secateurs en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈsek.ɘˌtɵːz/ (New-Zealand)
- /ˈsɛk.əˌtɪəz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈsɛk.əˌtɜːz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈsek.əˌtiəz/ (New-Zealand)
Etymology
Borrowed from French sécateurs, plural of sécateur, from Latin secō + -ateur.
Meanings
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(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, plural, plural-only) Small, handheld pruning shears.
To start with, I'm going to arm myself with a saw, shears and secateurs to radically prune some of what's there.
2023 August 5, Diarmuid Gavin, “It's time to give my garden a makeover”, in Irish Independent Magazine, page 28: