serpette

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French serpette. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sɜː(ɹ)ˈpɛt/ === Noun === serpette (plural serpettes) A pruning knife with a curved blade. === References === Edward H[enry] Knight (1877), “Serpette”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes III (REA–ZYM), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC. == French == === Etymology === From serpe +‎ -ette. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sɛʁ.pɛt/ === Noun === serpette f (plural serpettes) billhook ==== Descendants ==== → Portuguese: serpete === Further reading === “serpette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012