tesoiras

== Galician == === Alternative forms === texoira === Etymology === Attested from 1402. Plural of tesoira, from Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin tonsōria (forfex), from tōnsor (“hair cutter”), from tondeō (“I shear”). Compare Portuguese tesoura, Spanish tijera, Asturian tixeres, tisories, Catalan tisores. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /teˈsojɾa̝/ === Noun === tesoiras f pl (plural only) scissors, shears ==== Hypernyms ==== ferramenta === References === Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tixeira”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tesoiras”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tesoira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Portuguese == === Noun === tesoiras f plural of tesoira