secateurs

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secateurs

/ˈsɛk.əˌtɜːz/ UK
/ˈsɛk.əˌtɪəz/ UK
/ˈsek.ɘˌtɵːz/ New Zealand
/ˈsek.əˌtiəz/ New Zealand

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Borrowed from French sécateurs, plural of sécateur, from Latin secō + -ateur.

noun

Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, plural, plural only Small, handheld pruning shears. To start with, I'm going to arm myself with a saw, shears and secateurs to radically prune some of what's there.
Similar: pair of secateurs, pruning shears

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"secateurs." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/secateurs. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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secateurs. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/secateurs

Chicago

"secateurs." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/secateurs.

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@misc{secateurs_2026,
  title = {secateurs},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/secateurs},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}