Phrase guide

nail scissors

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Small, usually curved scissors for cutting the fingernails and toenails.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

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Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: եղունգների մկրատ (eġungneri mkrat) — small scissors
  • Chinese Cantonese: 指甲鉗 /指甲钳 — small scissors
  • Chinese Mandarin: 指甲剪 (zhǐjiajiǎn) — small scissors
  • Chinese Mandarin: 指甲刀 (zhǐjiadāo) — small scissors
  • Danish: neglsaks — small scissors
  • Dutch: nagelschaar — small scissors
  • Finnish: kynsisakset — small scissors
  • French: ciseaux à ongles — small scissors
  • Georgian: ფრჩხილის მაკრატელი (prčxilis maḳraṭeli) — small scissors
  • German: Nagelschere — small scissors
  • Ancient Greek: ὀνυχιστήριον (onukhistḗrion) — small scissors
  • Indonesian: gunting kuku — small scissors
  • Irish: siosúr ingne — small scissors
  • Mongolian: хумсны хайч (xumsny xajč) — small scissors
  • Mongolian: ᠬᠢᠮᠤᠰᠤᠨ ᠦ ᠬᠠᠶ᠋ᠢᠴᠢ (qimusun-ü qayiči) — small scissors
  • Polish: nożyczki do paznokci — small scissors
  • Portuguese: tesoura de unha — small scissors
  • Spanish: tijeras de uñas — small scissors
  • Swedish: nagelsax — small scissors