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”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θinˈθel/ [θĩn̟ˈθel] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /sinˈsel/ [sĩnˈsel] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -el
  • Syllabification: cin‧cel

Noun

cincel m (plural cinceles)

  1. chisel, cold chisel

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 83

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