Complete Definition of "pliers"

Image:Pliers_ribbed.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A pair of jewellers pliers
English

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-pliers.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|aɪə(r)z

Noun
en-noun|plurale tantum

  1. A gripping tool that multiplies the strength of the user's hand

Derived terms
needlenose pliers

Translations
rfc-level|Translations at L3+ (AutoFormat? would have corrected level of Translations)

Chinese: 钳子 (qiánzi)
Finnish: pihdit p; tongit p
French: pinces
German: Zange f
Italian: pinze f|p
Hebrew: he-translation|מלקחת|melkakhat f
Japanese: プライヤー (paraiyā)
mid
Korean: 플라이어 (peullaieo)
Maltese: tnalja f
Polish: cęgi p
Portuguese: alicates m|p
Russian: плоскогубцы (ploskogúbtsy) m|p; пассатижи (passatíži) m|p; щипцы (ščipcý) m|p; клещи (kléšči, kleščí) f|p; кусачки (kusáčki) f|p
Slovene: klešče f|p
Spanish: alicates m|p

Usage notes
Even though this is in plural form, it is normally called a "pair of pliers".

Category:English pluralia tantum
Category:Tools

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