tesoira

Galician

Diferentes tipos de tesoiras. (different kinds of scissors)

Alternative forms

teseira, tiseira, tixeira, tixoira

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

IPA^(key): /teˈsojɾa̝/

Noun

tesoira f (plural tesoiras)

(usually in the plural) scissors, shears
- 1402, A. López Ferreiro (ed.), 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 a knife for cutting
rafter
Synonym: cango

Derived terms

tesoirada
tesoiro

References

“tixeira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
“tesoira” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“tesoira” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Noun

tesoira f (plural tesoiras)

Dated form of tesoura.

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