pliers

English

A pair of jewellers pliers

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplaɪ.ə(ɹ)z/

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• Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)z

Etymology 1

From ply (“to bend”) +‎ -er +‎ -s

Noun

1. A pincer-like gripping tool that multiplies the strength of the user's hand, often used for bending things.

   I need a pair of pliers to get a good grip on that broken screw.

Usage notes

• To make clear the quantity under discussion, the expressions "a pair of pliers" or "(however many) pairs of pliers" can be used.
• "A pliers" is somewhat awkward, though accepted in American English.

Derived terms

• needlenose pliers

Translations

gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand

• Albanian: pincë (sq) f
• Arabic: زَرَّادِيَّة f (zarrādiyya)

  Egyptian Arabic: بنسة f (bénsa), بنز m (benz)

  Hijazi Arabic: زَرَّادِيَّة f (zarrādiyya)

• Armenian: տափակաշուրթ (hy) (tapʻakašurtʻ)
• Bashkir: ҡыпһыуыр (qıphıwır), (Eastern) ҡыпсыуыр (qıpsıwır)
• Belarusian: абцугі́ m pl (abcuhí)
• Catalan: alicates (ca) f pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鉗子／钳子 (zh) (qiánzi), 钳子 (zh) (qiánzi), 鉗／钳 (zh) (qián), 钳 (zh) (qián)

• Czech: kleště (cs)
• Danish: tang
• Dutch: tang (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: pinĉilo
• Finnish: pihdit (fi) pl, tongit (fi) pl
• French: pince (fr) f, pinces (fr) f pl
• Georgian: ბრტყელტუჩა (brṭq̇elṭuča)
• German: Zange (de) f; Kneifzange (de) f
• Greek: πένσα (el) f (pénsa)
• Hebrew: מלקחת f (melkákhat)
• Hungarian: fogó (hu)
• Ido: pinco (io), tenalio (io)
• Indonesian: tang (id)
• Italian: pinza (it) f, pinze (it) f pl
• Japanese: プライヤー (puraiyā), ペンチ (penchi)
• Korean: 플라이어 (ko) (peullaieo)
• Malay: tang
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• Maltese: tnalja f
• Maori: kūmau
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tang (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: tong f

• Occitan: pinça f, pinças f pl, mordassas f pl
• Polish: cęgi (pl) pl, cążki pl, kombinerki (pl) pl, szczypce (pl) pl
• Portuguese: alicates m pl
• Romanian: clește (ro) m
• Russian: плоскогу́бцы (ru) m pl (ploskogúbcy), пассати́жи (ru) m pl (passatíži), щипцы́ (ru) m pl (ščipcý), кле́щи (ru) m pl (kléšči), куса́чки (ru) f pl (kusáčki)
• Scottish Gaelic: greimire f
• Slovene: klešče (sl) f pl
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: klěšće pl

• Spanish: alicates (es) m pl
• Sranan Tongo: tanga
• Swedish: tång (sv) c
• Tagalog: bokay-pato, bokaypato, sagam
• Tai Dam: ꪁꪲꪣ
• Thai: คีม (th) (kiim)
• Turkish: pense (tr), kargaburun
• Uzbek: ombur (uz)
• Venetian: pensa
• Vietnamese: cái kìm, kềm (vi)
• West Frisian: tange c
• Yiddish: קנײַפּער m (knayper)

See also

• pincers

Etymology 2

Noun

pliers

1. plural of plier

Anagrams

• Lisper, Perlis, lisper, perils, pilers, priles, sirple