Image:Sickle and scythe.jpg|thumb|scythe (1) (larger) and [[sickle (smaller)]]
English
Etymology
Old English sīthe
Pronunciation
audio|en-us-scythe.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-aɪð|-aɪð
Noun
en-noun
- An instrument for mowing grass, grain, or the like, by hand, composed of a long, curving blade, with a sharp edge, made fast to a long handle, called a snath, which is bent into a form convenient for use.
- A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots.
Translations
trans-top|farm tool
Albanian: kosë f
Croatian: kosa f
Czech: kosa#Czech|kosa f
Dutch: zeis
Finnish: viikate
French: faux
German: Sense f
Icelandic: orf og ljár
Insubric: ranza f
Italian: falce f
Japanese: �
trans-mid
Hungarian: kasza
Polish: kosa f
Romanian: coas� f
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: ко�а f
:Roman: kosa f
Spanish: guadaña f
Slovak: kosa f
trans-bottom
trans-top|blade in the wheel of a war chariot
trans-bottom
Verb
en-verb|scyth|ing
- To cut with a scythe; to cut off as with a scythe; to mow.
Translations
trans-top|to cut with a scythe
Finnish: niittää
Icelandic: slá, slá með orfi og ljá
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de:scythe
fr:scythe
io:scythe
ku:scythe
pl:scythe
ru:scythe
fi:scythe
te:scythe
vi:scythe
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