pinça

See also: pinca

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French pince.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈpin.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈpin.sa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

pinça f (plural pinces)

1. (zoology) pincer
2. (clothing) dart
3. (in the plural) tweezers, tongs
4. (in the plural) pliers
5. (in the plural) clamp, clip

Derived terms

• pinçanàs
• pinçar
• pinces de cocodril

Further reading

• “pinça”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

French

Verb

pinça

1. third-person singular past historic of pincer

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpĩ.sɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpĩ.sɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpĩ.sa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpĩ.sɐ/

• Rhymes: -ĩsɐ
• Hyphenation: pin‧ça

Etymology 1

From French pince.

Noun

pinça f (plural pinças)

1. tweezers (small gripping tool)
2. (zootomy) pincers (gripping appendage of some crustaceans and arachnids)

   Synonyms: patola, quela

3. (automotive) caliper (part of a disc brake)
4. collet (band, flange, ferrule, or collar, designed to grip and hold a tool)

Derived terms

• pinça molecular
• pinça óptica
• pinçar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pinça

1. inflection of pinçar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “pinça”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “pinça”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026