pincette
French
Etymology
From pince + -ette, as diminutive of pince. Compare Italian pinzetta.
Pronunciation
Noun
pincette f (plural pincettes)
- tongs (for fire)
- 1857, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary […][1], Paris: Michel Lévy Frères:
- Et elle restait à faire rougir les pincettes, ou regardant la pluie tomber.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- tweezers
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “pincette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012