secateurs
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See also: sécateurs
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French sécateurs, plural of sécateur, from Latin secō + -ateur.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɛk.əˌtɜːz/, /ˈsɛk.əˌtɪəz/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈsek.ɘˌtɵːz/, /ˈsek.əˌtiəz/
Noun[edit]
secateurs pl (plural only)
- (chiefly British, Australia, New Zealand) Small, handheld pruning shears.
- 2023 August 5, Diarmuid Gavin, “It's time to give my garden a makeover”, in Irish Independent Magazine, page 28:
- To start with, I'm going to arm myself with a saw, shears and secateurs to radically prune some of what's there.
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
pruning shears — see pruning shears
References[edit]
- The Chambers Dictionary, 1998. →ISBN