pincers

English

A pair of carpenter's pincers

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɪnsəɹz/

Noun

pincers

plural of pincer

Noun

pincers (uncountable)

A gripping tool, pivoted like a pair of scissors, but with blunt jaws.
The front claws of crustaceans such as lobsters.

Synonyms

Translations

gripping tool

Arabic: كَلْبَتَان‎‎ (kalbatān)
Aromanian: cleashti f
Azerbaijani: kəlbətin (az)
Bashkir: ҡыпһыуыр (qïphïwïr), (Eastern) ҡыпсыуыр (qïpsïwïr)
Belarusian: абцугі m pl (abcuhí)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鉗子 (zh), 钳子 (zh) (qiánzi), 鉗 (zh), 钳 (zh) (qián)
Czech: kleště (cs) f pl
Dutch: tang (nl)
Finnish: hohtimet (fi)
French: tenaille (fr) f, pinces (fr) f pl
Georgian: მარწუხი (marc̣uxi), მაშები (mašebi)
German: Zange (de) f, Monierzange f
Greek: τανάλια (el) f (tanália)
Hungarian: harapófogó (hu)
Ido: pinco (io), tenalio (io)
Japanese: やっとこ (yattoko), 矢床 (やっとこ, yattoko)
Latin: forceps m
Macedonian: клешти f (klešti)

Maori: kuku
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tang (no) m, f, knipetang m, f

Nynorsk: tong f, knipetong f
Old Portuguese: tẽaz f
Persian: انبرک‎‎ (fa) (anborak)
Polish: kleszcze (pl) pl
Portuguese: tenaz (pt) f, pinça (pt) f
Rade: pen
Romanian: clește (ro) m
Russian: кле́щи (ru) m pl (kléšči), щипцы́ (ru) m pl (ščipcý)
Slovak: kliešte pl
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: klěšće pl
Spanish: pinzas (es) f pl, tenaza f
Swedish: tång (sv) c, hovtång (sv) c, kniptång c
Tagalog: bahaypato
Turkish: kerpeten (tr)
Vietnamese: kềm (vi), kìm (vi)

front claws

Czech: klepeta n pl
Finnish: sakset (fi) pl
French: pinces (fr) f pl
German: Krebsschere f
Irish: ordóg (ga) f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: klo m, f

Nynorsk: klo f

Portuguese: patolas (pt) f
Romanian: clește (ro) m
Russian: клешня́ (ru) f (klešnjá), клешни́ (ru) f pl (klešní)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: klěšće pl
Spanish: pinzas (es) f pl

See also

tongs

Anagrams

Crespin, crispen, princes

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