ciselet
French, noun/siz.lɛ/
ciselet is spelled C-I-S-E-L-E-T (7 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written French, the 270,259th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ciselet is a French masculine noun meaning “small pair of scissors” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit ciseau frappé au marteau dont se servent les orfèvres, les graveurs, les armuriers, etc”.
What does ciselet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesmall pair of scissors
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit ciseau frappé au marteau dont se servent les orfèvres, les graveurs, les armuriers, etc.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ciselet
- ciselets plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ciselet?
- /siz.lɛ/
- \si.z(ə.)lɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ciselet in French?
ciselet appears about once in every 74 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).