entries- חֶרְמֵשׁ noun (farm tool)
Hindi
2 entries- दराँती noun (farm tool)
- हँसिया noun (farm tool)
Hungarian
2 entries- kasza noun (farm tool)
- kaszál verb (to cut with a scythe)
Icelandic
4 entries- ljár noun (farm tool)
- orf og ljár noun (farm tool)
- slá verb (to cut with a scythe)
- slá með orfi og ljá verb (to cut with a scythe)
Ido
1 entries- falchilo noun (farm tool)
Ingrian
1 entries- viikate noun (farm tool)
Ingush
2 entries- мангал noun (farm tool)
- марс noun (farm tool)
Inuktitut
1 entries- ᓇᑲᑎᕆᔾᔪᑦ noun (farm tool)
Irish
2 entries- speal noun (farm tool)
- speal verb (to cut with a scythe)
Italian
2 entries- falce noun (farm tool)
- falciare verb (to cut with a scythe)
Japanese
1 entries- 大鎌 noun (farm tool)
Kalmyk
1 entries- шалһ noun (farm tool)
Kazakh
1 entries- шалғы noun (farm tool)
Khmer
1 entries- កណ្ដៀវ noun (farm tool)
Kildin Sami
1 entries- ко̄сс noun (farm tool)
Korean
1 entries- 큰낫 noun (farm tool)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- чалгы noun (farm tool)
Ladin
1 entries- fauc noun (farm tool)
Lak
2 entries- мирхъ noun (farm tool)
- мухӏ noun (farm tool)
Lao
1 entries- ກ່ຽວ noun (farm tool)
Latin
1 entries- falx noun (farm tool)
Latvian
2 entries- izkapts noun (farm tool)
- pļaut verb (to cut with a scythe)
Laz
2 entries- დრეპანი noun (farm tool)
- ქერენდი noun (farm tool)
Lezgi
1 entries- дергес noun (farm tool)
Ligurian
1 entries- messuïa noun (farm tool)
Lithuanian
1 entries- dalgis noun (farm tool)
Lombard
2 entries- falc noun (farm tool)
- ranza noun (farm tool)
Low German
1 entries- Sais noun (farm tool)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- kósa noun (farm tool)
Lower Tanana
1 entries- be'aɬ ts'etsan' dedet'odhi noun (farm tool)
Macedonian
2 entries- коса noun (farm tool)
- коси verb (to cut with a scythe)
Mazanderani
1 entries- افنداره noun (farm tool)
Mingrelian
1 entries- ცელი noun (farm tool)
Mongolian
1 entries- хадуур noun (farm tool)
Māori
1 entries- haira noun (farm tool)
Nanai
1 entries- хадоко noun (farm tool)
Norman
1 entries- faux noun (farm tool)
Northern Kurdish
3 entries- dilûk noun (farm tool)
- kêlendî noun (farm tool)
- kêrendî noun (farm tool)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- ljå noun (farm tool)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- ljå noun (farm tool)
Old East Slavic
1 entries- коса noun (farm tool)
Old English
1 entries- siġþe noun (farm tool)
Ossetian
2 entries- цӕвӕг noun (farm tool)
- ӕхсырф noun (farm tool)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- طرپان noun (farm tool)
Persian
1 entries- دهره noun (farm tool)
Piedmontese
1 entries- faussìa noun (farm tool)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Sans noun (farm tool)
Polish
2 entries- kosa noun (farm tool)
- kosić verb (to cut with a scythe)
Portuguese
4 entries- foice noun (farm tool)
- gadanha noun (farm tool)
- ceifar verb (to cut with a scythe)
- gadanhar verb (to cut with a scythe)
Romanian
1 entries- coasă noun (farm tool)
Russian
3 entries- коса́ noun (farm tool)
- коси́ть verb (to cut with a scythe)
- скоси́ть verb (to cut with a scythe)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- kòsa noun (farm tool)
- ко̀са noun (farm tool)
- kositi verb (to cut with a scythe)
- косити verb (to cut with a scythe)
Sicilian
3 entries- fauci noun (farm tool)
- faucijari verb (to cut with a scythe)
- mètiri verb (to cut with a scythe)
Slovak
2 entries- kosa noun (farm tool)
- kosiť verb (to cut with a scythe)
Slovene
2 entries- kosa noun (farm tool)
- kositi verb (to cut with a scythe)
Southern Altai
1 entries- чалгы noun (farm tool)
Spanish
4 entries- dalla noun (farm tool)
- dalle noun (farm tool)
- guadaña noun (farm tool)
- segote noun (farm tool)
Svan
1 entries- მერჩილ noun (farm tool)
Swabian
1 entries- Sägas, Säagis noun (farm tool)
Swahili
1 entries- fyekeo noun (farm tool)
Swedish
3 entries- lie noun (farm tool)
- slå verb (to cut with a scythe)
- slå med lie verb (to cut with a scythe)
Tabasaran
1 entries- дергес noun (farm tool)
Tagalog
2 entries- kalawit noun (farm tool)
- karit noun (farm tool)
Tajik
1 entries- даҳра noun (farm tool)
Tarifit
1 entries- amjar noun (farm tool)
Thai
1 entries- เคียว noun (farm tool)
Turkish
2 entries- kerenti noun (farm tool)
- tırpan noun (farm tool)
Udi
3 entries- даьргаьз noun (farm tool)
- мих noun (farm tool)
- цел noun (farm tool)
Udmurt
1 entries- кусо noun (farm tool)
Ugaritic
1 entries- 𐎎𐎓𐎕𐎄 noun (farm tool)
Ukrainian
2 entries- коса́ noun (farm tool)
- коси́ти verb (to cut with a scythe)
Unami
3 entries- kishkshaskokàn noun (farm tool)
- mushakàn noun (farm tool)
- tëmàsksakokàn noun (farm tool)
Urdu
1 entries- دَرَانْتی noun (farm tool)
Uyghur
1 entries- چالغا noun (farm tool)
Uzbek
2 entries- beloʻroq noun (farm tool)
- chalgʻi noun (farm tool)
Venetan
1 entries- falẑ noun (farm tool)
Veps
1 entries- vikateh noun (farm tool)
Vietnamese
1 entries- lưỡi hái noun (farm tool)
Volapük
2 entries- fod noun (farm tool)
- fodön verb (to cut with a scythe)
Welsh
1 entries- pladur noun (farm tool)
Yiddish
1 entries- קאָסע noun (farm tool)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Would you use a scythe instead of a lawnmower?
Source: tatoeba (4063261)
The gardener cuts back the bushes with shears and the grass with a scythe.
Source: tatoeba (4409765)
Mary's grandfather used to harvest by scythe.
Source: tatoeba (4458444)
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