"pincers" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɪnsəɹz/
Etymology: From Middle English pynsours, from Old French pinceure, pinchure, from pincier (“to pinch”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|pynsours}} Middle English pynsours, {{der|en|fro|pinceure}} Old French pinceure Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} pincers
  1. plural of pincer Tags: form-of, plural Form of: pincer
    Sense id: en-pincers-en-noun-1PdkYffS

Noun

IPA: /ˈpɪnsəɹz/
Etymology: From Middle English pynsours, from Old French pinceure, pinchure, from pincier (“to pinch”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|pynsours}} Middle English pynsours, {{der|en|fro|pinceure}} Old French pinceure Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} pincers pl (plural only)
  1. A gripping tool, pivoted like a pair of scissors, but with blunt jaws. Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Tools Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts Translations (gripping tool): كَلْبَتَان (kalbatān) [dual, feminine] (Arabic), աքցան (akʻcʻan) (Armenian), cleashti [feminine] (Aromanian), kəlbətin (Azerbaijani), ҡыпһыуыр (qıphıwır) (Bashkir), ҡыпсыуыр (qıpsıwır) [Eastern] (Bashkir), абцугі́ (abcuhí) [masculine, plural] (Belarusian), кле́шчы (kljéščy) [plural] (Belarusian), шчыпцы́ (ščypcý) [masculine, plural] (Belarusian), кле́щи (kléšti) [feminine, plural] (Bulgarian), tenalles [feminine, plural] (Catalan), морзах (morzax) (Chechen), 鉗子 (Chinese Mandarin), 钳子 (qiánzi) (Chinese Mandarin), (Chinese Mandarin), (qián) (Chinese Mandarin), kleště [feminine, plural] (Czech), knijptang (Dutch), hohtimet (Finnish), tenaille [feminine] (French), pinces [feminine, plural] (French), tenaces [masculine, plural] (Galician), მარწუხი (marc̣uxi) (Georgian), მაშები (mašebi) (Georgian), Kneifzange [feminine] (German), Beißzange [feminine] (German), Kantenzange [feminine] (German), Monierzange [feminine] (German), τανάλια (tanália) [feminine] (Greek), harapófogó (Hungarian), pinco (Ido), tenalio (Ido), pihet (Ingrian), pihtelet (Ingrian), tenaglia [feminine] (Italian), やっとこ (yattoko) (Japanese), 矢床 (yattoko) (alt: やっとこ) (Japanese), ペンチ (penchi) (Japanese), ambur (Khalaj), 펜치 (penchi) (Korean), 못뽑이 (motppobi) (Korean), 족집게 (jokjipge) (Korean), forceps [masculine] (Latin), klěšće [plural] (Lower Sorbian), клешти (klešti) [feminine, plural] (Macedonian), kuku (Maori), tang [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), knipetang [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), tong [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), knipetong [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), tẽaz [feminine] (Old Galician-Portuguese), كرپدن (kerpeden) (Ottoman Turkish), قیصاج (kısac) (Ottoman Turkish), انبرک (anborak) (Persian), انبردست (anbordast) (Persian), انبر (anbor) (Persian), kleszcze [plural] (Polish), obcęgi [masculine, plural] (Polish), tenaz [feminine] (Portuguese), pinça [feminine] (Portuguese), pen (Rade), clește [masculine] (Romanian), кле́щи (kléšči) [masculine, plural] (Russian), щипцы́ (ščipcý) [masculine, plural] (Russian), кле́ште [Cyrillic, feminine, plural] (Serbo-Croatian), клије́ште [Cyrillic, feminine, plural] (Serbo-Croatian), kléšte [Roman, feminine, plural] (Serbo-Croatian), klijéšte [Roman, feminine, plural] (Serbo-Croatian), kliešte [plural] (Slovak), klešče [feminine, plural] (Slovene), tenaza [feminine] (Spanish), tenazas [feminine, plural] (Spanish), pinzas [feminine, plural] (Spanish), tång [common-gender] (Swedish), hovtång [common-gender] (Swedish), kniptång [common-gender] (Swedish), bahaypato (Tagalog), анбӯр (anbür) (Tajik), iɣendan [masculine, plural] (Tarifit), คีม (kiim) (Thai), kerpeten (Turkish), клі́щі (klíšči) [plural] (Ukrainian), обце́ньки (obcénʹky) [plural] (Ukrainian), щи́пці (ščýpci) [masculine, plural] (Ukrainian), ombur (Uzbek), qisqich (Uzbek), kềm (Vietnamese), kìm (Vietnamese)
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  2. The front claws of crustaceans such as lobsters. Tags: plural, plural-only Translations (front claws): щи́пци (štípci) [feminine, plural] (Bulgarian), klepeta [neuter, plural] (Czech), sakset [plural] (Finnish), pinces [feminine, plural] (French), Krebsschere [feminine] (German), pihet (Ingrian), ordóg [feminine] (Irish), pinze [feminine, plural] (Italian), klěšće [plural] (Lower Sorbian), klo [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), klo [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), patolas [feminine] (Portuguese), clește [masculine] (Romanian), клешня́ (klešnjá) [feminine] (Russian), клешни́ (klešní) [feminine, plural] (Russian), pinzas [feminine, plural] (Spanish), tenazas [feminine, plural] (Spanish), ก้าม (gâam) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-pincers-en-noun-rGUSpcH1 Disambiguation of 'front claws': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: forceps, chelae, claws, nippers, pair of pincers, pinchers Related terms: tongs

Alternative forms

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            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "كَلْبَتَان"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "akʻcʻan",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "word": "աքցան"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "rup",
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cleashti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "word": "kəlbətin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "qıphıwır",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "word": "ҡыпһыуыр"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "qıpsıwır",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "tags": [
            "Eastern"
          ],
          "word": "ҡыпсыуыр"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "abcuhí",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "абцугі́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "kljéščy",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "кле́шчы"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "ščypcý",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "шчыпцы́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "kléšti",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "кле́щи"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "tenalles"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ce",
          "lang": "Chechen",
          "roman": "morzax",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "word": "морзах"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "word": "鉗子"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "qiánzi",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "word": "钳子"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "word": "鉗"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "qián",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "word": "钳"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "kleště"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "word": "knijptang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "word": "hohtimet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tenaille"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "pinces"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "tenaces"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "marc̣uxi",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "word": "მარწუხი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "mašebi",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "word": "მაშები"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Kneifzange"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Beißzange"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Kantenzange"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Monierzange"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "tanália",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "τανάλια"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "word": "harapófogó"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "word": "pinco"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "word": "tenalio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "word": "pihet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "word": "pihtelet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tenaglia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yattoko",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "word": "やっとこ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "alt": "やっとこ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yattoko",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "word": "矢床"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "penchi",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "word": "ペンチ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "klj",
          "lang": "Khalaj",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "word": "ambur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "penchi",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "word": "펜치"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "motppobi",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "word": "못뽑이"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jokjipge",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "word": "족집게"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "forceps"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "klešti",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "клешти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "word": "kuku"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "knipetang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tong"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "knipetong"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "roa-opt",
          "lang": "Old Galician-Portuguese",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tẽaz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "kerpeden",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "word": "كرپدن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "kısac",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "word": "قیصاج"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "anborak",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "word": "انبرک"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "anbordast",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "word": "انبردست"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "anbor",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "word": "انبر"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "kleszcze"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "obcęgi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tenaz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pinça"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "rad",
          "lang": "Rade",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "word": "pen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "clește"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kléšči",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "кле́щи"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ščipcý",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "щипцы́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "кле́ште"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "клије́ште"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "kléšte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "klijéšte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "kliešte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "klešče"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "dsb",
          "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "klěšće"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tenaza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "tenazas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "pinzas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "tång"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "hovtång"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "kniptång"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "word": "bahaypato"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "anbür",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "word": "анбӯр"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "rif",
          "lang": "Tarifit",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "iɣendan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "kiim",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "word": "คีม"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "word": "kerpeten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "klíšči",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "клі́щі"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "obcénʹky",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "обце́ньки"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "ščýpci",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "щи́пці"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "word": "ombur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "word": "qisqich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "word": "kềm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "gripping tool",
          "word": "kìm"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The front claws of crustaceans such as lobsters."
      ],
      "id": "en-pincers-en-noun-rGUSpcH1",
      "links": [
        [
          "crustacean",
          "crustacean"
        ],
        [
          "lobster",
          "lobster"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "plural-only"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "7 93",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "štípci",
          "sense": "front claws",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "щи́пци"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 93",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "front claws",
          "tags": [
            "neuter",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "klepeta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 93",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "front claws",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "sakset"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 93",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "front claws",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "pinces"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 93",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "front claws",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Krebsschere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 93",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "front claws",
          "word": "pihet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 93",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "front claws",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ordóg"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 93",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "front claws",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "pinze"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 93",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "front claws",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "klo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 93",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "front claws",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "klo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 93",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "front claws",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "patolas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 93",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "front claws",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "clește"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "gripping tool",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "kléšte"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "gripping tool",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "klijéšte"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "gripping tool",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "kliešte"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "gripping tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "klešče"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "gripping tool",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "klěšće"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "gripping tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tenaza"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "gripping tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "tenazas"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "gripping tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "pinzas"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "gripping tool",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tång"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "gripping tool",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hovtång"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "gripping tool",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kniptång"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "gripping tool",
      "word": "bahaypato"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "anbür",
      "sense": "gripping tool",
      "word": "анбӯр"
    },
    {
      "code": "rif",
      "lang": "Tarifit",
      "sense": "gripping tool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "iɣendan"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kiim",
      "sense": "gripping tool",
      "word": "คีม"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "gripping tool",
      "word": "kerpeten"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "klíšči",
      "sense": "gripping tool",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "клі́щі"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "obcénʹky",
      "sense": "gripping tool",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "обце́ньки"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ščýpci",
      "sense": "gripping tool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "щи́пці"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "gripping tool",
      "word": "ombur"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "gripping tool",
      "word": "qisqich"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "gripping tool",
      "word": "kềm"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "gripping tool",
      "word": "kìm"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "štípci",
      "sense": "front claws",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "щи́пци"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "front claws",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "klepeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "front claws",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "sakset"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "front claws",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "pinces"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "front claws",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Krebsschere"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "front claws",
      "word": "pihet"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "front claws",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ordóg"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "front claws",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "pinze"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "front claws",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "klo"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "front claws",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "klo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "front claws",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "patolas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "front claws",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "clește"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "klešnjá",
      "sense": "front claws",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "клешня́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "klešní",
      "sense": "front claws",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "клешни́"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "front claws",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "klěšće"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "front claws",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "pinzas"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "front claws",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "tenazas"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gâam",
      "sense": "front claws",
      "word": "ก้าม"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "pincers"
  ],
  "word": "pincers"
}

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