cesello

See also: cesellò

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeˈzɛl.lo/
Rhymes: -ɛllo
Hyphenation: ce‧sèl‧lo

Etymology 1

Likely from Old French cisel,^[1] with adaptation to Italian -ello and perhaps influence from cesoia (“shears”). First attested in the 16th century.^[2]

Noun

cesello m (plural ceselli)

chisel
Synonym: scalpello

Derived terms

cesellare

Etymology 2

Verb

cesello

first-person singular present indicative of cesellare

References

^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “cincel”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 84
^ cesèllo in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore