cisell

Catalan

Etymology

Likely from Old French cisel.[1] First attested in 1640.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [siˈzeʎ]
  • Audio (Barcelona):(file)

Noun

cisell m (plural cisells)

  1. chisel (cutting tool)

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines; José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984), “cincel”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 84
  2. ^ cisell”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

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