forbici
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin forficis plural of forfex.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
forbici f pl (plural only)
- scissors
- un paio di forbici ― a pair of scissors
- 1816, Gioachino Rossini, Cesare Sterbini (lyrics and music), “Largo al factotum”, in Il barbiere di Siviglia:
- Miglior cuccagna per un barbiere, vita più nobile, no, non si da. Rasori e pettini, lancette e forbici, al mio comando tutto qui sta.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- shears
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