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cinzel

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From older cisel (influenced by pincel "paintbrush"), from Old French cisel, from cisoir (with a change in suffix), from Late Latin cīsōrium (“cutting instrument”), ultimately from Latin caedere (“cut”).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: cin‧zel

Noun

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cinzel m (plural cinzéis)

  1. chisel (tool consisting of an oblong piece of metal ending in a sharp edge)

Descendants

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  • → Malayalam: ചിന്തേർ (cintēṟ)

References

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  1. ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “cincel”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 83

Further reading

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