cincel

== Spanish == === Etymology === Likely from Old French cisel, from cisoir (with a change in suffix), from Late Latin cīsōrium (“cutting instrument”), ultimately from Latin caedere (“cut”). The /n/ seems to have been taken from pincel (“paintbrush”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /θinˈθel/ [θĩn̟ˈθel] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /sinˈsel/ [sĩnˈsel] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -el Syllabification: cin‧cel === Noun === cincel m (plural cinceles) chisel, cold chisel ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “cincel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 “cincel” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.