chainsaw

English

A chainsaw

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• chain saw

Etymology

From chain +‎ saw due to the chain cutting mechanism.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtʃeɪnˌsɔː/

Noun

chainsaw (plural chainsaws)

1. A saw that has a power driven and fast revolving chain of metal teeth, usually used to cut trees.

   He used a chainsaw to cut through the fallen tree on the roadway.

Translations

saw with a power-driven chain

• Catalan: serra de cadena (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電鏈鋸 (cmn), 电链锯 (cmn) (diànliànjù), 電鋸 (cmn), 电锯 (cmn) (diànjù), 鏈鋸 (cmn), 链锯 (cmn) (liànjù)

• Czech: řetězová pila (cs) f
• Danish: kædesav (da) c, motorsav (da) c
• Dutch: kettingzaag (nl) f
• Estonian: mootorsaag (et)
• Finnish: moottorisaha (fi)
• French: tronçonneuse (fr) f
• Galician: motoserra (gl) f
• German: Kettensäge (de) f
• Greek: αλυσοπρίονο (el) (alysopríono) n
• Hungarian: láncfűrész (hu)
• Icelandic: keðjusög (is) f
• Indonesian: gergaji rantai (id), gergaji listrik (id) (electric saw)

• Interlingua: chainsaw (ia)
• Italian: motosega (it) f
• Japanese: チェーンソー (ja) (chēnsō)
• Latvian: motorzāģis (lv) m
• Macedonian: моторна пила (mk) (mótorna pilá) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: motorsag (no) m and f

  Nynorsk: motorsag (nn) f

• Polish: piła łańcuchowa
• Portuguese: motosserra (pt) f
• Russian: бензопила (ru) (benzopilá) f, цепная пила (ru) (cepnája pilá) f
• Slovak: reťazová píla (sk) f
• Slovene: motorka (sl) f
• Spanish: motosierra (es) f, sierra eléctrica (es) f, sierra de cadena (es) f
• Swedish: motorsåg (sv) c

Verb

chainsaw (third-person singular simple present chainsaws, present participle chainsawing, simple past and past participle chainsawed)

1. To cut with a chainsaw.
   • 2009 September 9, Mike Funston, “Mississauga pulls green thorn from its paw”, Toronto Star:

     She and Barber once stopped a developer from chainsawing mature trees on Mississauga Rd. by standing in front of them.