scissel

/ˈsɪsəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: scis-sel
IPA: /ˈsɪsəl/

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Meaning

noun

Metal scraps or clippings; especially the remains of fillets from which coin blanks have been cut.

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From French cisailles (“scissels”), from cisailler (“to clip with shears”), from cisailles (“scissors”), from Latin caesaculum, from caesus, from caedere (“to cut, hew”).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: cisailles, caesaculum

Usage

Inflected Forms

scissels (plural) sizel (alternative) scissil (alternative)

Homonyms

sicel sissle

Questions

How do you pronounce scissel?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɪsəl/.

What does scissel mean?

Metal scraps or clippings; especially the remains of fillets from which coin blanks have been cut.

Where does scissel come from?

It is traced to French.

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