cesoia

Italian

Alternative forms

• cesoja (obsolete)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Vulgar Latin *cīsōria, plural of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin cīsōrium (“cutting tool”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin -cīsus, from caesus, from caedō (“cut”). Compare English scissors. See also Italian cesello.

Noun

cesoia f (plural cesoie)

1. (especially in plural) shears
2. shearing machine

See also

• forbici