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sickle

/ˈsɪk.əl/

Translations

sicklenoun

sickles

/ˈsɪk.əl/

faucille

The farmer used a sickle to harvest the wheat in the field.

Le fermier a utilisé une faucille pour récolter le blé dans le champ.

faucilleDans l’iconographie politique, notamment dans l’expression « marteau et faucille ».

The flag featured a hammer and sickle, representing the unity of workers and farmers.

Le drapeau arborait un marteau et une faucille, représentant l’unité des travailleurs et des paysans.

Synonyms

blade

scythe

reaping hook

cutter

sickleverb

sickled

Past Simple

sickled

Past Participle

sickling

Gerund

faucherEmploi agricole.

The laborers sickled the wheat at dawn.

Les ouvriers ont fauché le blé à l’aube.

Additional translations

se recourber en faucillePour une forme qui se courbe.

Synonyms

cut down

sickleadjective

more sickle

Comp.

most sickle

Super.

/ˈsɪk.əl/

Used attributively to denote a curved, sickle-like shape (e.g., "sickle moon", "sickle cell").

en forme de faucille

A thin sickle moon glowed above the horizon.

Une fine lune en forme de faucille brillait au-dessus de l’horizon.

Synonyms

Definitions

sicklenoun

A tool with a curved, hook-like blade used for cutting grass or grain.

The farmer used a sickle to harvest the wheat in the field.

A symbol often associated with agriculture and labor, particularly in socialist and communist iconography.

The flag featured a hammer and sickle, representing the unity of workers and farmers.

sickleverb

To cut or reap (grass, grain, etc.) with a sickle.

The laborers sickled the wheat at dawn.

To bend or curve into the shape of a sickle; to become sickle-shaped.

Under the weight of the snow, the branches sickled toward the ground.

sickleadjective

Curved and tapering like a sickle in shape.

A thin sickle moon glowed above the horizon.