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Stainless steel scissors, scalpels and tweezers.
Ciseaux, scalpels et pincettes en acier inoxydable
Thus, when he left the sisters, they already felt relieved and had again turned to their little boxes while smiling at their son, to whom they had once more intrusted the scissors in order that he might cut out some paper men.
Et, quand il les quitta, les deux sœurs collaient de nouveau leurs petites boîtes, soulagées, riant au gamin, à qui elles avaient rendu les ciseaux, pour qu’il découpât des bonshommes.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
"Well, never mind; I'll look your box over, – thimble, wax, two spools, scissors, knife, tape-needle; all right, – put it in here.
–  Jamais d’attention! Allons, je m’en vais faire la revue de votre ménagère: – un dé, la cire, deux bobines, les ciseaux, le poinçon, l’aiguille à passer. – À merveille! – mettez-la-moi là.
Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle Tom
La case de l'oncle Tom
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
No doubt a workshop of good fairies had been established at the bottom of the bag, and they had brought a pair of fine gold scissors, which cut ten cherubs' gowns out of a rose-leaf.
Sans doute un atelier de bonnes fées venait de s’établir au fond du sac, apportant les fins ciseaux d’or qui coupent dix robes de chérubin dans la feuille d’une rose.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
We went to Villaines, where baskets are manufactured, in quest of the prettiest that could be bought; for we four were to cut certain rows reserved for our scissors; it was, however, agreed that none of us were to eat too many grapes.
Nous étions allés à Villaines, où se fabriquent les paniers du pays, nous en commander de fort jolis; il était question de vendanger à nous quatre quelques chaînées réservées à nos ciseaux! mais il était convenu qu’on ne mangerait pas trop de raisin.
Balzac, Honore de / The Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de / Le Lys dans la vallee
Le Lys dans la vallee
Balzac, Honore de
The Lily of the Valley
Balzac, Honore de
No one could cut off a goose's neck with a single stroke of the hatchet more unconcernedly than she could, or gash open a fowl's throat with a pair of scissors.
Personne comme elle ne tranchait la tête d'une oie d'un seul coup de hachette, ou n'ouvrait le gosier d'une poule avec une paire de ciseaux.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
Zola, Emile
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
The clicking of the scissors was the only noise in the room, so I concluded that Marguerite had been overcome by fatigue and was dozing.
Et, dans la chambre, il n'y avait que le petit bruit des ciseaux. Marguerite, vaincue par la fatigue, devait s'être assoupie.
Zola, Emile / The Death of Oliver BecailleZola, Emile / La mort d'Olivier Becaille
La mort d'Olivier Becaille
Zola, Emile
The Death of Oliver Becaille
Zola, Emile
Knives (except for machines) and scissors and blades thereof
Couteaux et ciseaux
Be off with you, and don't go on sniggering like that, or I will throw my scissors in your face!'
Allez-vous-en, tenez! Ne riez plus comme ça, ou je vous jette mes ciseaux à la figure!
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
Zola, Emile
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
At this very hour Abbe Mouret could remember the chill of the scissors when he was marked with the tonsure at the beginning of his first year of theology.
A cette heure, l'abbé Mouret se rappelait encore le froid des ciseaux, lorsqu'on l'avait marqué de la tonsure, au commencement de sa première année de théologie.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
Zola, Emile
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
And at once she snatched the scissors from the child, who sat there laughing with a drop of blood at the tip of one of his fingers.
Et elle arracha les ciseaux des mains du petit, qui, une goutte de sang au bout d’un doigt, riait.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
Eliza turned to the glass, and the scissors glittered as one long lock after another was detached from her head.
Les ciseaux brillants se firent jour dans l’épaisse forêt, et les longues mèches tombèrent l’une après l’autre.
Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle Tom
La case de l'oncle Tom
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
He handed me a pair of scissors and calmly told me to cut off all my hair.
Il m'a installée devant le miroir de ma coiffeuse, m'a tendu une paire de ciseaux et m'a ordonné de me couper les cheveux.
Hosseini, Khaled / The Kite RunnerHosseini, Khaled / Les cerfs-volants de Kaboul
Les cerfs-volants de Kaboul
Hosseini, Khaled
The Kite Runner
Hosseini, Khaled
© 2003 by Khaled Hosseini
Then he picks up the dead man's helmet and puts it on his head, and for a moment holds before the eyes the round handles of his famous scissors so as to imitate spectacles.
Puis il ramasse le casque du mort, l’en coiffe, et il lui tient un instant devant les yeux les deux anneaux de ses fameux ciseaux, de manière à imiter des lunettes.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
Miss Ophelia came, with her scissors.
Miss Ophélia s’avança avec ses ciseaux.
Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle Tom
La case de l'oncle Tom
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Beecher Stowe, Harriet

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scissors jump
ciseau
backward scissors
ciseau arrière
leg scissors
liane

Word forms

scissor

verb
Basic forms
Pastscissored
Imperativescissor
Present Participle (Participle I)scissoring
Past Participle (Participle II)scissored
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I scissorwe scissor
you scissoryou scissor
he/she/it scissorsthey scissor
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am scissoringwe are scissoring
you are scissoringyou are scissoring
he/she/it is scissoringthey are scissoring
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have scissoredwe have scissored
you have scissoredyou have scissored
he/she/it has scissoredthey have scissored
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been scissoringwe have been scissoring
you have been scissoringyou have been scissoring
he/she/it has been scissoringthey have been scissoring
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I scissoredwe scissored
you scissoredyou scissored
he/she/it scissoredthey scissored
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was scissoringwe were scissoring
you were scissoringyou were scissoring
he/she/it was scissoringthey were scissoring
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had scissoredwe had scissored
you had scissoredyou had scissored
he/she/it had scissoredthey had scissored
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been scissoringwe had been scissoring
you had been scissoringyou had been scissoring
he/she/it had been scissoringthey had been scissoring
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will scissorwe shall/will scissor
you will scissoryou will scissor
he/she/it will scissorthey will scissor
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be scissoringwe shall/will be scissoring
you will be scissoringyou will be scissoring
he/she/it will be scissoringthey will be scissoring
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have scissoredwe shall/will have scissored
you will have scissoredyou will have scissored
he/she/it will have scissoredthey will have scissored
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been scissoringwe shall/will have been scissoring
you will have been scissoringyou will have been scissoring
he/she/it will have been scissoringthey will have been scissoring
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would scissorwe should/would scissor
you would scissoryou would scissor
he/she/it would scissorthey would scissor
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be scissoringwe should/would be scissoring
you would be scissoringyou would be scissoring
he/she/it would be scissoringthey would be scissoring
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have scissoredwe should/would have scissored
you would have scissoredyou would have scissored
he/she/it would have scissoredthey would have scissored
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been scissoringwe should/would have been scissoring
you would have been scissoringyou would have been scissoring
he/she/it would have been scissoringthey would have been scissoring
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am scissoredwe are scissored
you are scissoredyou are scissored
he/she/it is scissoredthey are scissored
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being scissoredwe are being scissored
you are being scissoredyou are being scissored
he/she/it is being scissoredthey are being scissored
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been scissoredwe have been scissored
you have been scissoredyou have been scissored
he/she/it has been scissoredthey have been scissored
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was scissoredwe were scissored
you were scissoredyou were scissored
he/she/it was scissoredthey were scissored
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being scissoredwe were being scissored
you were being scissoredyou were being scissored
he/she/it was being scissoredthey were being scissored
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been scissoredwe had been scissored
you had been scissoredyou had been scissored
he/she/it had been scissoredthey had been scissored
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be scissoredwe shall/will be scissored
you will be scissoredyou will be scissored
he/she/it will be scissoredthey will be scissored
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been scissoredwe shall/will have been scissored
you will have been scissoredyou will have been scissored
he/she/it will have been scissoredthey will have been scissored

scissors

noun, plural
Plural
Common casescissors
Possessive case*scissors'