Meaning
scissors
- A cutting instrument with two crossed blades; almost always used in the plural 'forbici'
- A gap, discrepancy, or spread between two values (economic or figurative)
In a sentence
Dove hai messo le forbici?
Where did you put the scissors?
Ho bisogno di un paio di forbici per aprire la scatola.
I need a pair of scissors to open the box.
Queste forbici non tagliano bene la carta.
These scissors do not cut paper well.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| forbice | feminine · singular |
| forbici | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- When referring to scissors, the plural 'le forbici' is standard, treated as plural: 'dove sono le forbici?'.
- The singular 'forbice' is often used figuratively for statistical gaps or economic disparities.